Oscar Picardo Joao, Uruguay (1962), Bachelor of Philosophy at the University of Valencia; Master’s degree in theology at the Universidad Centroamericana "Jose Simeon Cañas" (UCA); in 1998 he obtained a Master of Education at the University of Louisville graduating with honors (GPA 3.98); in 2000 he obtained the postgraduate Distance Education and Digital Networks at the University of Murcia, Spain; graduate degree in Educational Finance at Harvard (2002); Master in Information Society and Knowledge by the Open University of Catalonia (2003); academic stay at The New England School of English, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2004); PhD at the Open University of Catalonia on "Information Society and Knowledge", having obtained the Diploma of Advanced Studies in Research Aptitude in 2004 majoring in Teaching and School Organization, with the qualification of Superior. He has published a variety of articles in prestigious refereed journals in educational and social areas, as well as several books.