Diana Hernández Montoya, Universidad Estatal a Distancia de Costa Rica
Diana Hernández Montoya
Researcher and Project´s Coordinator
Universidad Estatal a Distancia de Costa Rica

Diana Hernández Montoya is a teacher passionate about human talent, innovation and technology. 

She is currently a researcher and coordinator of the Fabrication Laboratory of the Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED) of Costa Rica and was a member of the Board of Directors of Open Education Global (OE Global). 

Professionally she has been trained in the areas of Preschool Education, Primary Education, Educational Technology and Informatics, Project Management, Design Thinking and Digital Transformation. She has worked in public and private educational institutions in different tasks: teacher, researcher, project manager, academic producer and coordinator. She has also been a national and international speaker on a variety of topics that integrate education, technology, innovation and of course, human talent. 

Among the projects she has coordinated are the Distance Education Technology Observatory, the Distance Research and Innovation Network, the OpenCourseWare, the Open Educational Resources Node, all at the State Distance University. 

Both the Fabrication Laboratory and the Open Educational Resources Node have been recognized with international awards, among them: the Center of Excellence Award from the New Media Consortium, three times with the Open Education Awards for Excellence from Open Education Global, with the Recognition for Innovation in the framework of the Contributions to the Improvement of Quality of Life Award and with the National Research Award granted by the College of Surgeons and Dentists. In addition, she has been recognized three times as a distinguished officer of the UNED.

dhernandez@uned.ac.cr