Marieke Pieters holds a Master in Geography and was teacher for more than 15 years in a secondary school in Kortrijk (https://lyceumolvvlaanderen-kortrijk.rhizo.be/ ). In 2018 she joined ITEC, imec’s research group at KU Leuven, campus Kulak in Kortrijk as a full-time researcher in the context of the LECTURE+ project (https://www.imec-int.com/en/what-we-offer/research-portfolio/lecture ) focusing on innovative learning spaces. Since 2020 Marieke Pieters combines her job as teacher in geography with a job at the KU Leuven where she is responsible for the professional development of faculty staff who want to integrate the technology for collaborative and distance learning in their courses. She is also working on the DigiTelPro project.