Cristina Alonso Fernández

Profesora Permanente Laboral

Cristina Alonso Fernández es Profesora Permanente Laboral en el Departamento de Ingeniería del Software e Inteligencia Artificial de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. En 2021 completó el Doctorado en Ingeniería Informática por la UCM. Obtuvo los títulos de Ingeniería Informática y Matemáticas por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid en 2016. Un año después, completó el Máster en Minería de Datos e Inteligencia de Negocio, también por la UCM.

Forma parte del grupo de investigación eUCM desde Septiembre de 2016, en el que ha participado en varios proyectos de investigación y ha sido Investigadora Contratada del proyecto H2020 Beaconing.

Entre sus intereses de investigación se encuentran el estudio de videojuegos educativos y la aplicación de técnicas de análisis y minería de datos para su mejora.

Contacto

Basic

[email protected]

Facultad de Informática, Despacho 324.

Social

Research

Investigación

Analíticas de aprendizaje

Diseño de serious games

Aplicación de serious games en colegios

E-Learning

Méritos y premios

Best Paper Award EDUCON 2017
HackForGood 2017: Say Something, Save Someone
- Primer premio al Mejor Proyecto de Madrid
- Primer premio al Mejor Juego Serio (concedido por la UCM)
- Tercer premio al Mejor Diseño (concecido por ESNE)

Vídeos

Publicaciones

2026

Journal

Antonio Calvo-Morata, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2026): Metodología para el diseño de juegos serios: Articoding, un juego para desarrollar el pensamiento computacional a través de la programación. Revista de Educación a Distancia (RED), 26(83). [2023 JCR IMPACT FACTOR 1,9, Q2 Education and Educational Research] Recuperado a partir de https://revistas.um.es/red/article/view/662331.
Cristina Alonso-Fernández (2026): Mathlien Land: a serious game to practice 7th and 8th grade mathematics. International Journal of Serious Games (Vol. 13 No. 1, pages 245-259). [2024 JCR IMPACT FACTOR 2,2, Q1 Education and Educational Research] DOI: 10.17083/tswhjx45.

Conferences

Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Antonio Calvo-Morata, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2026): Detecting player emotions in serious games using AI-based recognition models. IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 27-30 April, Cairo, Egypt.
Tharife Nabil Al-Khuffash, Julio Santilario-Berthilier, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Antonio Calvo-Morata, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2026): Toward Inclusive Learning Analytics: A Multi-Profile Approach. Learning Analytics Summer Institute Spain 2026 (LASI Spain 26). May 6-8 2026, Zamora, Spain.
Rana Saniei, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Antonio Calvo-Morata, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2026): A Decision-Support Framework for GDPR Compliance and Data Protection Impact Assessment in Serious Games Validation. XXVIII Simposio Internacional de Informática Educativa (SIIE 2026).
Tharife Nabil Al-Khuffash, Julio Santilario-Berthilier, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Antonio Calvo-Morata, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2026): Simplifying Serious Game Validation: An Integrated Tool for Experimental Design and Learning Analytics. Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2026) - October 11-14, 2026 - Paphos, Cyprus.

2025

Journal

Alma Barrera, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2025): Video Games That Educate: Breaking Gender Stereotypes and Promoting Gender Equality with a Serious Video Game. Information, 16, 199. [JCR 2023 IF 2.4, 126/250, Q3 in COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS]. DOI: 10.3390/info16030199.
Antonio Calvo-Morata, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Julio Santilario-Berthilier, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2025): Learning Analytics to Guide Serious Game Development: A Case Study Using Articoding. Computers, 14, 122. [JCR 2023 IF 2.4, 100/1700, Q3 in COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS]. DOI: 10.3390/computers14040122.
Cristina Alonso-Fernández, José L. Jorro-Aragoneses, Carlos M. Alaíz (2025): Design of a learning progress visualisation tool and its impact on students’ motivation and results: a case study. International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning. [JCR 2023 IF 0.8, 490/760, Q3 in EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH]. DOI: 10.1504/IJTEL.2025.10069106.

Conferences

Antonio Calvo-Morata, Julio Santilario-Berthilier, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2025): Full software support for game learning analytics. Learning Analytics Summer Institute Spain 2025 (LASI Spain 25). May 26-27 2025, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Antonio Calvo-Morata, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2025): Design of a Serious Game to Challenge Sexism. 24th International Federation for Information Processing – International Conference on Entertainment Computing (IFIP-ICEC 2025), 27th to 30th, 2025, Tokyo, Japan. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-02555-5_4.

2024

Conferences

Cristina Alonso-Fernández, José L. Jorro-Aragoneses, Carlos M. Alaíz, Pilar Rodríguez (2024): Learning Analytics Tools to Analyze Progress and Results with Moodle LMS Data. EDUCON2024 – IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (8-11 May 2024) Kos, Greece.

2023

Journal

Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Antonio Calvo-Morata, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2023): Evidence-based evaluation of a serious game to increase bullying awareness. Interactive Learning Environments, 2020. [JCR 2020, Impact Factor: 3.928, Q1, 43/264 in EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH]. DOI: 10.1080/10494820.2020.1799031.
Alma Barrera, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2023): Systematic literature review of digital resources to educate on gender equality. Education and Information Technologies. [JCR 2023 IF 4.8, 16/760, Q1 in EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH]. DOI: 10.1007/s10639-022-11574-8.
Alma Barrera, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Víctor Manuel Pérez-Colado, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2023): Blue Is for Boys and Pink Is for Girls: How to Break Gender Stereotypes with a Videogame. Education Sciences. [JCR 2023 IF 2.5, 133/760, Q1 in EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH]. DOI: 10.3390/educsci13101004.

Conferences

Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Ruth Cobos (2023): Meta-Review of Recognition of Learning in LMSs and MOOCs. EDUCON2023 – IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (1-4 May 2023) Kuwait..

2022

Journal

Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Antonio Calvo-Morata, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2022): Game Learning Analytics: Blending visual and data mining techniques to improve serious games and to better understand players learning. Journal of Learning Analytics. Volume 9(3), 32–49. https://doi.org/10.18608/jla.2022.7633, https://learning-analytics.info/index.php/JLA/article/view/7633/7669 [JCR 22022, Impact Fator 3.9, 27/742 educational journals].

Conferences

Alma Barrera, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2022): Acceptance evaluation of a serious game to address gender stereotypes in Mexico. The 7th Annual International Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Education in conjunction with ICWL 2022 (SETE 2022), 22-23 November, 2022, La Laguna, Spain.

2021

Journal

Antonio Calvo-Morata, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2021): Creating awareness on bullying and cyberbullying among young people: Validating the effectiveness and design of the serious game Conectado. Telematics and Informatics, Volume 60, July 2021, [JCR 2020 IF 6.182, 11/86, Q1 in INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE]. DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2021.101568.
Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2021): Improving evidence-based assessment of players using serious games. Telematics and Informatics, Volume 60, July 2021 [JCR 2020 IF 6.182, 11/86, Q1 in INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE]. DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2021.101583.

Conferences

Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Antonio Calvo-Morata, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2021): Data science meets standardized game learning analytics. IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 21-23 April 2021, Vienna, Austria.

Other

Cristina Alonso-Fernández (2021): Improving serious games evaluation by applying learning analytics and data mining techniques. Mejorando la evaluación de juegos serios aplicando analíticas de aprendizaje y técnicas de minería de datos.. Tesis doctoral. Junio 2021. Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

2020

Journal

Antonio Calvo-Morata, Dan-Cristian Rotaru, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2020): Validation of a Cyberbullying Serious Game Using Game Analytics. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 186-197, 1 Jan.-March 2020. DOI: 10.1109/TLT.2018.2879354 [JCR 2018, Impact Factor: 2,315, 46/243, Q1 in EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH].
Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Rafael Caballero, Manuel Freire, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2020): Predicting students’ knowledge after playing a serious game based on learning analytics data: A case study. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 350-358, June 2020. [JCR 2020, Impact Factor: 3.862, Q1, 45/264 in Education & Educational Research]. DOI: 10.1111/jcal.12405.
Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Ivan Perez-Colado, Antonio Calvo-Morata, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2020): Applications of Simva to simplify serious games validation and deployment. IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologías del Aprendizaje (RITA), Volume 15 , Issue 3. DOI: 10.1109/RITA.2020.3008117.
Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Ivan Perez-Colado, Antonio Calvo-Morata, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2020): Aplicaciones de Simva para simplificar la validación y el despliegue de juegos serios. Versión Abierta Español Portugués de IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologías del Aprendizaje (VAEP-RITA).
Antonio Calvo-Morata, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2020): Serious games to prevent and detect bullying and cyberbullying: a systematic serious games and literature review. Computers & Education, Volume 157, November 2020, [2020 IF 8.538 JCR, 7/112, Q1 in COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS]. DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2020.103958.

Conferences

Alma Barrera, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2020): Review of serious games to educate on gender equality. Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality (TEEM), 21-23 October 2020, Salamanca (Spain).

2019

Journal

Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Ana Rus Cano, Antonio Calvo-Morata, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2019): Lessons learned applying learning analytics to assess serious games. Computers in Human Behavior, Volume 99, October 2019, Pages 301-309 [JCR 2019 IF 5.003, 4/89, Q1 in PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL]. DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2019.05.036.
Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Antonio Calvo-Morata, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2019): Applications of data science to game learning analytics data: a systematic literature review. Computers & Education, Volume 141, November 2019, 103612 [JCR 2019 IF 5.296, 11/109, Q1 in COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS]. DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2019.103612.
Ana Rus Cano, Alvaro Garcia-Tejedor, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2019): Game Analytics Evidence-Based Evaluation of a Learning Game for Intellectual Disabled Users. IEEE Access, Volume 7, Pages 123820-123829. [JCR 2019, Impact Factor: 3.745, Q1, 35/156 Q1 in COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS]. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2938365.
Antonio Calvo-Morata, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2019): Game Learning Analytics, Facilitating the Use of Serious Games in the Class. IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologías del Aprendizaje (RITA), November 2019. DOI: 10.1109/RITA.2019.2952296.
Antonio Calvo-Morata, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Ivan Perez-Colado, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2019): Improving Teacher Game Learning Analytics Dashboards through ad-hoc Development. Journal of Universal Computer Science, Vol. 25, No. 12, pp. 1507-1530. [JCR-SCIE 2018, IF 0.910 Computer Science - Theory & Methods, JCR 2019, IF 0.701, 97/108, Q4 in COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING].
Antonio Calvo-Morata, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2019): Game Learning Analytics, Simplificando el Uso de Juegos Serios en la Clase. Versión Abierta Español Portugués de IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologías del Aprendizaje (VAEP-RITA), Noviembre 2019. Volumen 7, Número 4 Pags.175-184.

Conferences

Antonio Calvo-Morata, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Manuel Freire, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2019): Game Learning Analytics for Educators. IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 9–11 April, 2019, Dubai, UAE.
Ivan Perez-Colado, Antonio Calvo-Morata, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2019): Simva: Simplifying the scientific validation of serious games. 19th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 15-18 July 2019, Maceió-AL, Brazil.
Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Ivan Perez-Colado, Antonio Calvo-Morata, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2019): Using Simva to evaluate serious games and collect game learning analytics data. Learning Analytics Summer Institute Spain (LASI-Spain), 27-28 June 2019, Vigo, Spain.
Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Antonio Calvo-Morata, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2019): Simplifying the validation and application of games with Simva. The 4th International Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Education In conjunction with ICWL 2019 (SETE 2019), 23-25 September, 2019, Magdeburg, Germany.

Other

Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón, Manuel Freire, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Ivan Perez-Colado, Antonio Calvo-Morata, Víctor Manuel Pérez-Colado (2019): xAPI Application Profile for Serious Games (pptx). This presentation provides details about xAPI, its application to Serious Games with the xAPI-SG profile and specific examples on how to capture data from serious games using the standard..
Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2019): Fomentando la igualdad con juegos serios. Presentación en la sesión de eMadrid del SIMO Educación 2019 (5 de noviembre de 2019).

2018

Conferences

Ivan Perez-Colado, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2018): Game Learning Analytics is not informagic!. IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), April 18-20, 2018, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Antonio Calvo-Morata, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2018): Making understandable Game Learning Analytics for teachers. 17th International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL 2018), August 22nd - 24th, 2018, ChiangMai, Thailand.
Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Ana Rus Cano, Antonio Calvo-Morata, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2018): Applications of Learning Analytics to assess Serious Games (extended abstract). 2nd Annual Learning & Student Analytics Conference (LSAC), October 22-23, 2018, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Ivan Perez-Colado, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2018): Improving serious games analyzing learning analytics data: lessons learned. Games and Learning Alliance conference (GALA Conf), December 5-7, 2018, Palermo, Italy.

Other

Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Ivan Perez-Colado, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2018): BEACONING D4.7 - Game analytics and adaptation components reference implementation. Deliverable D4.7 - Game analytics and adaptation components reference implementation of H2020 BEACONING Project.

2017

Conferences

Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Antonio Calvo-Morata, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2017): Systematizing game learning analytics for serious games. IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 25-28 April 2017, Athens, Greece.
Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Dan C. Rotaru, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2017): Full Lifecycle Architecture for Serious Games: Integrating Game Learning Analytics and a Game Authoring Tool. Joint Conference on Serious Games (JCSG), 23-24 November 2017, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain..

Other

Cristina Alonso-Fernández (2017): Applying data mining techniques to Game Learning Analytics. Final Master Thesis. Complutense University of Madrid, Faculty of Statistics..
Baltasar Fernández-Manjón, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Ivan Perez-Colado, Manuel Freire, Iván Martínez-Ortiz (2017): BEACONING D2.3 - Dissemination results 1. Deliverable D2.3 – Dissemination results 1 of H2020 BEACONING Project.

2016

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Cristina Alonso-Fernández (2016): Gaming Learning Analytics for Serious Games. Final undergraduate project. Complutense University of Madrid, Faculty of Informatics..

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