Estela Daukšienė is an associate professor in the Education Academy and a deputy director at the Institute for Study Innovations, Vytautas Magnus University (LT). Estela Daukšienė was the president (2016 – 2021) and a board member (2022-2024) of the Lithuanian and Distance e-Learning Association (LieDM), currently she is responsible for managing online teaching activities in the university, focusing on quality assurance of the university online courses, and contributing to university teacher training and future teacher education. Her research topics focus on TEL, OER, virtual mobility, micro-credentials, and, recently, AI impact and application in education.

She has been an active participant in EDEN’s conferences since 2012, an EDEN Fellow since 2022, and a researcher working on European projects on behalf of EDEN since 2024.