Educational Technology
This research explores various methodological, design and implementation aspects of educational technology, with an emphasis on large scale application.
We are currently looking into how very realistic simulation can help with at-a-distance training for science labs.
I am always on the lookout for how to embed the development of high-end research tools into the software engineering curriculum:
D. Kalles. “Artificial Intelligence meets Software Engineering in Computing Education”, Panhellenic Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2016.
D. Kalles. “Students working for students on programming courses”, Computers and Education, Vol. 50, Iss. 1, pp. 91 - 97, 2008.
D. Kalles and A. Papagelis. ”Programming Drills with a Decision Trees Workbench”, Adapting Information and Communication Technologies for Effective Education, L. Tomei (ed), Idea, pp. 108-120, 2007.
Research on how to streamline the development of educational material and the delivery of online classrooms is described in the following papers:
M.-E. Aggelaki, D. Kalles and N. Tryfona. “Development of an e-Learning System for Distance Education”, Panhellenic Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Education, Patra, Greece, May 2011.
Th. Hadzilacos, D. Kalles, D. Karaiskakis and Μ. Pouliopoulou. “Using Graphs in Developing Educational Material”, Web-Based Learning Solutions for Communities of Practice: Developing Virtual Environments for Social and Pedagogical Advancement, N. Karakapilidis (ed), IGI Global, 2009.
(an updated version of) Th. Hadzilacos, D. Kalles, D. Karaiskakis and Μ. Pouliopoulou. “Using Graphs in Developing Educational Material”, Workshop on Technology Enhanced Learning – Communities of Practice, Chania, Greece, September 2007.
Th. Hadzilacos and D. Kalles. “On the Software and Knowledge Engineering Aspects of the Educational Process”, International Journal of Software Engineering & Knowledge Engineering, Vol. 17, No. 5, pp. 643 - 662, 2007.
P. Gakis, D, Kalles, A. Matos, and Th. Hadzilacos. “Design and Recording of Experience in Synchronous Distance Training in Virtual Classes”, Panhellenic Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Teachers, Syros, Greece, May 2005.
Th. Hadzilacos, D. Kalles, S. Papadakis, and M. Xenos. “Productionizing of Streaming Educational Material”, European Journal of Open and Distance Learning, Issue 1, 2004.
A twist focused on using focus groups for embedding instructional design aspects into distance learning educational material (delivered via LAMS):
Ο. Fragou , I. Hatzilygeroudis. D. Kalles and S. Lykothanassis. “Implementing Participatory Design for Developing A Constructivist E-Learning Activity”, 24th Annual Conference of European Association for Education in Electrical and Information Engineering, Chania, Greece, May 2013.
... and a further collaboration focused on instructional design and adaptivity research:
A. Mavroudi, Th. Hadzilacos, A. Gregoriades and D.Kalles. “Teacher-led Design of an Adaptive Learning Environment”, Interactive Learning Environments, DOI: 10.1080/10494820.2015.1073747, 2015.
A. Mavroudi, Th. Hadzilacos, and D.Kalles. “Learning Design for mobile and contextual learning”, 9th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning, Valetta, Malta, October 2010.
... as well as research on the use of ontologies for scaling-up the development of educational material:
N. Aggelopoulou, C. Pierrakeas, A. Artikis and D. Kalles. “Ontological Modelling for Intelligent e-Learning”, 14th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Athens, Greece, 2014.