Publicity & Publications

So far, we have demonstrated Onlabs in many conferences, competitions and events. Among those, we:

• had our 15 minutes of fame (and fun!) at ICALT 2014 in Athens, Greece and ECTEL 2014 in Graz, Austria

• took part in 2nd and 3rd International Serious Games Competitions, hosted by ECGBL in Berlin, Germany, 2014 and Steinkjer, Norway, 2015 respectively

• set our workshop at 8th Panhellenic Conference for Teachers in Information and Communications Technology in Education, on Syros island, Greece, 2015

• had a popular stand at the 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Patras IQ exhibitions in Patras, Greece

• presented our work progress at OOFHEC 2016 in Rome, Italy

• set our workshop at HiSTEM 2016 and Spoudase 2017 in Athens, Greece

• presented our latest work update at EDEN 2018 in Genoa, Italy

• presented our liquid simulation method at PCI 2018 in Athens, Greece

• presented our research on inquiry-based learning methods in virtual laboratories at ICOLD 2019 in Athens, Greece

• presented our genetic algorithm for training the Non-Playable Characters at OOFHEC 2019 in Madrid, Spain

Moreover, our publications are available for downloading from the following links:

• Adventure-Style Game-Based Learning for a Biology Lab (paper at ICALT 2014)

• Adventure-Style Serious Game for a Science Lab (demo paper at ECTEL 2014)

• Learning by Playing: Development of an Interactive Biology Lab Simulation Platform for Educational Purposes (chapter in Experimental Multimedia Systems for Interactivity and Strategic Innovation book, (c) 2016 IGI Global)

• Performance Evaluation in Virtual Lab Training (paper at OOFHEC 2016)

• Assessing the Impact of Virtualizing Physical Labs (paper at EDEN 2018)

• A 3D Virtual Reality Laboratory as a Supplementary Educational Preparation Tool for a Biology Course (paper at European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2018/II)

• Quantitative Liquid Simulation in an Interactive 3D Virtual Laboratory (paper at PCI 2018)

• The Educational Application of Virtual Laboratories in Archaeometry (paper at International Journal of Computational Methods in Heritage Science, 2019/I)

• Human-Computer Learning Interaction in a Virtual Laboratory (paper at OOFHEC 2019)

• Reviewing Inquiry-Based Learning Approaches in Virtual Laboratory Environment for Science Education (paper at ICOLD 2019)

• XRLabs: Extended Reality Interactive Laboratories (paper at CSEDU 2020)

• Implementation and Evaluation of a Three‐Dimensional Virtual Reality Biology Lab versus Conventional Didactic Practices in Lab Experimenting with the Photonic Microscope (paper at Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, January/February 2020)

• Cross-Reality Technologies in Archaeometry Bridge Humanities With “Hard Science” (chapter in Applying Innovative Technologies in Heritage Science, (c) 2020 IGI Global)

...while two publications in Greek for fellow Greek-speakers are also available:

• Onlabs: Educational 3D Game for Distance Laboratory Training in Biology (paper at 8th Panhellenic Conference for Teachers in Information and Communications Technology in Education)

• The Item Response Theory for the Assessment of Users’ Performance in a Biology Virtual Laboratory (paper at The Journal for Open and Distance Education and Educational Technology, Vol 3, No 2, 2017)