Apostolos Kostas

Apostolos Kostas is an Assistant Professor at Primary Education Dept., University of the Aegean, Greece. He teaches various undergraduate and postgraduate courses on “Digital Environments for Learning and Teaching”. Since May 2018, he serves as Director of the Center for Life-Long Learning, University of the Aegean, while since 2020 he served as Turor at the Hellenic Open University in the thematic “Open and Distance Education”. He has participated in various national and EU-funded programs and his research interests include e-Learning, Web 2.0 in Education, Communities of Practice and Teachers Professional Development.

Publications

Micro-Learning in Formal and Informal Education: A Systematic Review
Micro-Learning in Formal and Informal Education: A Systematic Review
Apostolos Kostas, George Koutromanos, Despoina Tsoumani. © 2024. 19 pages.
Micro-learning is a relatively new approach to e-learning and especially to mobile learning (m-learning). The aim of this work is to investigate the application of micro-learning...
Preparing Teachers for the 21st Century: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of TPD Programs Under the Lens of Emerging Technologies in STE(A)M Education
Preparing Teachers for the 21st Century: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of TPD Programs Under the Lens of Emerging Technologies in STE(A)M Education
Stavros Pitsikalis, Ilona-Elefteryja Lasica, Apostolos Kostas, Chryssi Vitsilaki. © 2022. 23 pages.
This chapter provides an overview of (1) the current situation concerning teacher professional development (TPD) programs through studies referring to existing challenges; (2)...
Pre-Service Teachers and Computers: A (Still) Troubled Relationship
Pre-Service Teachers and Computers: A (Still) Troubled Relationship
Emmanuel Fokides, Apostolos Kostas. © 2020. 17 pages.
The chapter presents the results of a longitudinal study (years 2013-2018) in which pre-service teachers' actual and perceived competence in computers were examined, together...