Kathy Kikis-Papadakis

Kathy Kikis-Papadakis received her PhD in Educational Planning and Evaluation (area of investigation: Employability and Language Training of Minority Groups in the USA). In the past, she held the post of leading the section of bilateral cooperation at the Hellenic Ministry of Research and Technology and taught at the Department of Philosophical and Social Science at the University of Crete. Since 1993, she is leading the Educational Research and Evaluation Group at the Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics at FORTH. Her research interests are in the study of impact of technology enhanced learning, from effectiveness and innovation introduction perspectives, and on the socio-cultural aspects of learning and e-learning. Other areas of interest include gender and mathematics and curriculum development for teachers' professional development. All of her research work is supported by competitive grants (national and community levels) and concern educational policy and evaluation.

Publications

E-Learning as a Socio-Cultural System: A Multidimensional Analysis
E-Learning as a Socio-Cultural System: A Multidimensional Analysis
Vaiva Zuzevičiūtė, Edita Butrimė, Daiva Vitkutė-Adžgauskienė, Vladislav Vladimirovich Fomin, Kathy Kikis-Papadakis. © 2014. 349 pages.
Information and communication technologies play a crucial role in a number of modern industries. Among these, education has perhaps seen the greatest increases in efficiency and...
The Impact of Gender in ICT Usage, Education and Career: Comparisons between Greece and Germany
The Impact of Gender in ICT Usage, Education and Career: Comparisons between Greece and Germany
Bernhard Ertl, Kathrin Helling, Kathy Kikis-Papadakis. © 2012. 22 pages.
Gender is an important issue in the context of information and communication technologies (ICT). Studies show that ICT use is subject to gender bias, e.g. in relation to ICT use...
Evaluation of E-Learning
Evaluation of E-Learning
Bernhard Ertl, Katharina Ebner, Kathy Kikis-Papadakis. © 2012. 14 pages.
Evaluation is an important measure for quality control in e-learning, which aims at improving a learning environment and adapting it to users’ needs, as well as proving values...
Evaluation of E-Learning
Evaluation of E-Learning
Bernhard Ertl, Katharina Ebner, Kathy Kikis-Papadakis. © 2010. 11 pages.
Evaluation is an important measure for quality control in e-learning, which aims at improving a learning environment and adapting it to users’ needs, as well as proving values...