Dr. Stamatios Papadakishas been an assistant professor in educational technology with an emphasis on mobile learning at the Department of Preschool Education at the University of Crete, Greece. He has worked on several international and national pedagogy projects for pre-K to 16th grade education. His scientific and research interests include the study of mobile learning, especially on using smart mobile devices and their accompanying mobile applications (apps) in Preschool and Primary Education, focusing on developing Computational Thinking and students’ understanding of numbers. Furthermore, he currently investigates how a STEM learning approach influences learning achievement through a context-aware mobile learning environment in the preschool classroom and explains the effects on preschoolers' learning outcomes. He has published and book chapters in scientific peer-reviewed journals and international conferences (including Computers & Education, Education and Information Technologies, and Early Childhood Education Journal).
Alexander Kapaniaris was born in Zagora and has two children. He works as an IT teacher in the Secondary Education and he is a Regional Coordinator of Educational Work of Computer Science of Thessaly. His basic degree is as an IT Engineer of the Technological Institute of Computer Engineering and Information of Athens and is a graduate of the department of "Studies in Greek Culture" of the Faculty of Humanities of the Greek Open University and a graduate of the School of pedagogical of PATES / S.E.L.E.T.E. of Thessaloniki. He also has MSc degrees on the topics of "Graphic Arts - Multimedia" from the Greek Open University and Modern Learning Environments & Production of Teaching Material of University of Thessaly (Department of Education). Since 2017, he has been a PhD of Folk Culture, Education and ICT, of the University of the Aegean (Department of Early Childhood Education and Educational Planning). He has completed two post doctorate researches in the Department of History and Ethnology, Democritus University of Thrace. He has published and has participated in Greek and international conferences as a rapporteur and a judge and his research interests include the E/H educational technology, internet addiction, pedagogical applications, educational software, ICT, cultural informatics, digitizing historical archives, local history and folk culture. He has authored books on the teaching use of ICT in education and the digital school, on civilization and education. He is currently teaching in the Greek Open University in postgraduate level the course “Digital Storytelling in education”. He also teaches at the Hellenic Open University in the Department of Greek Culture the course Public and Private Life in Greece (Folk Studies)
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