Department of Computer Science,
Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH),
Kavala, Greece
Last updated: 10/06/2024 (dd/mm/yy)



 

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Education
National Research Projects Coordination
Scientific Activities
Research Interests
Professional Organizations
Distincitons
PhD Thesis Committee
List of Publications
Office


Current Occupation :

 Professor, Department of Computer Science, of Democritus University of Thrace.

PAST POSITIONS

Coordinator of the Center of Teaching and Leaning of the International University of Greece ( 2021- 2/2024)

Board Member of the MSc & PhD Coordinating Committee of the International University of Greece ( 2021- 2/2024)

Board Member of the Long Life Learning Institute (KEDIVIM) of the International University of Greece (2020 - 2/2024)

Board Member of the Institute of Educational Research and Development of the International University of Greece (2020 - 2/2024)

Member of the Board of Directors of the Lifelong Learning Center of the International University of Greece (2020- 2/2024 )

Member of the Advisory Board of EDYTE GRNet SA Advisory Committee (4 / 2020- 2023)

Scientific Manager of the GRADIM program (2022-2/2024)

e-mail addresses: tsinakos at cs.duth.gr Follow me on Academia.edu , Follow @tsinakos
Download our Material on Mobile Learning and Augmented Reality

Perspectives on Open and Distance Learning:
Increasing Access through Mobile Learning (2013)


Global Mobile Learning Implementations and Trends (2014)
Intreview by the Versatilist podcast,the Immersive Learning Network,
. regarding our work on the use of Augmented Reality to foster creativity in schools. (2015)
Yu S. , Ally M. and Tsinakos A. (2018). "Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning - An International Handbook, Yu et al (Eds) , ISBN 978-981-10-6144-8, Springer (2018)
Yu S. , Ally M. and Tsinakos A. (2020). Emerging Technologies and Pedagogies in the Curriculum Yu et al (Eds) Book, ISBN 978-981-15-0617-8, Springer, 2020
 

Previous Position Held:

Board Member of the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (2016-2018)
Director of the Master program "Advanced Computer and Information Technologies" of the Department of Informatics, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology (2015-2016).
Member of Greek Open Source Working Group for "Content and Equipment in Higher Education" for the Greek Ministry of Education (April 2016)
Member of Greece Bologna Experts Group for the Greek Ministry of Education (June 2011)
Head of Department of Industrial Informatics (2006-2009).
Head of Computational Systems Sector (2005).
Superintendent in Secondary level Education on the filed of Computing Science Greek Ministry of Education (1999-2004).
Teacher of Secondary Level Education (1995-1998)

 

Education:

Dr. Avgoustos Tsinakos received the following degrees:

BSc in Physics (1992), from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
MSc in Applied Artificial Intelligence (1993), from University of Aberdeen in Scotland , under the ESF scholarship.
AGDDE(T) Advanced Graduate Diploma in Distance Education Technology (1999), form Athabasca University of Canada ,
MDE Master in Distance Education (2000), form Athabasca University of Canada ,
Ph.D. degree on "Artificial Intelligence and Internet (Asynchronous Distance Education)" (2002), in the Department of Applied Informatics in the University of Macedonia , Greece.

PhD Dissertation Supervision:

Topic: "Immersion Technologies in Education" Chrysoula Lazou - "Technology Enhanced Learning for Digital and Media Literacy Skills Enhancement in Education through an Interdisciplinary Approach". Department of Informatics DIPAE (2021- present)
Topic: "The role of immersive virtual reality in Occupational Therapy programs for the restoration of limb functionality in stroke patients" Demosthenes Lygouras Department of Informatics - Synergy with the Medical Department of DUTH & the Medical Department EKPA (2023- present)
International Ph.D. Topic: "Designing an AI-Enhanced Virtual Reality Learning Environment for Nurturing Entrepreneurial Skills in Computer Science Students” Lynn Long Canda, Department of Informatics, DFT (2023- present)
International Ph.D. Topic: "The Digital Twin of Computer Science Students: Investigating Interactions Between Virtual Characters and Student Development” Didem Gokce Guck?ran, Turkey/USA, Department of Informatics, DFT (2023- present)

National Research Projects Coordination:
Since 1997 he has been engaged in research in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Distance Education, and since 2010 he has been teaching in postgraduate programs in Greece and abroad in thematic units related to distance education, new technologies in education and learning, development. mobile applications, and augmented reality. Prof Tsinakos collaborates with several Open Universities in Canada, Spain, Netherlands, China and a number of National /International Bodies such as the Cyber Crime Devision (Geece). He served as the Coordinator/member of the Coordination Team, in more than 30 and national/international projects on the topic of distance education and of Technology Enhanced Learning of 30 MEuros overall budget. In addition, Prof Tsinakos has participated in more than 74 world /international/ national conferences as invited speaker/presenter. His publication list includes four books in :English and one in Chinese, four book chapters, more than 100 papers on the topic of e-learning/mobile learning and of AI and Mixed Reality applications.
Invited Speaker (selection of..)

A represetrnative list of national/international the latest projects for the period 2019-2025 with an overall budget of 19,7 MEuros follows (Overall budget earned: 30 MEuros):

  1. ICE, National Project (Innovation & Research) (2019-23)
  2. A.T.P.P Innovation , National Project (2019-22)
  3. T4E , National Project on Digital Skills for Educators (2019-22)
  4. FuseGI, European Project (Key Action 2) (2019-22)
  5. SHERPA, European Project (Key Action 3) on SELFIE Digital Skills (2019-22)
  6. Imtech4Ed, European Project (Key Action 2) (2020-23)
  7. iPeer, European Project (Key Action 2) (2020-23)
  8. Resistant, European Project UNESCO 2020 (HORIZON) (2021-23)
  9. JAUNTY: Joint undergAduate coUrses for smart eNergy managemenT sYstems
  10. SmartROOT: Smart faRming innOvatiOn Training (2020-23)
  11. INCIDENCE: promotINg Cyber-hygIene in eDucation through sEcuring distaNCe lEarning (HORIZON) (2021-24)
  12. ELECTRON: rEsilient and seLf-healed EleCTRical pOwer Nanogrid (2021-24)
  13. TALON: Autonomous and Self-organized Artificial Intelligent Orchestrator for a Greener Industry 5.0 (2022-25)
  14. Metaverse Civic (2024-2026)
  15. Digital Twin ODU Metaversity (2024)
  16. 360 VR ODU Campus (2024)

    Scientific Activities:

    1. National & International Board Participation.
      Member of National Evaluators for Telematics and Broadband applications (2004).
      Member of the National Deontology and Content Committee of the Greek Ministry of Education for the "EDUnet" project. The central aim of the Committee is students' protection against violent or annoying navigations (2003-to present)
      Member of European Expert Evaluators Team for eContentplus and Safer Internet Plus Programmes. Area of expertise: E-learning.(2006-2008)
      Member of the Board of the National Open Source Association (2008-2010)
      Board of Directors of the Apoplous Learning LTD Association of Cyprus, emphasising on the application of Information Technology in Education (2008- to present).
      Member of European Experts team to assist the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency in the framework of the management of the Community programmes in the fields of education, audiovisual, culture, youth and citizenship for the Programme Comenius (2009-20013)
      Member of European Experts team to assist the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) for the Programme Erasmus (2009-20013)
      Member of European Experts team for the Horizon 2020 call (2013- to present)
      Member of European AI Alliance of European Commission (9/2018-to present)

    2. Journal Reviewer
      International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
      Journal of the Association for Information Systems
      Current Issues in Education
      Academic Exchange Quarterly
      Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education
      International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL)
      IEEE Journal of Educational Technology & Society
      International Journal on E-Learning
      Journal of Technology and Teacher Education
      Computers & Education by Elsevier

      Research Interests:

       Technology Enhanced Learning
      Augmented Reality
      Internet applications of AI.
      Intelligent tutoring systems,
      Student modelling,
      Web based Distance learning,
      Virtual Learning Environments,
      Asynchronous Distance Education,
      Mobile Learning

      Distincitons:

        The Advanced Educational Technologies and Mobile Applications (AETMA) Lab , he is directing has the following profile (in short):
        • 40 People Behind AETMA: 19 CORE Members, 14 External , 8 CESI France Students under Full Scholarship
        • 2 UNESCO Nomination, Award (2018, 2022)
        • 7 Awards, 2 Best Paper (IMCL2019, 7th International Conf. on Innovation, Education Leader Award)
        Some of those awards are listed below:
        1. In November 2018, the AETMA Research Laboratory, which he directs, received UNESCO GREECE Nomination, for the ARTutor augmented reality platform he developed,
        2. In May 2019, the GOLDEN PRICE was awarded in the Education Leaders Awards 2019 competition, category "Digital Higher Education"
        3. In October 2019 the AETMA Research Laboratory was awarded by the European Commissioner for Human Disaster Management, DG ECHO Mr. Christos Stylianides, in the presence of the Secretary General of Civil Protection Mr. Hardalia and Mr. Felix Bloch European Chairman Knowledge Network and Evidence ? Based Policy, EU Civil
        4. Protection, for the Virtual School action which aims at the free education of students to deal with natural disasters and to protect them from similar risks, using the Augmented Reality technologies,
        5. In November 2019, the members of AETMA Lab won the BEST IMCL2019 Short Paper Award, for their research on augmented reality
        6. Terzopoulos, G., Kazanidis, I., Satratzemi, M., Tsinakos, A. (2019). A comparative study of Augmented Reality platforms for building educational mobile applications. International Conference on Interactive Mobile Communication Technologies and Learning
        7. The Virtual School project was also awarded with the BRONZE PRIZE of Education Leaders Awards 2020.
        8. Thasos project awarded with the SILVER PRIZE of Education Leaders Awards 2021.
        9. DIGITeens project was awarded with the GOLDEN PRIZE of Education Leaders Awards 2021.
        10. October 2022 PhD Best Presentation and Paper AWARD, European Conference on E-Learning ECEL2022, Brighton, UK (Academic Conferences International - ACI)
        11. April 2023, Second place in the UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Alliance Awards, subject of Ms. Chrysoula Lazou's Doctoral Dissertation (UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Alliance Awards)
        12. August 2023, Official Cooperation with the Hellenic Cybercrime Prosecution. Implementation of two AR-Board Game & VR Game applications with the Title "Digital Skills Academy" for training students aged 8 to 18 in dealing with criminal behavior on the Internet
        13. June 2024 Silver Price Education Leaders Awards 2024 VR Game Digital Academy in cooperation with Cyber Crime Unit Greece

        Publications:

        Some of the publicatios are:

        Books

        1. Tsinakos A. and Ally M. (2013). Global Mobile Learning Implementation and Trends . Published by China Central Radio & TV University Press, Beijing China 10 2013, ISBN 978-7-304-06343-6 (Open Access Book )
        2. 2. Ally M and Tsinakos A (2013). Increasing Access through Mobile Learning (Open Book) Published by Commonwealth of Learning and Athabasca University, Vancouver, 2014, ISBN 978-1-894975-64-3. (Open Access Book, translated in Chinese 2015)
        3. Yu S. , Ally M. and Tsinakos A. (2018). "Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning - An International Handbook, Yu et al (Eds) , ISBN 978-981-10-6144-8, Springer 2018
        4. Yu S. , Ally M. and Tsinakos A. (2020). Emerging Technologies and Pedagogies in the Curriculum Yu et al (Eds) Book, ISBN 978-981-15-0617-8, Springer, 2020 Retrieve from https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811506178

        Book Chapters & Special Issues

        1. Tsinakos A. (2011), "Student Modelling review" for the section Reasoning and rules for user modeling and personalization in the "Semantic Web Personalization and Context Awareness: Management of Personal Identities and Social Networking". Published by IGI Global as part of the Advances in Semantic Web and Information Systems (ASWIS) Book Series, May 2011.
        2. Lytridis C., Kazanidis I. and Tsinakos A. (2016), The Open Courses Project at the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, Chapter 50, State-of-the-Art and Future Directions of Smart Learning, Lecture Notes in Educational Technology, Yanyan Li, Maiga Chang, Milos Kravcik, Elvira Popescu, Ronghuai Huang, Kinshuk, Nian-Shing Chen, ISSN 2196-4971, ISBN 978-981-287-868-7 , DOI 10.1007/978-981-287-868-7_50, Springer, pp. 415-421.
        3. Tessolin A. and Tsinakos A, (2018). Opening Real Doors: Strategies for Using Mobile Augmented Reality to Create Inclusive Distance Education for Learners with Different-Abilities, "Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning - An International Handbook", Yu et al (Eds) , ISBN 978-981-10-6143-1, p. 59-80, Springer 2018.
        4. Kazanidis I., Sotiriadis G., Lytridis C., Tsinakos, A. (2017). Using augmented reality application for children education in natural disasters. Novel approaches in Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management
        5. Tsinakos A and Siret M (2019). Implementation of the Question-Answering System (QAS), for ARTutor augmented reality platform Book Chapter AR-FOR-EU-BOOK (in press)
        6. Tsinakos A and Videmond A, (2019). Exploring the registration scenarios for ARTutor augmented reality platform. Book Chapter ViliProject UK.
        7. Tsinakos A., (2019). Digital Book Policies in Greece. Invited Book Chapter Unesco Anual E-Learning Review 2019
        8. Yoko Mochizuki et all (2019). Rethinking Pedagogy: Exploring the potential of Technology in Achieving Quality Education, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development, 35 Ferozshah Road, New Delhi 110001, India, © UNESCO MGIEP 2019 ISBN 978-81-89218-72-0 . Retrieved from https://mgiep.unesco.org/reports-and-guides
        9. Lazou, C., Panagiotou, N., Tsinakos, A. (2021). Digital and Media Literacy Skills Enhancement in the Greek EFL Context During the COVID-19 Pandemic. In Palalas, A., & Lazou, C. (Eds). (2021). Blended Language Learning: Evidence-Based Trends and Applications. [eBook]. International Association for Blended Learning and Power Learning Solutions. ISBN 978-1-9993825-4-4. https://blendedlanguagelearning.pressbooks.com/
        10. Lazou, C., Panagiotou, N., & Tsinakos, A. (2022). Training Teachers in an Interdisciplinary Approach through EMI: A Case Study in Greece. In English Language Teacher Education in Changing Times: Perspectives, Strategies & New Ways of Teaching and Learning. Routledge (under publication).
        11. Tsinakos A and Kazanidis (2023). Special Issue of Education Sciences Journal on "Technology Enhanced Education" ISSN 2227-7102, MDPI
        12. Tsinakos A, Crompton H, Wild F, Kazanidis I, Mystakidis S (2024). Special Issue of Information Processes Journal , on "Training and Game Design with Immersive Technologies and Spatial Computing", ISSN 2078-2489, MDPI

      Journals

      1. Pietro Leo, Derek Sleeman, Avgoustos Tsinakos, "S-SALT: A problem-solver, knowledge acquisition tool and associate knowledge base refinement mechanism", Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing (1996), 10, pp 157-159, USA.
      2. Tsinakos and Margaritis K. G., "Student Models: The transit to Distance Education", European Journal of Open and Distance Learning (EURODL), ISSN 1027-5207 Vol. 11/ 2000.
      3. Tsinakos and Margaritis K. G., "See Yourself IMprove (SYIM) An educational environment for the provision of personalized distance education services and the formulation of student models", accepted in European Journal of Open and Distance Learning (EURODL).
      4. Tsinakos and Margaritis K. G., "Employing Case Based Reasoning in Asynchronous distance education, journal" of Learning Technology, IEEE Computer Society Learning Technology Task Force (LTTF), ISSN 1438-0625, Vol 3, (3), p. 9-14, July 2001.
      5. Tsinakos and Margaritis K. G., "Results of employing Case Based Reasoning in SYIM", journal of Learning Technology, IEEE Computer Society Learning Technology Task Force (LTTF), ISSN 1438-0625, Vol 3, (4), p. 41-46, Oct 2001.
      6. Tsinakos A. Distance Teaching using SYIM educational environment", journal of Learning Technology, IEEE Computer Society Learning Technology Task Force (LTTF), ISSN 1438-0625, Vol 4, (4), p. 2-5, Oct 2002.
      7. Tsinakos A, "Transforming Greek educational High School Model using Systems Thinking Analysis", journal of Learning Technology, IEEE Computer Society Learning Technology Task Force (LTTF), ISSN 1438-0625, Vol 4, (4), p. 5-8, Oct 2002
      8. Tsinakos A., "Asynchronous distance education: Teaching using Case Based Reasoning", Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education-TOJDE, ISSN 1302-6488 Volume:4 Number:3, July 2003.
      9. Tsinakos A., "The puzzle of Virtual Learning Environments: "what criteria should be present in the ideal VLE", to appear in Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education-TOJDE, ISSN 1302-6488 Volume:5 Number:2, April 2004.
      10. Tsinakos A., "Empowering the employment of Case Based Reasoning in VLE "the case were SYIM meets Moodle", to appear in Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education-TOJDE, ISSN 1302-6488 Volume:5 Number:2, April 2004.
      11. Tsinakos A, "Collaborative Student Modelling- a new perspective using Wiki", WSEAS TRANS. ?n Advance ?n Engineering Education Issue 6, Vol.3, ISSN: 1790-1979, pg. 475-481, June 2006
      12. Tsinakos A, Balafoutis, "A Comparative Survey On Mind Mapping Tools" , Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education-TOJDE, ISSN 1302-6488 Volume: 10 Number: 3 Article 2, July 2009
      13. Palaigeorgiou G. ,Triantafyllakos G. and Tsinakos A. What if undergraduate students designed their own web learning environment? Exploring students' web 2.0 mentality through participatory design Journal of Computer Assisted Learning (JCAL), Vol. 27, No. 2., p. 146-159, 2011
      14. Tsinakos A. and Kazanidis I,(2012). "Identification of Conflicting Questions in PARES System" , Journal of International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, ISSN: 1492-3831, in Vol 13, No 3, June 2012.
      15. Apostolopoulos A, Tsinakos A, Mitzalis F, Xynogalas G (2012). OpenCourseWare and Non-Institutional Online Education Initiatives: "The Open Academy" , European Researcher Journal, ISSN 2219-8229, Vol.(32), No 10-2, 2012, pp. 1779-1787
      16. Yongwu Miao, Mohamed Ally, Mohammed Samaka and Avgoustos A. Tsinakos (2014) Towards Pedagogy-driven Learning Design: A Case Study of Problem-Based Learning Designs Advances in Web-Based Learning ICWL 2014, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Volume 8613, pp 179-189, 2014, Springer ISBN 978-3-319-09635-3.
      17. Karamanoli P and Tsinakos A. (2016). A mobile augmented reality application for primary school's history , IOSR Journal of Research & Method in Education (IOSR-JRME) e-ISSN: 2320-7388,p-ISSN: 2320-737X, Volume 6, Issue 6 Ver. III (Nov. - Dec. 2016), pp, 56-65
      18. Karamanoli P., Tsinakos A., Karagiannidis C. (2017). The Application of Augmented Reality for Intervention to People with Autism Spectrum Disorders, IOSR Journal of Mobile Computing & Application (IOSR-JMCA). e-ISSN: 2394-0050, P-ISSN: 2394-0042.Volume 4, Issue 2 (Mar. - Apr. 2017), pp 42-51
      19. Lytridis C. and Tsinakos A., (2017). mLearn: A Mobile Learning Platform, Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review, Volume 10, Issue 4, pp. 81-86, ISSN:1791-2377
      20. P Chintiadis, I Kazanidis, A Tsinakos (2017) Trials of the Acropolis: Teaching Greek Mythology Using Virtual Reality and Game Based Learning, Interactive Mobile Communication, Technologies and Learning, 247-257
      21. Tsinakos (Eds) (2018). "Challenges and Future Trends of Distance Learning", Educational Sciences Journal, ISSN 2227-7102
      22. Lytridis C., Tsinakos A., Kazanidis I. (2018). ARTutor-An Augmented Reality Platform for Interactive Distance Learning. Education Sciences.; 8(1):6. ISSN 2227-7102, 2018
      23. Lytridis, C., Tsinakos, A. (2018). Evaluation of the ARTutor augmented reality educational platform in tertiary education. Smart Learning Environments, 5(1), 6. http://doi.org/10.1186/s40561-018-0058-x.
      24. Kazanidis I, G Palaigeorgiou, ? Papadopoulou, A Tsinakos (2018). Augmented Interactive Video: Enhancing Video Interactivity for the School Classroom Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review 11 (2), 174-181
      25. Kazanidis, I., Pellas, N., Fotaris, P., & Tsinakos, A. (2018). Facebook and Moodle integration into instructional media design courses: A comparative analysis of students' learning experiences using the Community of Inquiry (CoI) model. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 34 (10), 932-942. (Impact Factor: 1.259)
      26. Kazanidis, ?., Pellas, ?., Fotaris, P. & Tsinakos A. (2018). Can the flipped classroom model improve students' academic performance and training satisfaction in Higher Education instructional media design courses? British Journal of Educational Technology. (Wiley-Blackwell). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12694
      27. Kazanidis, I., Palaigeorgiou, G., Papadopoulou, A., Tsinakos, A. (2018). Augmented interactive video: enhancing video interactivity for the classroom. Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review, 11(2)(2018), 174-181.
      28. Kazanidis I., Sotiriadis G., Lytridis C., Tsinakos, A. (2018). Using augmented reality application for childhood education in natural disasters. Novel approaches in Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management. Nova Science Publishers Inc (In Press)
      29. Pellas, ?., Fotaris, P. Kazanidis, ?., & Tsinakos A. (2018). Augmenting the learning experience in primary and secondary school education: A systematic review of recent trends in augmented reality game-based learning. Virtual Reality Journal, S.I. VR in Education, 1-18. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-018-0347-2
      30. Kazanidis, I., Pellas, N., Fotaris, P., & Tsinakos, A. (2019). Can the flipped classroom model improve students' academic performance and training satisfaction in Higher Education instructional media design courses?. British Journal of Educational Technology, 50(4), 2014-2027
      31. Kazanidis, I., Fotaris, P., Gotzamanis, V., & Tsinakos A. (2020). Educational escape room for disaster preparedness and response Training. Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL20) to be held at The University, Brighton, UK on the 24th - 25th September 2020
      32. Terzopoulos G., Kazanidis I., Satratzemi M., Tsinakos A. (2021) A Comparative Study of Augmented Reality Platforms for Building Educational Mobile Applications. In: Auer M.E., Tsiatsos T. (eds) Internet of Things, Infrastructures and Mobile Applications. IMCL 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1192. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49932-7_30 (Best IMCL2019 Short Paper Winner Award)
      33. Kumar, Vivekanandan & Ally, Mohamed & Tsinakos, Avgoustos & Norman, Helmi. (2022). Cognification in Learning, Teaching, and Training. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology. 48. 10.21432/cjlt28261. https://oasis.col.org/items/3f9d1bf1-07dd-40ae-b3e5-4073dbe139dd
      34. Kazanidis, I., Terzopoulos, G., Kanakakis, P., Tsinakos, A., Tsoukalas, V. (2022). SELFIE Helper, an Automated Support Chatbot for the SELFIE Platform. In: Auer, M.E., Tsiatsos, T. (eds) New Realities, Mobile Systems and Applications. IMCL 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 411. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96296-8_34
      35. H Norman, NH Adnan, N Nordin, M Ally, A Tsinakos The educational digital divide for vulnerable students in the pandemic: Towards the New Agenda 2030 Sustainability 14 (16), 10332 13 2022
      36. Lazou, C., Tsinakos, A. (2022). Computer-Mediated Communication for Collaborative Learning in Distance Education Environments. In: Zaphiris, P., Ioannou, A. (eds) Learning and Collaboration Technologies. Designing the Learner and Teacher Experience. HCII 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13328. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05657-4_19
      37. Lazou, C., & Tsinakos, A. (2023). Critical Immersive-Triggered Literacy as a Key Component for Inclusive Digital Education. Education Sciences, 13 (7), 696 2, 2023.
      38. C Lazou, N Panagiotou, A Tsinakos (2023) English Language Teacher Education in Changing Times, 50-65,2023
      39. Nikolopoulou, K., Tsimperidis, I. & Tsinakos, A (2023). Undergraduate students' perceived mobile technology-learning barriers in their academic studies: a study in Greece. Discov Educ 2, 46 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-023-00068-5
      40. A Voreopoulou, S Mystakidis, A Tsinakos (2024) Augmented Reality Escape Classroom Game for Deep and Meaningful English Language Learning Computers 2024, 13(1), 24; https://doi.org/10.3390/computers13010024, 2024
      41. A Papadopoulou, S Mystakidis, A Tsinakos (2024). Immersive Storytelling in Social Virtual Reality for Human-Centered Learning about Sensitive Historical Events, Information 2024, 15, 244. https://doi.org/10.3390/info15050244
      42. D Lygouras, A Tsinakos (2024) The Use of Immersive Technologies in Karate Training: A Scoping Review, Multimodal Technologies and Interaction 8 (4), 27 Multimodal Technol. Interact. 2024, 8, 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/mti8040027

      International and World conferences

      1. Leo P, Sleeman D, Tsinakos A., S-SALT: A Problem Solver Plus Knowledge Acquisition Tool Which Additionally Can Refine Its Knowledge Base ,. EKAW 94. 8th European Knowledge Acquisition Workshop. Hoegaarden, Belgium, Sept. 1994.
      2. Tsinakos and K. G. Margaritis, MENTOR Internet Search Advisor and Information Retrieval System , WebNet 96 - World Conference of the Web Society, Oct. 1996, pp 583-584 ,San Francisco CA USA.
      3. Tsinakos and K. G. Margaritis, E-WISD, an ITS for High-school Classroom training, PEG 97 - 8th International PEG Conference, May 1997, pp 105-110, Sozopol, Bulgaria. Also invited as position paper in AIED '97, Tokyo (not presented).
      4. Tsinakos and K. G. Margaritis, SEARCH ADVISOR: Training Internet users towards search sessions, N.A. Web'97 - North American Web Developers Conference, Oct. 1997, pp. 195-202, Fredericton- New Brunswick, Canada
      5. Tsinakos and K. G. Margaritis, On the use of librarians selection routines in Web search, WebNet 97 - World Conference of the Web Society ,pp 546-551, Toronto Canada.
      6. Tsinakos A. A., Margaritis K.G., Feminist Pedagogy and Social trends in Greece. A diachronic review, Women's Worlds 99, 7th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, Tromsø, Norway, 20-26 June 1999
      7. Tsinakos A. A.and Margaritis K.G., Student Modelling Review, C-LEMMAS: Roles of Communicative Interaction in Learning to Model in Mathematics and Science, 15- 18 April, Ajjacio Corsica, 1999
      8. Tsinakos A. ?. and Margaritis K.G., Virtual University and DIStance ABility LEarning, RUFIS '99 Role of Universities, in the Future Information Society, 21-24 October, Arizona U.S.A., 1999
      9. Tsinakos A. and Margaritis K. G., Student Modelling Review-What can be learned for Distance Education?, WebNet 99 - World Conference of the Web Society, pp 1071-1076 Honolulu, Hawaii 1999.
      10. Tsinakos A., Margaritis K. G..See Yoursefl IMprove:a personalised distance education environment, 2nd International Conference of Information and Communication Technology in Education, pp. 202-208, 13-15 October, Patra 2000, Greece.
      11. Tsinakos Aand Margaritis K. G., SYIM:Implementing an educational environment for individual distance education services and student modeling, WebNet 2001 - World Conference of the Web Society, 23-27 October, Orlando, Florida, USA 2001
      12. Tsinakos A. and Papaioanou J, "Educational additions to an Open Source Virtual Learning Environment for the Greek Schools' Network", 4th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, ISSN 1-4244-0212-3/06/, p. 1019-1022, 8-11 March, Dubai/Sharjah, UAE, 2006.
      13. Tsinakos A "Virtual Instructor and pedagogical issues", invited paper, 6th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2006) Panel: Building Virtual Instructors for Mixed Reality Environments, July 5-7, Kerkrade, Netherlands, 2006
      14. Tsinakos ?. ?., "Wiki and Student Models -a handshake in Distance Education field?", invited paper, Proceedings of the 3rd WSEAS/IASME International Conference on Engineering Education, Vouliagmeni, Greece, pg 65-68, July 11-13, 2006
      15. Georgakopoulos K. and Tsinakos A., "Introducing Free / Open Source Software in Secondary Level Education - Investigating the preliminary steps needed", IADIS International Conference, e-Learning 2008, p. 137-144, Amsterdam, Netherlands,22 - 25 July, 2008
      16. Tsinakos A. and Georgakopoulos K., "Query Identification Component for the Pares Platform", IADIS International Conference, e-Learning 2008, p 89-93, Amsterdam, Netherlands,22 - 25 July, 2008,
      17. Palaigeorgiou G., Triantafyllakos G., and Tsinakos A., "Participatory design of the participatory culture: Students' projections of e-learning 2.0", 2nd Word Summit on the Knowledge Scociety WSKS 2009, CCIS 49, p.119-128 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 16-18 September 2009
      18. Tsinakos A. A, Student Modeling Engaging Olpc Gaming. IADIS International Conference e-Learning 2010 Freiburg,e-Learning 2010, Volume 1, p 186-192, ISBN: 978-972-8939-17-5 © 2010 IADIS, Germany 26 - 29 July 2010
      19. Tsinakos A. A. QOASM-Empowering Quest Atlantis with Open Student Model . 9th European Conference on e-Learning Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto,ECEL2010, p. 629-635, Porto, Portugal 4-5 November 2010
      20. Nteliopoulou, S. and Tsinakos, A. (2011). The Path from First to Second Life. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA), p. 3807-3814, 27 June-1 July, Lisbon, Portugal Chesapeake, VA: AACE, 2011.
      21. Tsinakos A. and Kazanidis I,(2012). "Identification of Conflicting Questions in PARES System" , Journal of International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, ISSN: 1492-3831, in Vol 13, No 3, June 2012.
      22. Apostolopoulos A, Tsinakos A, Mitzalis F, Xynogalas G (2012). OpenCourseWare and Non-Institutional Online Education Initiatives: "The Open Academy" , European Researcher Journal, ISSN 2219-8229, Vol.(32), No 10-2, 2012, pp. 1779-1787
      23. Tsinakos A,(2013). State of mobile learning around the world Book Chapter, Global Mobile Learning Implementation and Trends . Published by China Central Radio & TV University Press, Beijing China 10 2013, ISBN 978-7-304-06343-6, pp. 23-61.
      24. Christodoulos Lytridis and Avgoustos Tsinakos (2014), Using a commercial application as a Mobile Learning Platform to appear in mLearn2014, 13th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning Nov. 3 - 5, Kadir-Has University, Istanbul, Turkey
      25. Lytridis C., Kazanidis I. and Tsinakos A. (2015). The Open Courses Project at the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, 8th International Workshop on Social and Personal Computing for Web-Supported Learning Communities (SPeL 2015), Sinaia, Romania, 23-25 September 2015.
      26. Kazanidis I., Lytridis C. and Tsinakos A. (2015). Two fold evaluation of academic open courses in STEM education "The case of TEI EMT", World Engineering Education Forum WEEF 2015, Florence,Italy 20-24 September 2015
      27. Karamanoli P, Tsinakos A (2015). "Use of Augmented Reality in terms of creativity in School learning". International Workshop of Making as a Pathway to Foster Joyful Engagement and Creativity in Learning (Make2Learn)/(ICEC 2015) Trondheim, Norway, September 29 2015
      28. Karamanoli P and Tsinakos A. (2016).Augmented Reality and Dyslexia: A New Approach in Teaching Students , Proceedings of IABL 2016: Blended Learning for the 21st Century Learner, Kavala, Greece, ISBN:978-618-82543-0-5, pp. 102 -110, April22-24, IABL 2016
      29. Lytridis C. and Tsinakos A. (2016). Blended Learning in a Continuing Education Short Course at EMATTECH , Proceedings of IABL 2016: Blended Learning for the 21st Century Learner, Kavala, Greece, ISBN:978-618-82543-0-5, pp. 117 -110, April22-24, IABL 2016
      30. Stefanidis O., Tsinakos A, Karamanoli P. (2017). Blended Learning Theory and Practice, Development of a Collaborative Game for Enhancing the Educational Process in Classroom , Proceedings of the 2nd World Conference on Blended Learning , IABL2017, ISBN: 978-618-82543-2-9, Toronto, Canada, April 26 -28, 2017, pp 52-60
      31. Kazanidis I.; Tsinakos A.; and Lytridis C.(2017) Teaching Programming Using Augmented Reality And Collaborative Game Based Learning, International Conference on Interactive Mobile Communication, Technologies and Learning, IMCL2017, 30 Nov-1 Dec, 2017, Thessaloniki Greece (pp. 363-373).
      32. Chintiadis P., Kazanidis I.; and Tsinakos, A (2017). Trials of the Acropolis: Teaching Greek mythology using Virtual Reality and game based learning, International Conference on Interactive Mobile Communication, Technologies and Learning, IMCL2017, 30 Nov-1 Dec, 2017 Thessaloniki Greece (pp. 497-507).
      33. Vasiliadou T., Papadopoulou E., Tsinakos A. (2018). A Proposed Blended Educational Framework for Administration of Enterprises in Nowadays' Greek Financial Crisis . Proceedings of the 3rd World Conference of Blended Learning, Blended Learning in the Age of Social Change and Innovation, A. Palalas, H. Norman & P. Pawluk (Eds.) , ISBN: 978-618-82543-3-6, p 68-75, Warsaw, April 2018
      34. Nteliopoulou S., Kratidis V and Tsinakos A. (2018) Assessing the Value of Virtual Worlds for Distance Education Students through Collaborative Role-playing activities - An explanatory case study. Proceedings of the 3rd World Conference of Blended Learning, Blended Learning in the Age of Social Change and Innovation, A. Palalas, H. Norman & P. Pawluk (Eds.) ISBN: 978-618-82543-3-6, p 109-116, Warsaw, April 2018
      35. Gotzamanis, B., Kazanidis I., Tsinakos, A. (2018), Creating an escape room for education in disaster prevention and management, HCICTE 2018
      36. Tsinakos A, Clevelant Innes M, Kazanidis I, Hamilton A.M, Schmidt H (2019). Evaluating the impact of augmenting the material of the "Guide to Blended Learning", Commonwealth of Learning via the ARTutor platform", 28th ICDE World Conference on Online Learning, "Transforming Lives and Societies", Dublin 2019, https://wcol2019.ie/
      37. Terzopoulos, G., Kazanidis, I., Satratzemi, M., Tsinakos, A. (2019). A comparative study of Augmented Reality platforms for building educational mobile applications. International Conference on Interactive Mobile Communication Technologies and Learning(Best IMCL2019 Short Paper Winner Award)
      38. Kalpaktsi A., Kazanidis, I., Tsinakos, A. (2019). Proposed framework for the design and development of 360 ° immersive interactive video tutorials. 5th International Congress on the Promotion of Educational Innovation
      39. Kazanidis, I., Pellas, N., Fotaris, P., & Tsinakos, A. (2019). Can the flipped classroom model improve students' academic performance and training satisfaction in Higher Education instructional media design courses?. British Journal of Educational Technology, 50(4), 2014-2027.
      40. Kazanidis, I., & Pellas, N. (2019). Developing and Assessing Augmented Reality Applications for Mathematics with Trainee Instructional Media Designers: An Exploratory Study on User Experience. Journal of Universal Computer Science, 25(5), 489-514.
      41. Kazanidis I., Sotiriadis G., Lytridis C., Tsinakos, A. (2019). Using augmented reality application for children education in natural disasters. Novel approaches in Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management
      42. Kazanidis, I., Fotaris, P., Gotzamanis, V., & Tsinakos A. (2020). Educational escape room for disaster preparedness and response Training. Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL20), 24th - 25th September 2020, Brighton (pp. 832-839).
      43. Kazanidis, I., Fotaris, P., Gotzamanis, V., & Tsinakos A. (2020). Educational escape room for disaster preparedness and response Training. Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL20) to be held at The University, Brighton, UK on the 24th - 25th September 2020
      44. Terzopoulos G., Kazanidis I., Satratzemi M., Tsinakos A. (2021) A Comparative Study of Augmented Reality Platforms for Building Educational Mobile Applications. In Auer M.E., Tsiatsos T. (Eds.), Internet of Things, Infrastructures and Mobile Applications. IMCL 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing: Vol. 1192 (pp. 307-316). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49932-7_30. (Best Short Paper Award)
      45. Long, L.M. and Tsinakos,A.A (2021) Modelling the Application of Best Practices for Choosing Extended Reality Learning Applications in the Covid-19 Context, Innovate Learning Summit Overview 2021- AACE, Nov 9-11 , USA https://www.aace.org/conf/summit/overview/
      46. Kazanidis, I., Terzopoulos, G., Kanakakis, P., Tsinakos, A., Tsoukalas, V. (2022). SELFIE Helper, an Automated Support Chatbot for the SELFIE Platform. In: Auer, M.E., Tsiatsos, T. (eds) New Realities, Mobile Systems and Applications. IMCL 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 411. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96296-8_34
      47. Terzopoulos, G., Kazanidis, I., Tsinakos, A. (2022). Building a General Purpose Educational Augmented Reality Application: The Case of ARTutor. In: Auer, M.E., Tsiatsos, T. (eds) New Realities, Mobile Systems and Applications. IMCL 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 411. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96296-8_16
      48. Terzopoulos, G., Kazanidis, I. & Tsinakos, A. (2022) Supporting people with visual impairments using embossed qr codes on product packaging. In Proc. of the 14th International Conference The Economies of Balkan and Eastern Europe Countries in the changed world, EBEEC'22 (Under publication)
      49. Lazou, C. & Tsinakos, A. (2022). Computer-Mediated Communication for Collaborative Learning in Distance Education Environments. Accepted for the 24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 26 June - 1 July 2022.
      50. Lazou, C. & Tsinakos, A. (2022). Exploring Augmented Reality Affordances for Media Literacy in the EFL Context. Accepted for the 21st European Conference on e-Learning - ECEL 2022, 27-28 October 2022.
      51. Terzopoulos, G., Kazanidis, I. & Tsinakos, A. (2022) Pilot evaluation of SHERPA Helper and Pedagogical Innovation Assistant Toolkit. In Proc. of the 21st European Conference on e-Learning - ECEL 2022, 27-28 October 2022 (Accepted for presentation)
      52. Kanellis G, Tsinakos A, Terzopoulos G, Kazanidis I (2022) AR-Moodleverse A Hybrid Plugin that connects ARTutor with Moodle Learning Management System MoodleMoot2022Greece, 17 December Athens, Greece
      53. Terzopoulos, G., Kazanidis I., Tsinakos, A.,et al (2023). Using Transparent Displays For Implementing Augmented Reality In The Classroom. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference Economies of the Balkan and Eastern European Countries (Under publication)
      54. C Lazou, A Tsinakos, I Kazanidis 2023 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies Virtual Reality in Education, 23rd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies - ICALT 2023, Orem, Utah, USA, July 10-13, 2023 (ICALT 2023)
      55. Terzopoulos, G., Kazanidis I., Tsinakos, A., Karabatzakis, D., Georgiou, D. (2023). Using Transparent Displays For Implementing Augmented Reality In The Classroom. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference Economies of the Balkan and Eastern European Countries pg 79.

      Greek Conferences

      1. A Tsinakos Margaritis K., "TELE-EDUCATION AND RECREATION" 8th Congress of Social Pediatrics Society "THE CHILD AND THE TEENAGER IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY", Thes / niki (1996).
      2. A Tsinakos. Eleftheriadis E, K. Margaritis, The use of Intelligent Agents in Education, 3rd Conference Informatics 2000 "Informatics in Secondary Education", pp. 39-46, Athens 2000.
      3. Tsinakos AA, Margaritis KG Teaching via See Yoursefl IMprove: a personalised distance education environment, accepted in 1st Hellenic Conference on Open and Distance Education, 25-27 May, Patra 2001, Greece.
      4. Tsinakos A. A. And Margaritis KG, Modern Instructive Theories and Distance Education, 5th Hellenic Conference with International Participation on "Teaching methodology of Mathematics and Infortmatics in Education", pp. 575-580, 12-14 October, Thessaloniki 2001, Greece.
      5. Tsinakos A. A., "Employment of Case Based Reasoning techniques in SYIM virtual learning environment", in 2nd Hellenic Conference on Open and Distance Education, pp. 708-718, 27-30 March, Patra 2003, Greece
      6. Vagianos., E. Grigoropoulos, Tsinakos A .. "Wireless educational network in the schools of Western Thessaloniki" 6th Ordinary Meeting Informatics in Secondary Education, GCS, Thessaloniki 2003.
      7. A Tsinakos. "Comparative study Systems Asynchronous eLearning software Open Source" 2nd National Conference on Informatics and Education, SEPDETH, February 20 to 22, Thessaloniki 2004
      8. Panagiotopoulou K., Kazanidis I., Tsinakos A. (2017). Creating a physical interface for children's disaster management, using Scratch and Makey-Makey: The emergency case Proceedings of the 5th Panhellenic Conference on "Integration and Use of ICT in the Educational Process", Higher School of Pedagogical and Technological Education, 21-23 April 2017 (in Greek)
      9. Siamoureli, F., Kazanidis, I., Terzopoulos, G., & Tsinakos, A. (2021). Collaborative educational games in special and preschool education with the use of tangible interfaces and augmented, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference for the Promotion of Educational Innovation, October 15-17, 2021, Larissa.
      10. Mourelatos Ch., Kazanidis I., & Tsinakos A. (2019). Introduction to the organs of the human body using augmented reality. 2nd Panhellenic Conference "Open Educational Resources and E-Learning", Corinth, 13-14 December 2019
      11. Kalpaktsi A., Kazanidis, I., Tsinakos, A. (2019). Proposed framework for the design and development of educational interactive 360 ° immersion videos. 5th International Conference for the Promotion of Educational Innovation
      12. Kazanidis, I., Panagiotopoulou, K., Palaigeorgiou, G., & Tsinakos A. (2019). The House of Disasters: Learning to deal with disasters through physical interface using Scratch and Makey-Makey, 6th Panhellenic Scientific Conference Integration and Use of ICT in the Educational Process
      13. Kazanidis I., Sotiriadis G., Lytridis Ch., Tsinakos, A. (2019). Use of augmented reality application for educating children in natural disasters. New approaches to Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management
      14. K Nikolopoulou, I Tsimperidis, A Tsinakos(2023) Undergraduate students' perceived mobile technology-learning barriers in their academic studies: a study in Greece Discover Education 2 (1), 1-11
      15. I Kazanidis, G Terzopoulos, A Tsinakos, D Georgiou, D Karampatzakis, . Innovative Cultural Experience (ICE), an Augmented Reality system for promoting cultural heritage..Proceedings of the 26th Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics, 254-260 2 2022

      Also Dr. Tsinakos has authored the following Academic Lecture Notes¨

      1. IMTC3 Immersive Software ( IMT Msc )
      2. IMTC7 Fundamentals of Virtual Reality ( IMT Msc )
      3. Telematics and Broadband Networks (7th Semester)
      4. Applied Didactics on Informatics (5th Semester)
      5. Distance Education and Virtual Learning Environments (6th Semester)
      6. Learning and Teaching Theories in Information Technology (2nd Semester)
      7. Educational Technologies (4th Semester)
      8. Advanced Applications Mobile Devices (7th Semester)
      9. Web Based Applications (EMATEC)
      10. Distance Education and Special educational needs (University of Macedonia) in addition to fourteen (14) Technical Reports for Distance Education and Real Time Services for the Greek Ministry of Education.

       

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