Personal statement
Stavros Nikou is a Lecturer in Digital Education at the School of Education, University of Strathclyde. He holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems focusing on Learning Technologies from the University of Macedonia - Greece, a M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Houston (CL) and a B.Sc. in Physics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
He has many years of experience in ICT and STEM education. His research interests include technology-enhanced teaching and learning, context-aware mobile learning and assessment, instructional design, online and blended learning, AR/VR/MR, teacher education, computational thinking and innovative emerging technologies to support STEM education. Stavros is Course Leader of the Postgraduate Certificate in Technology Enhanced Teaching and Learning (Digital Education), he teaches Learning Technologies and supervises postgraduate students within the School of Education.
He has served as UNESCO consultant for the development of the ICT Competency Framework for Teachers and ambassador for Scientix - The Community for Science Education in Europe. He is also member of the Smart Mobile and Interactive Learning Environments (SMILE) Lab. He has published in high impact peer-reviewed journals. He is Section Editor of the International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM) and scientific committee member in several top ranking international conferences.
He is a member of SERA, IAmLearn, ASLERD, the International Association of Smart Learning Environments and the Hellenic Physics Society. He is also Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and Senior member of IEEE (SMIEEE).
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Research interests
Main research areas: online teaching/learning, mobile & ubiquitous learning, immersive learning environments, artificial intelligence, instructional design and technology integration, STEM education, teachers' digital competencies, smart learning environments.
Main area of focus: the role of cognitive, metacognitive, affective and motivational processes during technology-enhanced teaching and learning.
Professional activities
- 25th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning - 51st IGIP International Conference on Engineering Pedagogy (Event)
- Member
- 27/9/2022
- "Mobile learning: What the Future Looks Like?" Invited speech - 3rd Asia Education Technology Symposium (Fukuoka, Japan)
- Invited speaker
- 3/9/2022
- 7th conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development
- Chair
- 5/7/2022
- 22nd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (Event)
- Member
- 1/7/2022
- Tech Trends (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2022
- International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2022
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Projects
- Augmented Reality in Education: Investigating Teachers’ Competencies
- Nikou, Stavros (Principal Investigator)
- The aim of this study is to investigate teachers’ competencies regarding the use of Augmented Reality (AR) in their teaching.
- 05-Jan-2022
- Online teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: teachers’ and students’ perceptions
- Nikou, Stavros (Principal Investigator)
- Investigate University teachers’ and student’s adoption, attitudes, perceptions about online learning
- 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2021
- Makerspace activities in the Primary classroom
- Nikou, Stavros (Principal Investigator)
- Physical computing, digital design and 3D printing: exploring the impact on pupils motivation, engagement and learning outcomes (in the context of the Strathclyde Vertically Integrated Projects for Sustainable Development (VIP4SD) programme).
- 01-Jan-2019
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Address
Education
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