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.
Stavros 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.
Stavros 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 highly cited international journals and refereed conference proceedings. He is section editor for the International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM), associate editor for the Frontiers in Education (Digital Learning Innovations) and scientific committee member in several top ranking international conferences.
Stavros is a member of the Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA), the International Association for Mobile Learning (IAmLearn), the International Association of Smart Learning Environments (IASLE), ASLERD 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
- The 23rd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies - Track 12. Augmented Reality and Virtual Worlds in Education and Training (ARVWET)
- Chair
- 10/7/2023
- The 23rd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies - Track 12. Augmented Reality and Virtual Worlds in Education and Training (ARVWET) (Event)
- Member
- 10/7/2023
- IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (Event)
- Member
- 1/4/2023
- 20th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV2023) and International Edunet World Conference (IEWC 2023) (Event)
- Member
- 1/3/2023
- 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
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Projects
- Immersive technologies in preservice teachers' education
- Nikou, Stavros (Principal Investigator)
- The project introduces immersive technologies in pre-service teachers' education and explores student teachers' views on the educational value of AR (opportunities and challenges).
- 01-Jan-2022
- Visual Environments of Building chatbots for Learning and Training
- Nikou, Stavros (Co-investigator)
- In collaboration with the VIP Research Group at Athabasca University, Canada, the study explores the uses of conversational agents (chatbots) for Learning and Training. Usability study on a block-based, visual editing environment for creating chatbots for educational purposes.
- 01-Jan-2022
- An international study on Teachers’ Competencies on the integration of Augmented Reality in Education
- Nikou, Stavros (Principal Investigator)
- In collaboration with SMILE Lab, University of Macedonia Greece, this study investigates teachers’ competencies regarding the use of Augmented Reality (AR) in their teaching. Participating teachers are from a large number of countries worldwide.
- 05-Jan-2022
- Mobile learning frameworks and pedagogy
- Nikou, Stavros (Principal Investigator)
- In collaboration with The Mind Lab (New Zealand), Athabasca University (Canada) and the University of the West Indies (Trinidad and Tobago) the project investigates mobile learning frameworks that address issues of pedagogy in order to gain an understanding of current directions in mobile learning pedagogy.
- 15-Jan-2021 - 30-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 - 20-Jan-2022
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