• Conference Object  

      Applying object-oriented principles to the analysis and design of learning objects 

      Chrysostomou, Chrysostomos; Papadopoulos, George Angelos (Academic Conferences Limited, 2007)
      This paper forms part of a broader work examining the application of Object Oriented (OO) principles to the design and development of e-Learning material and its use within Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS). The ...
    • Conference Object  Open Access

      Distributed system for the acquisition of skills in java programming 

      Čierny, Marián; Bandáková, Jana; Samuelis, Ladislav (University of Zilina, 2005)
      This contribution describes briefly a distributed application, which main aim is to support testing procedures of students’ during their Java programming skills acquisition and to introduce them interactively into the ...
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      Enhancing e-learning environments with users' cognitive factors: The case of EKPAIDEION 

      Tsianos, Nikos; Germanakos, Panagiotis; Lekkas, Zacharias; Mourlas, Constantinos; Belk, Marios; Christodoulou, Eleni; Spanoudis,George C.; Samaras, George S. (Academic Conferences Limited, 2008)
      We are now witnessing an extensive and gradually increasing use of the World Wide Web space, proved to be a quite favourable way of communication, due to its speed, simplicity and efficiency. Distance learning (or eLearning) ...
    • Conference Object  

      Enhancing e-learning environments with users' cognitive factors: The case of EKPAIDEION 

      Tsianos, N.; Germanakos, P.; Lekkas, Z.; Mourlas, C.; Belk, M.; Christodoulou, E.; Spanoudis, George C.; Samaras, G. (2008)
      We are now witnessing an extensive and gradually increasing use of the World Wide Web space, proved to be a quite favourable way of communication, due to its speed, simplicity and efficiency. Distance learning (or eLearning) ...
    • Conference Object  

      Evaluating the significance of cognitive and emotional parameters in e-learning adaptive environments 

      Tsianos, Nikos; Germanakos, Panagiotis; Lekkas, Zacharias; Mourlas, Constantinos; Samaras, George S. (2007)
      This paper presents experimental evidence supporting the notion that users' individual information processing characteristics are significant in the context of e-learning environments. In the wider field of Adaptive ...
    • Conference Object  

      Eye-tracking users' behavior in relation to Cognitive Style within an e-Learning environment 

      Tsianos, Nikos; Germanakos, Panagiotis; Lekkas, Zacharias; Mourlas, Constantinos; Samaras, George S. (2009)
      Eye-tracking measurements may be used as a method of identifying users' actual behavior in a hypermedia setting. In this research, an eye-tracking experiment was conducted in order to validate the construct of cognitive ...
    • Conference Object  Open Access

      How to use e-learning in distance education at Universities 

      Kostolányová, Kateřina (Pedagogical Faculty of University of Ostrava, 2001)
      Nowadays we can witness an incredibly fast progress in information and communication technologies, which has brought about a wide variety of possibilities in education. As regards creating and using multimedia prompts in ...
    • Article  

      Integration of theory, ICT tooling and practical wisdom of teacher: A case of adaptive learning 

      Mavroudi, Anna; Hadzilacos, Thanasis; Panteli, Panagiota; Aristodemou, Andrie (2014)
      Teachers adapt their lessons with or without the use of technology - but in a traditional class setting they target the imaginary "average student". This paper discusses how the teacher's "wisdom of practice" can intervene ...
    • Conference Object  

      A methodology for e-learning scenario development: The UNITE approach 

      Zoakou, Anna; Tzanavari, Aimilia; Papadopoulos, George Angelos; Sotiriou, Sofoklis A. (Academic Conferences Limited, 2007)
      In the framework of the FP6 project UNITE a number of e-Learning scenarios have been developed, covering different educational contexts, pedagogical concepts and subjects (environmental education, ICT, language learning, ...
    • Conference Object  

      New fundamental profiling characteristics for designing adaptive web-based educational systems 

      Germanakos, Panagiotis; Tsianos, Nikos; Mourlas, Constantinos; Samaras, George S. (2005)
      There is a growing body of empirical evidence to suggest that users tend to make poor decisions in traditional educational systems as the navigational freedom given to the user leads to comprehension and orientation ...
    • Article  

      Personality and emotion as determinants of the learning experience: How affective behavior interacts with various components of the learning process 

      Lekkas, Zacharias; Germanakos, Panagiotis; Tsianos, Nikos; Mourlas, Constantinos; Samaras, George S. (2013)
      The aim of the present study is to develop a model that grasps the complexity of the concepts of personality and affect in a web-based learning environment. Furthermore, it presents the implications that these theoretical ...
    • Conference Object  

      A preliminary study on learners' physiological measurements in educational hypermedia 

      Tsianos, Nikos; Lekkas, Zacharias; Mourlas, Constantinos; Germanakos, Panagiotis; Saliarou, A.; Samaras, George S. (2010)
      This paper presents the findings of a preliminary study about the use of bio-feedback sensors in the context of an educational hypermedia environment
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      Replication based on Objects Load under a Content Distribution Network 

      Pallis, George C.; Stamos, Kostas; Vakali, Athena I.; Katsaros, Dimitrios S.; Sidiropoulos, Antonis; Manolopoulos, Yannis (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2006)
      Users tend to use the Internet for "resource-hungry" applications (which involve content such as video, audio on-demand and distributed data) and at the same time, more and more applications (such as e-commerce, elearning ...
    • Conference Object  

      The teaching and learning of pronunciation in the language classroom and the use of modern technology 

      Kyprianou, Marianna (Academic Conferences Limited, 2008)
      Is pronunciation taught adequately in the language classrooms? How can the full potential of modern technology for learning and teaching pronunciation be exploited? What materials are available today? Pronunciation teaching ...
    • Article  

      Towards a human factors ontology for computer-mediated systems 

      Germanakos, Panagiotis; Belk, Marios; Tsianos, Nikos; Lekkas, Zacharias; Mourlas, Constantinos; Samaras, George S. (2008)
      Adapting to user context, individual features and behavior patterns is a topic of great attention nowadays in the field of Web-based and mobile mediated platforms, such as eTraining, eCommerce, eLearning and so on. A ...
    • Article  

      User-centric profiling on the basis of cognitive and emotional characteristics: An empirical study 

      Tsianos, Nikos; Lekkas, Zacharias; Germanakos, Panagiotis; Mourlas, Constantinos; Samaras, George S. (2008)
      In order to clarify whether extending learners' profiles in an adaptive educational system to cognitive and emotional characteristics may have a positive effect on performance, we conducted an empirical study that consists ...