MARIA KORDAKI: Curriculum Vitae

 

 

1.      PERSONAL INFORMATION

 

Born in Chania, Krete, Greece 01/01/1953. Married, two children

Address: Department of Cultural Technology and Communications,  

     University Hill, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, 81100, Lesbos, Greece. 

Ôel : (+22510) 36-627, mobile : +30-6977-928-016    

Å-mail : kordaki@cti.gr, m.kordaki@aegean.gr

Web page : http://www.ct.aegean.gr/people/m.kordaki

http://www.ct.aegean.gr/images/stories/PEOPLE/Kordaki_Maria/vita-Kordaki-English.pdf

 

2.       EDUCATION

·         Ph.D. in Digital Educational Technology.  Dept.of Education, University of Patras, Greece, grade excellent (1999).

·         Ìasters in Educational Policy, Psychology and Counseling. Dept. of Education, University of Patras, Greece, grade: excellent, rated 2nd (1995).

·         Diploma in Civil Engineering. Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Patras, Greece, (1987).

·         Bachelor in Mathematics. Dept. of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece, (1979).

 

 

3.      PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 
3.1. TERTIARY EDUCATION
  • 2010 - up to now

Assistant professor of Educational Technology, at the Department of Cultural Technology, at University of the Aegean, Greece.

Teaching courses:

·         Special Issues in Educational Technology

·         Learning Theories

·         Design of Digital Educational Environments, I and II

·         Cognitive approaches and Digital Educational Environments

·         Didactics of Computing

·         Human Computer Interaction

·         Analysis I

 

  • 1999 -2011

Adjunct assistant professor at the Dept. of Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras, Greece.

Teaching courses:

·          Didactics of Computing I: Computer as a learning subject as well as a learning  tool (sping: 1999-2000 and 2000-2001).

·         Didactics of Computing II: Computer and Web-based learning (fall: 2000-2001).

·         Educational Technology & Didactics of Computing I (spring: 2001-2010).

·         Educational Technology & Didactics of Computing II (fall:2001-2010).

 

 

  • 2002 -2008

Adjunct assistant professor at the post graduate program: ‘Information and Communication Technologies in Education – Educational software” Computational Mathematics and Informatics’ of the Dept. of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece.

Teaching courses:

·         Didactics of Mathematics & Educational software                   

·         Didactics of   Computing (with associate Professor V. Komis)

 

 

  • 2005-2009 and 2011-2012

Collaborating Professor at the Hellenic Open University

Teaching courses:

·          Informatics in Education (code: PLH37).

 

 

 

  • 1997-2000

Adjunct professor at Dept of Education, School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPAITE)

Teaching courses:

·         Engineering education

  • 1992-1995

Teaching assistance at University of Patras, Dept. of Primary education.

 

 

3.2.  TEACHER EDUCATION

 

  • 2004-2007

Co-director of Western Greek Center for Teacher Education (PEK Patras, Greece).

 

  • 1998 -2010

Advisor of secondary level mathematics’ teachers (about 170 teachers per year).

 

  • 1983-1998

Mathematics’ teacher in the Secondary level of education.

 

 

3.3.  E-LEARNING

 

  • October, 2007-April, 2008

Designer and Online teacher in three e-learning communities relating with the design and implementation of Virtual tools in every day teaching practices (realized in the context of the European program SOCRATES-COMENIUS-MINERVA: VccSSe – VIRTUAL COMMUNITY COLLABORATING SPACE FOR SCIENCES EDUCATION).

 

  • December, 2003 - April, 2004

Designer and Online teacher of the online course entitled: The use of educational software in the teaching and learning of Mathematics in Primary and Secondary level of Education. Within the context of an E-learning community for teachers University of the Aegean, Dept of Pre-primary Education, Rhodes, Greece (Directors: A. Dimitrakopoulou, G. Chlapanis).

 

 

  1. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

 

4.1. RESEARCH PROGRAMS

·         June 2010 - June 2012: Participation as a member in the European Research Project ALICE (Adaptive Learning via Intuitive/Interactive, Collaborative and Emotional systems), FP7-ICT-2009-5-257639.

 

·         September 2006- September 2009: National coordinator in the European program SOCRATES-COMENIUS-MINERVA: VccSSe – VIRTUAL COMMUNITY COLLABORATING SPACE FOR SCIENCES EDUCATION (2006-2009). Participating countries: Romania, Spain, Poland, Greece and Finland.  This project was presented as one of the best 50 European projects of the past ten years, in a special catalogue dedicated to the Best Practice Examples for Dissemination and Valorization of the Educational Projects.

 

·         2004-2007: Design and implementation of educational software for the learning of mathematical concepts by pupils of 2nd and 3rd grade (Primary level of education). Scientific coordinator. Kastaniotis publishers. Accepted after review by the Greek Ministry of Education and the Greek National Institute of Education.

 

·         1999-2001: Design and development of learning objects (learning scenarios and interactive constructions) using the well known dynamic educational software CABRI-GEOMETRY II and authoring appropriate books for mathematics teachers –in Greek  junior and high secondary schools- for the learning of geometrical concepts. ´Kirki´ project. Scientific coordinator. Kastaniotis publishers.

·         1999: Connecting Corners: A Greek-Danish project in Mathematics Education (1999). In L. Nielsen, T. Patronis and O. Skovmose (Eds). Systime: Denmark, pp. 131.

·         1994-1995: International project for Mathematics Education: the KASSEL project.

 

4.2.  TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS

·         May 2011 – January 2012: Scientific coordinator of the in-service teacher-education program for mathematics teachers’ educators about the appropriate use of Information and Communication Technologies in Mathematics Education (University Education Center, Aegean, Greece). Co-ordination Dept of pre-Primary Education, University of the Aegean, Greece; ESPA, May 2011- January 2012)

 

·         May 2011 – January 2012: Education of Mathematics teachers’ educators about the appropriate use of Information and Communication Technologies in Mathematics Education (University Education Center of the University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece; ESPA, May 2011- January 2012)

 

·         May 2011 – January 2012: Education of Computer Science teachers’ educators about the appropriate use of Information and Communication Technologies in Computer Science Education (University Education Center of the University of Athens, Greece; ESPA, May 2011- January 2012).

·         1998-2010: In-service training of mathematics’ teachers (as a school advisor) in the secondary level of education: about 170 teachers and 80 schools per year.

 

·         December 2007 - February 2008: Scientific coordinator of the in-service teacher - education program for mathematics teachers’ educators about the appropriate use of Information and Communication Technologies in Mathematics Education (University Education Center, Patras, Greece). Co-ordination Dept of Mathematics and Dept of pre-Primary Education, University of Patras, Greece; EPEAEK, December 2007- February, 2008)

 

·         December 2007-February 2008: Education of Mathematics teachers’ educators about the appropriate use of Information and Communication Technologies in Mathematics Education (University Education Centers in Patras, Athens, Thessaly and Thessaloniki, Greece)

 

·         January 2008 - December 2008: Computer Science teacher training in Didactics of Computing (EPEAEK, January 2008-December 2008)

 

·         2004-2007. Establishment of Centers for Teaching Mathematics using Technology (CE.T.MA.T). The aim of CE.T.MA.T was to diffuse knowledge about didactics of Mathematics using Technology in schools teachers and students at Secondary and Primary level of education. The theoretical approach used acknowledges social and constructivist views regarding knowledge construction. To accomplish this aim a number of teaching experiments are designed and realized in real classroom situations. Moreover, specific learning materials are designed and produced and a number of teacher education sessions are carried out. Location: Aitoloakarnania region, Greece (Nafpaktos, Agrinion).

 

·         2000-2001: ‘Teaching Secondary level education mathematics’ using educational software’. Project for Secondary level mathematics teachers’ education. Scientifc co-ordinator. Center for Teacher Education (PEK) of Tripoli, Tripoli, Greece, 2000-2001.

 

·         1997-1998: ‘ODYSSEAS: teaching and learning using computers’. National project for ICT in Secondary level education (Greece, 1997-1998).

 

·         1995 up to now: Participating as a teacher in more than 40 programs organized by Peripheral Teacher Education Centers (PEK) for training of Secondary level education teachers about Didactics and ICT in Computing and Mathematics Education.

 

 

 

  1. RESEARCH INTERESTS

 

Educational Technology

Design, implementation and evaluation of educational software using social and constructivist views of learning, Learning Design, Ïnline learning, Open Source Learning Management Systems, Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL), Teaching and learning using ICT, Digital Story Telling, Digital Game Based Learning (DGBL), HCI.

 

Didactics and Teacher education

Didactics of both; Computer Science and Mathematics for Secondary and Primary level of Education, ICT in Education with an emphasis on Secondary and Primary Computer Science Education and Mathematics Education, ICT and Teacher Education, Gender and ICT, Mathematics and Computer Science Teacher Education.

 

5.1. Member of International Societies, Program Committees, etc.

1.      Professional member of AACE (Association of Advances on Computers in Education)

2.      Professional member of ISTE (Énternational Society for Technology in Education)

3.      Member of International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS)

4.      Member of the Greek Scientific Association of ICT in Education (ETPE).

5.      Member of the Greek Mathematical Society (HMS).

6.      Member of the Greek Association of the Researchers in Didactics of Mathematics (EnEDiM).

7.      Editorial Board of: International Journal of Academic Research (IJAR)

8.      Editorial Board of: ‘Journal for Computing Teachers’ (production of SIGCT of ISTE). http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Membership/SIGs/SIGCS_Computer_Science_/JCTJournalforComputingTeachers/PastIssues/2008/Fall/Editor_s_Comments.htm

http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Membership/SIGs/SIGCS_Computer_Science_/JCTJournalforComputingTeachers/PastIssues/2009/Spring/JCT_Editorial_Board.htm

9.      Editorial Board of ‘Journal of Teaching English with Technology (TEwT), ISSN 1642-1027.

10.  Editorial Board of: “Scientific Bulletin of Electrical Engineering Faculty” Department of Electrical Engineering, Valahia University of Targoviste, Romania.

11.  Scientific Board of: “Journal of Science and Arts”. ISSN 1844-9581. http://www.josa.ro/en/

12.  Member of the Executive Peer-Reviewers of the Journal of Educational Technology & Society (SCI, SSCI)

13.  Member of the Reviewers’ Board of: ‘Computers & Education’ (Impact factor: 2.180, according to Thomson Scientific 2008 Journal Citations Report, indexed in SSCI, SCI).

14.  Member of the Reviewers’ Board of: ‘Education and Information Technology’. International Journal (The oficial journal of IFIP).

15.  Scientific Board of: ‘International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems’ (INCoS). Starting 2009- up to now.

16.  Program committee of ‘International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems’ (INCoS 2912): Methodology, Analysis and Sustainability of Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems.

17.  Scientific Board of: Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Education Conference (IEDEC) Starting 2011- up to now.

18.  Scientific Board of: IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT). Starting 2008- up to now.

19.  Program committee of: Workshop CD4TEL 2011 ~V Computational Design for Technology Enhanced Learning (http://elearn.pri.univie.ac.at/cd4tel/), 2011.

20.  Program committee of: International Conference on Technology for Education (T4E). Starting 2011-up to now: http://tfore.iitm.ac.in/

21.  Program committee of: International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU). Starting 2009- up to now.

22.  Scientific Board of: E-Learn - World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education, AACE. http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/committees/ Starting 2009- up to now.

23.  Scientific Board of: IADIS International Conference Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2005): 2005 - 2008.

24.  Scientific Board of:  International Conference on Multimedia and ICT in Education
(m-ICTE). Starting 2009- up to now.

25.  Program Committee of: 1st International Workshop on Creative Collaboration through Supportive Technologies in Education - CCSTED 2012 at The 11th International Conference on Web-based Learning, ICWL 2012, Sinaia, Romania.

26.  Fifth Mediterranean Conference on Mathematics Education. Organization: University of the Aegean, Dept of Education and University of Cyprus, Dept of Education, Rhodes, April, 13, 2007.

27.  Scientific Board and organizing committee of SALL2010 (Social applications for Lifelong Learning 2010), 4-5, November, 2010, Patras, Greece.

28.  Member of the Reviewers’ Board of ‘LAMS and Learning Design 2010’ Conference.

29.  Board of reviewers of scientific book ‘Collaborative and Distributed E-Research: Innovations in Technologies, Strategies and Applications’. Edited by Angel Juan, Thanasis Daradoumis, Meritxell Roca, Scott Grasman and Javier Faulin, IGI (2011).

30.  Member of the Reviewers’ Board of ‘4th World Conference of Educational Sciences, 2011’, 02-02/2012, Barcelona, Spain.

31.  Scientific committee of the workshop called “1st International Workshop on Creative Collaboration through Supportive Technologies in Actual Education”, under the 11th International Conference on Web-based Learning - ICWL 2012 - September 2-4, Sinaia, Romania (http://www.hkws.org/conference/icwl2012/)

32.  Scientific Committee of Greek Ministry of Education for teaching Informatics in Secondary and Primary Education. 

33.  Scientific Committee of Human Computer Interaction 2001 Conference. University of Patras, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

34.  Scientific Committee of Pan-Hellenic Conference with International Participation ‘Didactics of Computer Science and ICT in Education’. Starting 2004- up to now. 

35.  Scientific Committee of Pan-Hellenic Conference with International Participation ‘Informatics and Education’. Starting 2004-up to now.  

36.  Scientific Committee of ´Scientific Meeting for Education: Thoughts and Innovations’. Department of Education, Patras University, Greece and Department of Secondary and Primary Education of Western Greek, January, 2004.

37.  Scientific Committee of Pan-Hellenic Conference on ‘Exploiting ICT in Primary Education’. (Scientific association of Primary level education teachers for ICT in Education). 2004-2006.

38.  Scientific Committee of Pan-Hellenic Conference (with International Participation) on ‘Mathematics Education’ (Greek Association of Researchers in Mathematics Education). 2005-2007 and Reviewer 2005-2009.

39.  Scientific Committee of Pan-Hellenic Conference for teachers ‘Exploiting ITC in Educational Practices’. 2007-2009.

40.  Scientific Committee of the 1st Pan-Hellenic Conference with International Participation on “Free and Open Source Software in Education”. Chania, Crete, 2010

41.  Scientific Committee of Pan-Hellenic Conference on ‘Integration of ICT in Educational Practices” University of Patras, Department of Primary Education, April, 2011.

 

 

5.2.  Direction of PhD, master and undergraduate Dissertations

 

PhD Dissertations under realisation:

  1. Psomos, P. Design, implementation and evaluation of a Multi-representational Collaborative, Digital Story Telling Educational Environment. PhD Dissertation: University of the Aegean, Department of Cultural Informatics, Mytilene, Greece. Expected date of completion: 2014.

 

Member of the final (7-member) PhD examination commitees:

  1. Alexandra Gasparinatou (2011). Title: ‘A web-based intellingent environment for text comprehension through online learning and its use in Computer Science Education’. Dept of Computer Science and Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. (date of defence: 05/07/2011).
  2. Stefanos Ziovas (2011). Title: «CRICOS: An educational environment   to support learning communities using social software and its use in Computer Science Education». Dept of Computer Science and Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. (date of defence: 05/07/2011).
  3. Panagiotis Mplitsas (2012). Title: ‘A semantic data base of Computing concepts: A cognitive tool for learning and assessment’. Inter-University program of graduate studies: Basic and Applied Learning Science”. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. (date of defence: 22/03/2012).

 

Master  Dissertations:

 

  1. Zikouli, K. ‘LECGO: A multi-representational environment for the learning of programming and C’. University of Patras, Dept of Computer Engineering and Informatics. (Completed). Results: 1 CD and 3 publications (S25, S26 and C3 presented in the following sections: 7.4, and 7.5, sections). Co-advising with Professors J. Garofalakis and D Christodoulakis.
  2. Balomenou, A.: ‘Area and perimeter of equivalent triangles in the context of Cabri-Geometry II’. University of Patras, Dept of Mathematics. (Completed). Results: 4 publications ((J9, C5, S19 and S38; presented in the following sections: 7.2, 7.4, and 7.5, sections). Co-advising with Professors P. Pintelas and C. Zagouras.
  3. Kalyva, G.: ‘Teaching approaches in Computing’. University of Patras, Dept of Computer Engineering and Informatics. (Completed). Co-advising with Professor G.Alexiou.
  4. Siempos, C. ‘Design and implementation of educational software for the learning of ICT concepts by Physical Education and Sports Science students’. University of Patras, Dept of Computer Engineering and Informatics. (Under realization). Co-advising with Professor J. Garofalakis.

 

Under-graduate  Dissertations:

  1. Tsagala, E: ‘Gender differences in Computer Science’. University of Patras, Dept of Computer Engineering and Informatics. (Completed). Results: 6 publications (J12, J13, Â4, C9, C10 and S34 presented in the following sections: 7.2, 7.3.2, 7.4, and 7.5, sections). Co-advising with Professor G. Alexiou.  
  2. Pomonis, J: “Educational software for the learning of geometrical concepts’.  University of Patras, Dept of Computer Engineering and Informatics. (Completed). Results: 1 CD and 1 publication (C8 presented in the following section: 7.4, section). Co-advising with Professor J. Garofalakis.
  3. Kalyva, G: ‘Computing teachers’ conceptions about teaching and learning of Computing and their relationship to their real teaching practices’. University of Patras, Dept of Computer Engineering and Informatics. (Completed). Results: 3 publications (C15, C16 and S37 presented in the following sections: 7.4, and 7.5, sections). Co-advising with Professor G. Alexiou.
  4. Kripotos, G: ‘A learning environment for the learning pf programming and C’. University of Patras, Dept of Computer Engineering and Informatics. (Completed). Results: 1 publication (C36 presented in the following section: 7.4, section). Co-advising with Professor G. Alexiou.  
  5. Asimakopoulos, D: ‘Computing curricula in secondary education’. University of Patras, Dept of Computer Engineering and Informatics. (Completed). Co-advising with Professor T. Papatheodorou. 
  6. Mpimpas, C: ‘Computing curricula in primary education’. University of Patras, Dept of Computer Engineering and Informatics. (Completed). Results: 3 publications (C24, C26 and S37 presented in the following sections: 7.4, and 7.5, sections).Co-advising with Professor T. Papatheodorou. 
  7. Adamopoulou, L: “Prospective Computer Science and Engineering conceptions about the concept of hierarchical design’. University of Patras, Dept of Computer Engineering and Informatics. (Completed). Results: 1 publication (C31 presented in the following section: 7.4, section). Co-advising with Professor G. Alexiou.
  8.  Siempos, C. ‘Collaborative learning in Web-based learning environments’. University of Patras, Dept of Computer Engineering and Informatics. (Completed). Results: 8 publications (C44, C46, C52, B8, B10, S48, S49 and S50 presented in the following sections: 7.3.2, 7.4, and 7.5, sections). Co-advising with Professor G. Alexiou.