Eleni Zalavra
PhD Candidate in the University of West Attica
Computer Science High School Teacher
Athens Directorate of Education, Greece
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RESEARCH PROFILE |
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Learning Design
- Personalised Learning
- Teacher education
- Online Communities
RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Erasmus+ partnership “FERTILE: Artful Educational Robotics to promote Computational Thinking in a Blended Learning context”. A project promoting contemporary pedagogies that embrace cross-disciplinary learning by integrating Educational Robotics with Arts to cultivate Computational Thinking skills in a blended learning context. https://fertile-project.eu A project carried out by UniWA as coordinator of the Erasmus+ KA2 project no 2021-1-EL01-KA220-HED-000023361.
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| 2018 | Research project “SlideWiki for collaborative learning design” aiming to explore the usability and dynamics of SlideWiki in supporting collaboration in developing open educational content. https://slidewiki.eu Project carried out by ASPETE as subcontractor of the SlideWiki EU project – EU ICT-20-2015, Horizon 2020 Project under Grant Agreement No 688095 via its partner: ATHINA research center (Greece). |
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PUBLICATIONS IN JOURNALS
Papanikolaou, K., Makri, K., Sofos, I., Tzelepi, M., & Zalavra, E. (2022). Putting TPACK into action in learning design: The case of PeerLAND. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 53-74. https://doi.org/10.14742/ajet.7556
Zalavra, E., Papanikolaou, K., Dimitriadis, Y. et al. (2022). Representing learning designs in a design support tool. Educ Inf Technol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-022-11441-6
Zalavra, E., Papanikolaou, K. (2022). A wiki-based framework for collaborative learning design in teacher education. Educ Inf Technol https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-021-10874-9
Zalavra, E., & Makri, K. (2022). Relocating Online a Technology-Enhanced Microteaching Practice in Teacher Education: Challenges and Implications. Electronic Journal of e-Learning, https://doi.org/10.34190/ejel.20.3.2180
Zalavra, E., & Papanikolaou, K. (2019). Exploring the Potential of the Learning Designer as a Teacher Support Tool. Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 17(2). https://doi.org/10.34190/JEL.17.2.04
Moundridou, M., Zalavra, E., Papanikolaou, K., & Tripiniotis, A. (2019). Collaboratively Developing Open Educational Resources for Engineering Educators in SlideWiki. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy, 9(2), 99-116. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v9i2.9959
BOOK CHAPTERS
Papanikolaou, K., Zalavra, E., Tzelepi, M. Peer Evaluation Literacy in Teacher Education: Mapping Student Teachers as Reviewees and Reviewers. In: Bratitsis, T. (eds) Research on E-Learning and ICT in Education. Springer, Cham, 2023.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34291-2_4
Zalavra, E., Papanikolaou, K., Dimitriadis, Y., Sgouropoulou, C. Teachers’ Preferences for Having Guidance from Digital Tools in Authoring Learning Designs. In: Bratitsis, T. (eds) Research on E-Learning and ICT in Education. Springer, Cham, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34291-2_5
PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
Zalavra, E., Papanikolaou, K., Tzelepi, M., Asensio-Pérez, J. I., & Dimitriadis, Y. (2024, October). Supporting Educators to Co-Design Interdisciplinary Projects Integrating Educational Robotics and Arts. In European Conference on e-Learning (pp. 432-441). Academic Conferences International Limited. view
Law, N., Ko P., Charles, E., Choquette, J., Jackson, P., Zhang, C., Hernández-Leo, D., Kali, Y., Sagy, O., Apple, T., Levy, K., Papanikolaou, K., Zalavra, E., Sgouropoulou, C., Lee Teo, C., Yin Tan, Y., Yuan, G., Topali, P., Ortega-Arranz, A., Villagrá-Sobrino, S., Asensio-Pérez, J., Martínez-Monés, A., Dimitriadis, Y., Zhang, Z., Niu, X., Huang, Y., Yang, Y., (2024). Roles of Learning Design Tools in Scaffolding Teacher Participation and Learning in Research Practice Partnerships. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences-ICLS 2024, pp. 1902-1909. International Society of the Learning Sciences. view
Zalavra, E., Papanikolaou, K., Dimitriadis, Y., & Sgouropoulou, C. “Personalising learning: towards a coherent learning design framework,” 2022 In International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), Bucharest, Romania, 2022, pp. 77-79, https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT55010.2022.00030
Zalavra, E., Papanikolaou, K., Dimitriadis, Y., & Sgouropoulou, C. (2021, November). Teachers’ perceptions of learning design recommendations. In 2021 19th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET) (pp. 1-8). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ITHET50392.2021.9759609
Zalavra, E., Papanikolaou, K., Dimitriadis, Y., & Sgouropoulou, C. (2021). Exploring Teachers’ Needs for Guidance While Designing for Technology-Enhanced Learning with Digital Tools. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 12884 LNCS, pp. 358–362). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86436-1_35
Moundridou, M., Zalavra, E., Papanikolaou, K., & Tripiniotis, A. (2020). Collaborative Content Authoring: Developing WebQuests Using SlideWiki. In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (Vol. 916, pp. 202–214). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11932-4_21
Zalavra, E., Papanikolaou, K., Makri, K., Michos, K., & Hernández-Leo, D. (2020). Exploiting Peer Review in Microteaching Through the Ld-Feedback App in Teacher Education. In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (Vol. 1008, pp. 139–147). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23884-1_18
Zalavra, E., & Papanikolaou, K. (2018). Supporting the learning design process: Insights into pre-service teachers’ perceptions. In Proceedings of the European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL (Vol. 2018-November, pp. 620–629). Academic Conferences Limited. view
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BIOGRAPHY |
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STUDIES
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2020
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PhD Candidate, University of West Attica, Greece, Department of Informatics and Computer Engineering.
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2018
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Master “Theory, Practice and Evaluation of Educator’s Work – specialty: Digital Technologies in Education” University of Athens, Greece – Faculty of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology
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2015
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Diploma “Pedagogical Training Program (EPPAIK)” ASPETE, Higher School of Pedagogical and Technological Education, Greece
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1994
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Bachelor “Computer Systems Engineer” Piraeus University of Applied Sciences, Greece – Department of Computer Systems Engineering
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Dissertations
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2018
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“Utilizing a learning design environment in teachers’ education: A methodological proposal for building a learning design community.” Supervisor: Prof. Kyparissia Papanikolaou.
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2015
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“Wiki as a collaborative tool for developing learning designs in teachers’ education” Supervisor: Prof. Kyparissia Papanikolaou.
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1994
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“E-mail: systems exploration and inclusion of Greek characters in ELM” Supervisor: Sotirios Leventis
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Foreign Languages
English, C2 level (Michigan Proficiency), 2014
CERTIFICATIONS
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2021
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Blended and Online Learning Design – MOOC of University College of London link
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2019
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Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python – ΜΟΟC of ΜΙΤx (online learning initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) link
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2017
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Innovative collaborative Learning – ΜΟΟC of Universidad de Valladolid και Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Canvas.
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2017
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Empowering Student Learning – ΜΟΟC of European School Academy. link
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2017
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Collaborative Teaching and Learning – ΜΟΟC of European School Academy. link
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2017
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Administering School ICT infrastructure – ΜΟΟC of European School Academy. link
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2017
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Progressing Technology-Enhanced Teaching – ΜΟΟC of European School Academy. link
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2015
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Introducing Technology-Enhanced Teaching – ΜΟΟC of European School Academy. link
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2014
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Teachers education for the utilization and implementation of ICT in the teaching process (B level training) Greek Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs.
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2009
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Applying concepts of pedagogical use of ICT to Computer science teaching. (edu19-20 training) Greek Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs.
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EMPLOYMENT – PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2001-now: Secondary Education Teacher PE86 – Computer Science
2003 – now, 3rd General High School of Galatsi, Athens Directorate of Education
2001 – 2003, General High School of Tithorea, Fthiotida Directorate of Education
Experience
– management and maintenance of the school’s IT Laboratory
– teaching courses in Computer Science
– grading the subject of computer science at the Panhellenic examinations
– creation and maintenance of the school’s website
– trainer for 447 hours at the program: “Teachers education for integrating ICT in the teaching process” (Greek teachers’ A level training)
– Assistant trainer / Technician for 594 hours at the program: “Teachers education for the utilization and implementation of ICT in the teaching process” (Greek teacher’s B level Training)
2001 – 2003, General High School of Tithorea, Fthiotida Directorate of Education
Experience
– management and maintenance of the school’s IT Laboratory
– teaching courses in Computer Science
– grading the subject of computer science at the Panhellenic examinations
– creation and maintenance of the school’s website
– trainer for 447 hours at the program: “Teachers education for integrating ICT in the teaching process” (Greek teachers’ A level training)
– Assistant trainer / Technician for 594 hours at the program: “Teachers education for the utilization and implementation of ICT in the teaching process” (Greek teacher’s B level Training)
Extracurricular Activities
Participation and Coordination of European school partnerships with schools from Netherlands, England, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Lithuania, Sweden, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Turkey. Specifically:
Participation and Coordination of European school partnerships with schools from Netherlands, England, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Lithuania, Sweden, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Turkey. Specifically:
2020-2023, Participant in the Erasmus+ project (KA2) “Arts for Future”
2019-2022, Coordinator in the Erasmus+ project (KA2) “Roots & Roads”
2017-2019, Participant in the Erasmus+ project (KA2) “Migration Matters”
2015-2017, Coordinator in the Erasmus+ project (KA2) “APPLES – Applying Practices for Productive Learning of Entrepreneurial Skills”.
2012-2014, Coordinator in the Comenius project “Wine: a European asset”
2009-2011, Participant in the Comenius project “Nous ecrivons notre Historie commune”.
2004-2007, Participant in the Socrates-Comenius project “Four elements of environment”.
2019-2022, Coordinator in the Erasmus+ project (KA2) “Roots & Roads”
2017-2019, Participant in the Erasmus+ project (KA2) “Migration Matters”
2015-2017, Coordinator in the Erasmus+ project (KA2) “APPLES – Applying Practices for Productive Learning of Entrepreneurial Skills”.
2012-2014, Coordinator in the Comenius project “Wine: a European asset”
2009-2011, Participant in the Comenius project “Nous ecrivons notre Historie commune”.
2004-2007, Participant in the Socrates-Comenius project “Four elements of environment”.
2000-2001: Information Technology Manager at Alpha Finance Investment Services S.A
(a member of the Alpha Bank Group of companies)
Experience
– Administrative organization of the ICT Department
– Monitor and implementation of the budget for the company’s ICT infrastructure
– Design and implementation of IT projects for the development of the company’s information systems
– Implementation and maintenance of internal procedures and regulations for the operation, use and support of the company’s ICT infrastructure
– Installation, maintenance and evaluation of computer applications of the stock market – data and services.
– Monitor and compliance of the company’s information systems for security threats and policies.
– Organization and implementation of HelpDesk service for the ICT support of the company’s users.
Experience
– Administrative organization of the ICT Department
– Monitor and implementation of the budget for the company’s ICT infrastructure
– Design and implementation of IT projects for the development of the company’s information systems
– Implementation and maintenance of internal procedures and regulations for the operation, use and support of the company’s ICT infrastructure
– Installation, maintenance and evaluation of computer applications of the stock market – data and services.
– Monitor and compliance of the company’s information systems for security threats and policies.
– Organization and implementation of HelpDesk service for the ICT support of the company’s users.
1995-1999: Senior Systems Engineer at Microland Computers S.A
Experience
– Installation and maintenance of information systems based on the Novell Netware, Microsoft network (NT server) and Sco Openserver 5.
– Installation and maintenance of components of Ethernet Networks
– Subcontracted Systems Engineer and IT Helpdesk supporting the information systems of the factory of the company Aluminum of Greece at Aspra Spitia, Viotia.
– Installation and maintenance of information systems based on the Novell Netware, Microsoft network (NT server) and Sco Openserver 5.
– Installation and maintenance of components of Ethernet Networks
– Subcontracted Systems Engineer and IT Helpdesk supporting the information systems of the factory of the company Aluminum of Greece at Aspra Spitia, Viotia.
1992-1998: Information Technology Systems Engineer at 01 Plifoforiki S.A
Experience
– Installation and maintenance of information systems based on Novell Netware and Sco Unix.
– Participation in the European program TELEMATIQUE I, in the projects: a) Realization of the interconnection of Greek Museums for the ethnographic decentralization, b) Development of an information center of the General Confederation of Greek Workers, and c) Development of an information center for the PanHellenic Woodworking Craftsmen.
– Participation in the project of the Greek Ministry of Finance for the installation and maintenance of an information system for the 13 provinces of the country.
– Installation and maintenance of information systems based on Novell Netware and Sco Unix.
– Participation in the European program TELEMATIQUE I, in the projects: a) Realization of the interconnection of Greek Museums for the ethnographic decentralization, b) Development of an information center of the General Confederation of Greek Workers, and c) Development of an information center for the PanHellenic Woodworking Craftsmen.
– Participation in the project of the Greek Ministry of Finance for the installation and maintenance of an information system for the 13 provinces of the country.
COMPUTER SKILLS
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Professional programming skills
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Design and development of web sites e.g.: http://3lyk-galats.att.sch.gr/
https://erasmusmigration.wixsite.com/matters |
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Educational Programming skills
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Design and development of teaching material in CMS e.g.: http://eclass.sch.gr/courses/EL78115/ http://eclass.sch.gr/courses/EL78111/
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EXTRA ACTIVITIES
– Coordination of the humanitarian effort of the 3rd General High School of Galatsi in sponsoring a child from Nepal through ActionAid from 2007 until today. Participation in a spot of ActionAid for child sponsorship.
– Volunteer in the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games as Technology Helpdesk venue coordinator at the Peace and Friendship Stadium
– Coordination of the humanitarian effort of the 3rd General High School of Galatsi in sponsoring a child from Nepal through ActionAid from 2007 until today. Participation in a spot of ActionAid for child sponsorship.
– Volunteer in the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games as Technology Helpdesk venue coordinator at the Peace and Friendship Stadium