Institute of Digital Learning & Communication, Thessaloniki, Greece
Topics
CIT for Instructional Design and Delivery Virtual Learning Environments
Biography
Dr. Konstantina Chatzara is scientific director in NOUS (the Institute of Digital Learning & Communication). She has worked in several interactive multimedia projects in London, UK and in Thessaloniki, Greece from 1994 to present. She has previously worked, for more than a decade, as a lecturer at the Department of Information Technology, in the Technological Educational Institute (ATEI) of Thessaloniki in Greece She designed five information centers based in new technologies in Greece and has collaborated in several European projects. She worked in research projects in the area of e-learning in the Centre for Research and Technology – Hellas, in the Information Technologies Institute (ITI), Thessaloniki, Greece. She holds a Ph.D in educational technology (University of Thessaly, Greece), a masters’ degree (University of Middlesex, London, UK) and a first class honors bachelor’s degree (University of Westminster, London, UK) in Interactive multimedia. She is a founding member of Social Pedagogy Professional Association in UK. Her research interests lay in the area of human computer interaction, affective computing, personalized e-learning systems, digital storytelling and the use of digital technologies in social pedagogy. She has several publications in journals and conferences and she serves as a reviewer in scientific journals.