Research

2004-today Executive Director and co-founder of CARDET (Center for the Advancement of Research and Development in Educational Technology), a non-profit research center based in Cyprus. For more information on the research activities I am involved in, please visit www.cardet.org.
2003-today Research Committee, School of Education, Intercollege. Participate, coordinate, and conduct research and development in several EU funded projects. Samples are:

2000-2004

Coordinator of Research and Evaluation, Center for the Application of Information Technologies, Western Illinois University.

  • Coorindate the research program: Technology-mediated interaction in globalized distance education
  • Organize, coordinate, and conduct research and evaluation work on the national projects STAR-Online and Engaged Learning, funded by the United States Department of Education. The goal of these projects is to design interactive/technology-based learning curricula and study the use of advanced telecommunication technologies for online teacher training.
  • Organize, coordinate, and conduct research and evaluation work on LUDA-Virtual High School
  • Conduct usability testing and evaluations of interactive learning environments developed at the Center for the Application of Information Technologies, Western Illinois University.

1999-2000

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Educational Media and Computers, Arizona State University.

  • Collaborate with the College of Education at Arizona State University and Dr. Marina McIsaac in conducting comprehensive comparative research study that examines and evaluates the practices, policies, and curricula of open universities worldwide.

6/98-5/99

Dissertation research

  • Meanings of face-to-face and online interactions in a graduate course, Department of Educational Media and Computers, Arizona State University.

1/97-5/99

Researcher, Department of Educational Media and Computers, Arizona State University.

  • Worked with Dr. Marina McIsaac and conducted research and evaluation on technology integration and distance education programs.

8/96-12/97

Researcher, Technology Based Learning & Research Center, Arizona State University.

  • Conducted research in K-12 schools and college level settings on technology-based learning (http://tblr.ed.asu.edu).

8/94/-12/95

Masters thesis

  • The computer adaptation of a visual readability instrument, Western Illinois University