Research on e-Learning and ICT in Education

Part I. ICT in Education

1. An Instructional-Learning Model Applying Problem-Based Learning Enabled by ICTs
Vassilios Makrakis, Nelly Kostoulas-Makrakis

2. ICT and Collaborative Creativity in Modern School Towards Knowledge Society
Panagiotes Anastasiades

3. Contextualized Educators’ Training: The Case of Digital Storytelling
Tharrenos Bratitsis

Part II. ICT in Preschool and Primary Education

4. Investigating Young Children’s Engagement with Computer Use as a School Activity

: A Pilot Study

Kleopatra Nikolopoulou, Vasilis Gialamas

5. Using a Research-Based Learning Environment’s Appropriation, as the Context for a Professional Development Intervention in ICT Integration in the Classroom
Vassilis Kollias, Athanasios Davaris, Apostolos Daropoulos, Konstantinos Zaganas

6. Evaluating the Use of Laptop Computers in Secondary Education in Greece: Findings from a National Survey of Teachers
Aristides Vagelatos, Panagiotis Angelopoulos

Part III. ICT in Secondary Education

7. Producing Educational Videos: A Field-Based Implementationwith PBL Methodology
Chris Panagiotakopoulos, Anthi Karatrantou, Menelaos Sarris

8. Fostering Students’ Understanding with Web-Based Simulations in an Inquiry Continuum Framework
Apostolos Michaloudis, Euripides Hatzikraniotis

9. How Personalization May Benefit the Learning Design Process with LAMS
Eva Papazoi, Kyparisia A. Papanikolaou, Evangelia Gouli, Maria Grigoriadou

Part IV. e-Learning in Higher Education

10. The Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Two-Layer Peer Assessment Scheme in an Undergraduate Course Wiki: Findings from a Case Study
Ilias Karasavvidis

11. Gamification and Game Mechanics-Based e-Learning: A Moodle Implementation and Its Effect on User Engagement
Evaggelos Katsigiannakis, Charalampos Karagiannidis

12. Investigating the Role of Structure in Online Teachers’ Communities of Learning
Panagiotis Tsiotakis, Athanassios Jimoyiannis

Part V. e-Learning for Educators

13.
Online Learning
and Self-Regulation: Balancing Between Personal and Social Dimensions
Panos Vlachopoulos, Maria Hatzigianni

14. Development of a Blended Learning Program and Its Pilot Implementation for Professional Development of Science Teachers
Dimitris Psillos

Part VI. Teachers’ Views Towards ICT

15. Factors Affecting Greek Kindergarten Teachers
to Support or Oppose ICT
in Education
Nicholas Zaranis, Vassilios Oikonomidis, Michalis Linardakis

16. Differences in Attitudes Towards ICT in Education Between Freshmen and Senior Students of Department of Primary Education in Greece
Ioannis Vourletsis, Panagiotis Politis

17. Teachers’ Views of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge
: The Case of Compulsory Education Science in-Service Teachers
Dimitris Psillos, Apostolos Paraskevas

Part VII. ICT for Specialized Uses

18. The Use of Information and Communication Technologies for Inclusive Education in Greece
Maria Gelastopoulou, Vassilis Kourbetis

19.
Dyslexia
in Primary School: A New Platform for Identifying Reading Errors and Improving Reading Skills
Eleni Chanioti

Part VIII. European Education Policy and ICT

20. Parallel Association Between the European Educational Policy on Lifelong Education and the Introduction to Information Society (1995–2010)
Evaggelia Kalerante, Theodoros Eleftherakis

21. Teachers’ Professional Development in the Theme of Competence-Based Learning—Impact and Lessons Learnt
Katerina Riviou, Sofoklis Sotiriou

Keywords: Education, Educational Technology, Learning & Instruction, Science Education