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Vaiopoulou, Julie; Papadakis, Stamatios; Sifaki, Eirini; Kalogiannakis, Michail; Stamovlasis, Dimitrios – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
This study explored certain popular educational apps' vital characteristics and potential profiles (n1 = 50) for kindergarten kids. The profile analysis involved a categorization ascended from an evaluation process conducted by pre-service early childhood teachers' (n2 = 295) at the University of Crete, Greece, using a new instrument, validated in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Kindergarten, Educational Technology
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Matzakos, Nikolaos M.; Kalogiannakis, Michail – Education and Information Technologies, 2018
An online support distance-learning program in Mathematics was developed to aid first year engineering students for their transition from the secondary to the tertiary education in order to reinforce deficiencies they may have in mathematical knowledge. The aim of the present study is to examine, firstly, to what extent the attendance of such a…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Student Satisfaction, Distance Education, Mathematics Instruction
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Kanaki, Kalliopi; Kalogiannakis, Michail – Education and Information Technologies, 2018
Objects are everywhere. People deal with them from the beginning of their lives. From babyhood, they start to recognise them and, progressively, learn to define their attributes and designate the actions related to them. Although the basis of object-oriented programming is translating real-world objects into the object-oriented code, learning…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Physical Sciences
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Papadakis, Stamatios; Kalogiannakis, Michail; Zaranis, Nicholas – Education and Information Technologies, 2018
The present study aimed to assess the effect of two different types of digital technologies (computers and tablets) in early childhood students' understanding of numbers. Three hundred and sixty-five children (mean age in months, M = 62.0, SD = 5.5) from 21 kindergarten classes were randomly assigned to two intervention groups and a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Computers
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Poulakakis, Yannis; Vassilakis, Kostas; Kalogiannakis, Michail; Panagiotakis, Spyros – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
In eLearning context searching for suitable educational material is still a challenging issue. During the last two decades, various digital repositories, such as Learning Object Repositories, institutional repositories and latterly Open Educational Resources, have been developed to accommodate collections of learning material that can be used for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Shared Resources and Services
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Papadakis, Stamatios; Kalogiannakis, Michail; Zaranis, Nicholas – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
International studies indicate that the use of smart mobile devices and their accompanying educational applications (apps) can revolutionize young children's learning experiences. Although there is a vast array of educational apps for preschoolers, they are not actually educational in their majority. In this context, it is important for preschool…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Practices, International Studies