Nikleia Eteokleous
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Social Sciences
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Educational Sciences
- New technologies in education
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Educational Sciences
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Bio
Dr. Nikleia Eteokleous holds a PhD in Educational Administration with emphasis in Educational Technology (confirmed 2004), M. Ed in Instructional Systems (2003), and M. Ed in Educational Administration (2002) from the Pennsylvania State University and BA in Public and Business Administration (Specialization: Finance) (2001) from the University of Cyprus. She works as an Associate Professor in Educational Technology at the Department of Education, School of Educational and Social Sciences at Frederick University. She is also the Head of the Distance Learning Committee (Distance Learning - Frederick University) (responsible for policy development, strategic planning, and professional development training in regards to the distance learning programs offered by the University– undergraduates and graduates).
Her research interests focus on technology integration in the educational practice, such as digital tools, new and emergent technologies; teacher education and technology and the design of learning environments enhanced with technology. She mainly focuses on research activities related to open, blended and online distance learning, and the integration of robotics in the educational practice. She is the co-founder of Robotics Academy - Frederick University (https://www.facebook.com/AkadimiaRompotikis/), a research and educational unit that promotes and conduct research in the area of robotics education. She has published articles in established and well-known international scientific journals, book chapters as well as conference proceedings She has also presented various scientific papers in international and national conferences. In addition, her academic activities include participation in numerous research projects having different roles and responsibilities. She is an elected member of Frederick’s University Senate, and an elected Co-Chair of the Distance and Flexible Learning SIG of SITE (Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education), and registered member of several scientific organizations such as AERA (American Educational Research Association), AACE (Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education), RIE (Robotics in Education). She served as the ambassador of Cyprus in EPALE– Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe (in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Culture) and was appointed member of the Education and Culture Committee (Parallel Parliament). Finally, she has been recently appointed by the Cyprus Minister of Education as member of the Digital Technology Exploitation in Education advisory board.