Maria Fountana

Research Academic Computer Technology Institute

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Christos Tsalidis

KU Leuven

Aristides Vagelatos

Research Academic Computer Technology Institute

Monica Gavrielidou

Research Academic Computer Technology Institute

John Stamatopoulos

Thanasis Hadzilacos

Open University of Cyprus

Nicos Sifakis

University of Essex

Stavroula Sokoli

Hellenic Open University

Anna Szczepaniak-Kozak

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

Yiannis Laouris

Cyprus Institute

Lucilla Lopriore

Roma Tre University

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Research Academic Computer Technology Institute

Hellenic Open University

University of Patras

Roma Tre University

University of Lisbon

Boğaziçi University

Metropolitan University

Cyprus Institute

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Burapha University

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Natural Language Processing Environment to Support Greek Language Educational Games

Lecture notes in networks and systems (2022)

Aristides Vagelatos John Stamatopoulos Maria Fountana Monica Gavrielidou Christos Tsalidis

10.1007/978-3-030-96296-8_47

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Developing English language teachers’ and learners’ ELF awareness: the background, design and impact of the ENRICH project’s continuous professional development programme

Journal of English as a Lingua Franca (2022)

Nicos Sifakis Yasemin Bayyurt Lili Cavalheiro Maria Fountana Lucilla Lopriore

Abstract The paper presents the background, design, implementation and impact of the Continuous Professional Development (CPD) programme of the EU-funded ENRICH Project, which ran from 2018 to 2021. The programme, which has been freely available online since January 2022 ( http://enrichproject.eu ), aims at implementing the principles and processes of ELF awareness in empowering English language teachers to integrate the role of English as a Lingua Franca in their multilingual classrooms. We begin by justifying the development of the ENRICH Project with reference to the policies of the European Union supporting multilingualism and go on to discuss the principles of ELF awareness that informed the ENRICH CPD programme. We also present the priorities, target groups, key objectives and innovative practices of the ENRICH CPD programme. The paper is rounded up with a sample of participants’ responses to certain CPD activities and with an appreciation of the impact of the programme on participant teachers and their learners.

Faculty Development

10.1515/jelf-2022-2083

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Implementing Language Games with NLP Tools: The Greek Case (short paper).

Christos Tsalidis Maria Fountana Monica Gavrielidou John Stamatopoulos Aristides Vagelatos

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Subtitling activities for foreign language learning: what learners and teachers think

Stavroula Sokoli Patrick Zabalbeascoa Maria Fountana

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Attitudes to ‘race’ in the media: evidence from Greece and the UK

Katerina Strani Maria Fountana Stavroula Sokoli Eloisa Monteoliva

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A Story on Internet Safety: Experiences from Developing a VR Gaming Environment

Lecture notes in computer science (2011)

Maria Fountana Dimitris Kalaitzis Eftychios Valeontis Vasilis Delis

10.1007/978-3-642-20539-2_3

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Making the best of what we have: Lifelong distance e-learning revitalizing small remote schools

Διεθνές Συνέδριο για την Ανοικτή & εξ Αποστάσεως Εκπαίδευση (2016)

Thanasis Hadzilacos Nicos Sifakis Demetra EGARCHOY Maria Fountana

This paper presents the design and initial implementation of an ICT-based distance learning framework that exploits current trends in distance learning, in particular e-learning tools and features that are collectively known as “Web 2.0 tools” (e.g., blogs, wikis, social networks, podcasting). The project involves people who live in remote areas and aims for the mutual interaction, creation, share and reuse of information in order to provide useful lifelong education towards shaping the local mentality of the remote community from that of an overlooked inhabitant of a forgotten region to a European citizen, at the same time respecting linguistic and cultural diversities.

10.12681/icodl.466

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Utilizing NLP Tools for the Creation of School Educational Games

Advances in intelligent systems and computing (2021)

Aristides Vagelatos Monica Gavrielidou Maria Fountana Christos Tsalidis

Educational game

10.1007/978-3-030-68198-2_62

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Approaches to the increasing linguistic diversity in Greek and Polish classrooms: Different contexts with similar problems

Glottodidactica (2023)

Aspasia Papasoulioti Maria Fountana Anna Szczepaniak-Kozak Sylwia Adamczak-Krysztofowicz

The paper discusses key educational issues related to the processes of decision-making and continuous teacher development at the level of the national (educational) authorities in Greece and Poland, regarding the urgency of the needs arising from the intensifying migration in the EU over the last two decades, and in view of the research conducted within the MaMLiSE project. The paper begins by reporting the official decisions and policies which laid the grounds for tackling the considerable linguistic variety that now characterises the school populations in each country, caused by the phenomenon of migration, and with refugee flows included. In addition, country-specific methods and resources used to produce educational materials for pupils from a migration background are presented. Finally, the available educational materials and their suitability to the specificity of each country’s current educational conditions are discussed. The concluding remarks are that a strong need is currently emerging for 1) nominating key-points in the pre- and in-service training of teachers with regard to multilingual classroom management, intercultural awareness and language sensitive subject teaching, 2) extrapolating common features necessary for the production of educational material (e.g. adaptability to new conditions, ease and flexibility of use in class, allowing translanguaging practices), and 3) negotiating shared educational principles (e.g. assessment framework, constructive use of language heritages at schools).

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10.14746/gl.2023.50.1.9

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Online communities in mobile learning: a new learning paradigm

Anna Mavroudi Thanasis Hadzilacos Maria Fountana

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