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EdTech blog by Alexander Mikroyannidis

13 July 2018Technology-Enhanced Learning

The 10th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies

The 10th anniversary of the annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN) took place on July 2-4 in the beautiful island […]

27 April 20187 May 2018Technology-Enhanced Learning

The Open Education Global Conference 2018: Transforming Education Through Open Approaches

The Open Education Global Conference (OE Global) is where the global open education community meets to discuss how opening education helps us […]

5 February 201824 May 2020Technology-Enhanced Learning

Open Call: Collaborative OpenCourseWare Authoring Using SlideWiki

Within the SlideWiki project we have launched an open call, looking for external partners that will produce educational content in the SlideWiki platform […]

14 December 2017Technology-Enhanced Learning

OEB Global 2017 – Shaping the future of learning

Alexander Mikroyannidis was in Berlin last week to present the SlideWiki project at the OEB Global 2017 conference. OEB (Online Educa Berlin) Global brings participants to […]

5 October 20171 February 2018Technology-Enhanced Learning

Motivating and Supporting Self-Regulated Learning: Pedagogical and Technological Perspectives

Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) is a term that can be used to describe an individual’s ability to develop a skill set allowing him/her […]

7 April 201723 February 2019Technology-Enhanced Learning

OER17 – The Politics of Open

The Open Educational Resources conference (OER17) took place on April 5th and 6th in London. In two days fully packed with paper presentations […]

14 March 20179 November 2017Technology-Enhanced Learning

The Open Education Global 2017 conference

The Open Education Global 2017 conference took place last week in the beautiful city of Cape Town. Alexander Mikroyannidis (The Open University, […]

19 December 201423 February 2019Technology-Enhanced Learning

The Video Journal of Open Education is out!

The first issue of the Video Journal of Open Education has just been published. This issue is dedicated to presenting the presentations […]

Professional biography

Dr. Alexander Mikroyannidis is a Senior Research Fellow (Associate Professor) in the Knowledge Media Institute of The Open University, UK. He holds a Ph.D. in Informatics from Manchester Business School, an M.Phil. in Computation from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), and a B.Eng. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Patras, Greece.

Research interests

The research expertise of Dr. Mikroyannidis is in the field of Technology-Enhanced Learning. He has been investigating the use of novel educational technologies for enhancing personalised learning, self-regulated learning, lifelong learning, as well as open education. He is currently working on the transformative applications of Generative AI and decentralisation blockchain technology in the context of distance and higher education. He is the author of over 120 publications that have received over 1,500 citations.

Teaching interests

Dr. Mikroyannidis has extensive experience in developing Open Educational Resources (OERs), Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), Badged Open Courses (BOCs), as well as rich interactive learning materials as eBooks. Some highlights from this work are the following:

Impact and engagement

The work of Dr. Mikroyannidis has led to strategic partnerships with key technological companies, most notably with Cisco and its global educational network, the Cisco Networking Academy, which has over 1 million students worldwide. Within this partnership, Dr. Mikroyannidis is in charge of the design, development and deployment of PT Anywhere, a novel educational tool for teaching computer networking skills by performing network simulations on any device. PT Anywhere has played a vital role in remote teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, and has been featured in the UK government’s Digital Skills Toolkit, which is offering essential digital skills to job seekers.

Dr. Mikroyannidis has recently led a successful pilot for facilitating lifelong learning using blockchain technologies, in the context of the QualiChain Horizon 2020 project. In particular, he has been in charge of deploying and evaluating decentralised education and employment qualifications with learners and educators within various lifelong learning contexts. The results of this pilot have provided valuable insights into the different aspects of lifelong learning that require support, as well as into the guidance and training needs of the education community related to the use of decentralisation technologies.

External collaborations

Dr. Mikroyannidis has been driving significant educational technology initiatives at an international level, by establishing a network of collaborators inside and outside the Open University and acquiring external funding, in order to implement and evaluate novel educational solutions in real-life settings and with real users. He has been awarded and worked on a wide range of European and nationally funded research projects, including QualiChain, DEL4ALL, OpenLang Network, Open Networking Lab, Institute of Coding, SlideWiki, EDSA, HUB4NGI, FORGE, weSPOT, EUCLID, ROLE, OpenScout, CASPAR, and PARMENIDES.