Κωνσταντίνα Χατζάρα

Dr. Konstantina Chatzara is the Scientific Director of NOUS (Institute of Digital Learning & Communication). Since 1994, she has worked on interactive multimedia projects in London and Thessaloniki. She has taught multimedia and human-computer interaction at Greek universities and ATEI since 2002. She designed five technology-based information centers in Greece and contributed to various European IT and media projects. She has also participated in e-learning research at the Information Technologies Institute (ITI), Centre for Research and Technology – Hellas.

She holds a Ph.D. in Emotional Multimedia Agents in E-learning Systems (University of Thessaly), an MA (University of Middlesex, London), and a first-class honors BA in Interactive Multimedia (University of Westminster, London). A founding member of the Social Pedagogy Professional Association (UK), her research interests include human-computer interaction, affective computing, personalized e-learning, digital storytelling, and the use of digital technologies in pedagogy, art, and science. She is also a journal reviewer and published author.

• Digital Literacy
• Human Computer Interaction
• Computing skills for psychologists
• Digital media and society

• Affective Computing,
• Human Computer Interaction
• Augmented reality
• Use of multimedia in education for children with attention difficulties

Chatzara, K., Karagiannidis, C., & Stamatis, D. (2016). Cognitive support embedded in self-regulated e-learning systems for students with special learning needs. Education and Information Technologies, 21(2), 283-299., Springer Verlag, Berlin.

Chatzara, K., Karagiannidis, C., Mavropoulou, S., & Stamatis, D. (2014). Digital storytelling for children with autism: Software development and pilot application. In C. Karagiannidis, P. Politis, & I. Karasavvidis (eds), Research on e-learning and ICT in education (pp. 287-300). New York: Springer.

Chatzara K., Karagiannidis C., Stamatis D., Structural Learning through Digital Learning Storytelling for people with autism In proceedings of 8th Pan-Hellenic Conference with International Participation “ICT in Education” (HCICTE 2012), September 2012, Volos, Greece.

Chatzara K., Stamatis D., Emotional communication in e-learning scenarios for students with attention disorders, ., IEEE Learning Technology Newsletter, Vol. 13, Issue 2, Learning Technology newsletter on Advanced Learning Technologies for Disabled and Non-Disabled People., April 2011.

Chatzara K., Karagiannidis C., Stamatis D., “Computers can feel too: Intelligent Emotional Agents in e-learning systems” in book “Multi-Agent Systems for Education and Interactive Entertainment: Design, Use and Experience”, (Hardcover). Edited by Martin Beer, Maria Fasli and Debbie Richards, ISBN13: 9781609600808, Published by Information Science Publishing, IGI-Global, September 2010.

Chatzara K., Karagiannidis C., Stamatis D. (2010), An Intelligent Emotional Agent for Students with Attention Deficit Disorder, In proceedings of the International Conference of Intelligent Networking and Collaborative systems (INCOS 2010), Thessaloniki,  November 2010, Greece.

Chatzara K., Karagiannidis C., Stamatis D. (2010), “Student’s attitude and learning effectiveness of emotional agents”, Paper poster, In proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Sousse, Tynisia, July 5-7, 2010, IEEE Computer Society’s Conference Publishing Services. (Best poster award)

Chatzara K., Karagiannidis C., Stamatis D. (2010), Study on Intelligent Emotional Agents for Learning, In proceedings of 7th Pan-Hellenic Conference with International Participation “ICT in Education” (HCICTE 2010), September 2010, Korinthos, Greece.

Chatzara K.,  Karagiannidis C., Emotional Pedagogical Agents for Collaborative Learning: an Application for Children with Learning Difficulties, Proceedings of the Workshop Scripted vs. Free CS Collaboration: Alternatives and Paths for Adaptable and Flexible CS Scripted Collaboration, International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL 2009), Rhodes [GREECE}, 8-13 June, 2009

Chatzara K., Mpantsos A., Stamatis D., Tsadiras A., “Developing Personalized E-Books: A Multi-Layered Approach”, Proceedings of the 3rd IFIP Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications & Innovations (AIAI 2006), pp.425-432, Volume 204/2006, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 2006.

Chatzara K.. Digital storytelling as a pedagogical tool. υ EUforia – Creative Europe MEDIA, 2016