Prof. Eleni Mangina
Dr Eleni Mangina carried out her PhD at the University of Strathclyde (UK), Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, and holds an M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence from the Department of Artificial Intelligence at University of Edinburgh and an MSc in Agricultural Science from Agricultural University of Athens . She is currently Professor at the School of Computer Science, University College Dublin in Ireland and the Vice Principal (International) for College of Science. Eleni is guided by her own definition of the art of persistence, that involves both courage and compassion with research integrity and authenticity aiming inclusivity at all levels and is actively involved in research projects of Science for good with strong emphasis in inclusive education and emerging technologies. With the increase of metaverse applications she is currently focusing on the standardisation of ethics in XR for education, with main focus on XR Ethics educational metadata. Prof. Mangina has won as the Chair , the Athena SWAN Bronze Award application for the School of Computer Science in UCD as an advocate of gender equality, diversion and inclusion in ICT.
Sessions
The introduction of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the teaching and learning process has profoundly altered the face of education over the course of the last few decades, from the use of web-supplemented courses, to web-dependent courses, mixed mode courses and fully online courses. The last couple of years, though, education has experienced a forced shift to online teaching and learning due to social distancing. Prof. Mangina will discuss, based on her own experiences as an academic and a mother of three, what has changed and what EdTech researchers can do to help right now and in the foreseeable future. Augmented reality has become one of the biggest drivers in the tech economy, but until recently, it didn’t get much of a look-in within the education system. During this talk, Prof. Mangina will present one of the projects called ARETE (Augmented Reality Interactive Educational System) and is funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 framework programme. It follows on from Professor Mangina’s previous project, AHA (ADHD Augmented) which focused on augmented reality educational tools for children aged 9-11 with a diagnosis of ADHD. ARETE builds on the work completed in that project and has been designed and piloted Augmented Reality (AR) educational tools for classrooms in countries across Europe. The new project focuses on improving literacy, STEM subjects, behaviour in the classroom and advancing the teachers’ digital skills.