University of Freiburg, Germany. He published more than 250 journal articles, book chapters and books and has received over 7876 citations resulting in an h-index of 45 (Google Scholar, June 2022).
Michail Giannakos is a professor of interaction design and learning technologies at the Department of Computer Science of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). He is the head of the Learner-Computer Interaction lab and his research focuseson the design and study of emerging technologies in online and hybrid education settings, and on developing new ways for humans to interact with interactive learning systems. Giannakos has co-authored more than 200 manuscripts published in prestigious peer-reviewed journals and conferences (including Computers & Education, Computers in Human Behavior, IEEE Pervasive Computing, IEEE TLT, BIT, BJET, ACM IDC, ICLS/CSCL, Interact). Giannakos is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction (Elsevier). He is also in the Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions in Learning Technology, IEEE Transactions on Education, Behaviour & Information Technology and the International Journal of Information Management, and has served as a guest editor on highly recognized journals. He has served as an evaluator for the European Commission (EC) and the US-NSF, and he recently co-edited the Multimodal Learning Analytics handbook (Springer) and authored a book on Experimental Studies in Learning Technology and Child–Computer Interaction (Springer). Giannakos has worked at several research projects funded by diverse sources like the European Commission, Microsoft Research, The Research Council of Norway (RCN), US-NSF, the German agency for international academic cooperation and Cheng Endowment. Giannakos is one of the experts in the Norwegian task force (formed by the ministry of education and research) for introducing learning analytics to Norwegian K-12 schools and universities. He is also a recipient of a Marie Curie/ERCIM fellowship, the Norwegian Young Research Talent award and he is one of the outstanding academic fellows of NTNU (2017-2022).Sofia Mougiakou is a Computer Science teacher in secondary education since 1996. She holds a B.Sc. in “Informatics and Telecommunications” (November 1994) from the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, a M.Sc. in “Electronic Automation” (June 1998) from the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, as well as a M.Sc. with distinction in e-Learning from the Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, Greece (June 2020). She has two years of administrative experience as a high school principal and 10 years as Head of the Center of Informatics and New Technologies of the Directorate of Secondary Education of Piraeus. She has 15 years of teaching experience as a computer science teacher in secondary education. She participated as a member of the Education Committee in two co-funded European projects for teachers’ professional development, as well as in the Learn2Analyze project (Erasmus+ Knowledge Alliance Program). She has several conference publications regarding the exploiting of blended learning using the Moodle Learning Platform at the high-school level. Currently, she is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, Greece.Dimitra Vinatsella holds a B.Sc. in “Informatics & Telecommunications” (2003) and a M.Sc. in ”Communication Systems and Networks” (2007) from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She started to work as a Product Development Manager in Vodafone Greece (2004)responsible to act as an overall project manager for the planning, development, roll out and post launch monitoring of retail commercial Value Added Services and Products. In 2007, she joined the Greek Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs, as Computer Science Teacher and since 2012 she has been working in a cross-functional team in the Center of Informatics and New Technologies of the Directorate of Secondary Education of Piraeus. She has a long experience in e-Learning utilizing innovative technologies and learning management systems and she has participated successfully in several scientific research European programmes, including the Learn2Analyze project. Currently, she is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, Greece.