Ilias Karasavvidis

Ilias Karasavvidis is assistant professor of learning with ICT in the Department of Preschool Education at the University of Thessaly, Greece. He leads the ICT research unit of the Science and Technology Laboratory in the same Department. He holds a PhD in Educational Technology from the University of Twente, a M.Ed in Educational Technology and an Honors degree in Teacher Education from the University of Crete. He has authored several international and national publications which focus on ways of supporting learning with technology. His current research interests include learning with ICT, Web 2.0 applications in education, digital media applications in teaching and learning, preservice/in-service teacher ICT training, and serious game design and development.

Publications

A Rationale for Leveraging Serious Game Design Through Sociocultural Theory
A Rationale for Leveraging Serious Game Design Through Sociocultural Theory
Ilias Karasavvidis. © 2022. 23 pages.
The present work focuses on the issue of serious game design (SGD) through the lens of sociocultural theory. First, the main challenges that the field of SGD faces are briefly...
Harnessing the Power of Gamification: A Case Study of How It Reconfigures the Activity System of an Undergraduate Course
Harnessing the Power of Gamification: A Case Study of How It Reconfigures the Activity System of an Undergraduate Course
Ilias Karasavvidis. © 2021. 28 pages.
The chapter examines the effect of integrating gamification in the activity system of an undergraduate course. Activity theory is used as a framework in order to investigate the...
Educational Serious Games Design
Educational Serious Games Design
Ilias Karasavvidis. © 2019. 11 pages.
Serious games are defined as games in which learning has priority over entertainment. While the entertainment industry is characterized by an established game design paradigm...
Educational Serious Games Design
Educational Serious Games Design
Ilias Karasavvidis. © 2018. 9 pages.
Serious games are defined as games in which learning has priority over entertainment. While the entertainment industry is characterized by an established game design paradigm...
Rethinking Expertise in the Web 2.0 Era: Lessons Learned from Project Durian
Rethinking Expertise in the Web 2.0 Era: Lessons Learned from Project Durian
Ilias Karasavvidis. © 2015. 24 pages.
Social software facilitates the linking of people in unprecedented ways and leads to new knowledge creation and application practices. Even though expertise remains an important...
Rethinking Expertise in the Web 2.0 Era: Lessons Learned from Project Durian
Rethinking Expertise in the Web 2.0 Era: Lessons Learned from Project Durian
Ilias Karasavvidis. © 2013. 24 pages.
Social software facilitates the linking of people in unprecedented ways and leads to new knowledge creation and application practices. Even though expertise remains an important...