Katarina Avramides

  • Qualifications and position:
    • PhD, MSc, BSc
    • Research Fellow
  • Faculty:
    • Faculty of Children and Learning
  • Department:
    • Culture, Communication and Media
  • Centre:
    • London Knowledge Lab
  • Summary:
    • My research focuses on learner-centred design of educational technology. I'm primarily interested in the design and development of technology to support learning in ill-defined domains. This includes informal and formal learning contexts, metacognition and epistemic cognition, motivation and affect, and social communication skills.
  • Research Projects:
    • Current projects:
      - Taking on the Teenagers: we are developing learner-centred technology to support teenagers learn about their personal energy use and translate knowledge about energy from the classroom to their personal contexts.
      - NEXT-TELL: an EU project that is supporting teachers to assess student learning through evidence-based methods.

      Previous projects:
      - ECHOES II: developed a technology enhanced learning environment for both typically developing children and children with Asperger Syndrome at Key Stage 1 (ages 5-7) to explore and improve social interaction and collaboration skills.
      - E-goals: exploring a goal-oriented approach to learner modelling and metacognitive software scaffolding.
  • Conferences/presentations:
    • Carr, A., Luckin, R., Avramides, K. and Yuill, N. (2011). Scaffolding metacognitive processes in the Ecolab: Help-seeking and achievement goal orientation. Post presentation at the 15th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, Auckland, New Zealand.

      Scanlon, E., Weller, M. and Avramides, K. (2010). Exploring the links between digital scholarship and open educational communities. Presentation at the Conference on Open Educational Resources, Cambridge, UK.

      Avramides, K. & Luckin, R. (2009) A study of students' understanding of justification: Theory and method. 13th Biennial EARLI Conference. Amsterdam, August 25-29, 2009.

      Avramides, K. & du Boulay, B. (2009) Motivational diagnosis in ITS: Collaborative, reflective self-report. Poster presentation at the 14th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education. Brighton, UK.

      Harris, A., Bonnett, V., Yuill, N, Luckin, R. & Avramides, K. (2009) Scaffolding effective help-seeking behaviour in mastery and performance oriented learners. Paper presentation at the 14th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education. Brighton, UK.
  • Languages Spoken:
    • Bilingual in English and Greek. Intermediate level of Italian.
  • Languages Written:
    • Bilingual in English and Greek. Intermediate level of Italian.
 

Contact details

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  • Address:
  • Culture, Communication and Media
    Institute of Education
    University of London
    20 Bedford Way
    London WC1H 3QS

  • Office Location:
  • London Knowledge Lab
    23 - 29 Emerald Street, London, WC1N 3QS

Publications

  • du Boulay, B., Avramides, K., Luckin, R., Martinez-Miron, E., Rebolledo Mendez, G., Harris, A. (2010) 'Towards Systems that Care: A Conceptual Framework based on Motivation, Metacognition and Affect', International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education 20(3), 197-229.
  • Porayska-Pomsta, K., Frauenberger, C., Pain, H., Rajendran, T., Smith, T., Menzies, R., Foster, M.E., Alcorn, A., Wass, S., Bernadini, S., Avramides, K., Keay-Bright, W., Chen, J., Waller, A., Guldberg, K., Good, J., and Lemon, O. (2011) 'Developing Technology for Autism: An Interdisciplinary Approach', Personal and Ubiquitous Computing 1 - 11,