Special Educational Needs and Information and Communication Technology: Exploring a Model for Designing a Teacher Training Course

Yota Dimitriadi

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 1733–1736

The proposed paper is set out to discuss the rationale behind the design and dissemination of an ICT distance learning training course addressed to in-service teachers interested in pupils with special needs. The theoretical model followed for the...

Topics: Distance Education

Auditing Technology Uses within a Global Voluntary Organisation

Shirley Williams; Claire Spiret; Yota Dimitriadi; Rachel McCrindle

Global TIME 2012 (Feb 07, 2012) pp. 104–109

WAGGGS, the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, acts as an umbrella organization for Member Organizations from 145 countries around the world. As such one of its remits is to provide training and guidance on areas such as leadership...

The Use of Avatars in Gender Segregated Online Learning Within MOOCs in Saudi Arabia - A Rwaq Case Study

Raniah Adham; Pat Parslow; Yota Dimitriadi; Karsten Lundqvist

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 19, No. 1 (Feb 23, 2018)

In Saudi Arabia, gender-segregation is a known issue within higher education that often deprives female tutors from providing online learning and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). As well, students may not be getting the benefit of their...