Dionysios Arkadianos

Areas of interest

Intelligent tutoring systems, instructional design for online learning, gamification of learning experience, and computer assisted language learning.

Education

• PhD, Educational Technology and Learning Design, Simon Fraser University
• MA, Intercultural Education and teaching Greek as a second or foreign language, University of Patras
• BSc, Computational Linguistics, University of Manchester
• BA, Education, University of Patras

Biography

Dionysios Arkadianos is a computational linguist and instructional designer who focuses on online and blended learning environments. Since the beginning of his studies, he has been interested in investigating and exploring the field where the disciplines of Education and Computer Science converge. Educational technology is at the intersection of the two science domains and, therefore, the focal point of his academic interests. Dionysios has worked in the industry as a computational linguist, in projects like the digital thesaurus for Greek, and in the public sector as an elementary school teacher for thirteen years, the last five of which he was seconded to Canada, to support Greek language learning in the diaspora. He has been a part of the SNF Centre since 2014, creating content for online Greek language courses, mediating the Ελληνομάθεια exams, and providing Greek language teaching support. Over the past few years, Dionysios served as the academic coordinator for Staellinika, responsible for the instructional design of the digital learning environment.