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Fanis Despotakis

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Co-Founder and CTO
Greece

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  • LearnWorlds
    Co-Founder and CTO
    LearnWorlds
    Jan 2012 - Current (14 years 10 months)
    LearnWorlds.com is an e-learning company that is transforming self-paced learning. Our white-label SaaS platform offers professional trainers, training organizations, and businesses a hassle-free way to create their own, personally-branded, online school. LearnWorlds functions as an “educational amplifier”, transforming the study of textual and video-based learning material into an interactive, social, gamified, enjoyable and notably effective learning practice.
  • Freelancer
    IT Consultant
    Freelancer
    Mar 2010 - Current (16 years 8 months)
  • Draxis SA
    Senior Developer
    Draxis SA
    Feb 2004 - Sep 2018 (14 years 8 months)
    Environmental software design and development. Oracle, SQL Server, .NET, GIS
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    Senior Software Engineer
    DOTSOFT
    Apr 2001 - Dec 2010 (9 years 9 months)
    Design and development of complex information systems, large web portals, e-commerce and mobile applications. Project management. Head of the IT team. SQL Server, MySQL, PHP, .NET, ASP, VB6, HTML, Javascript, GIS, SharePoint.
  • i
    Senior Developer
    inShop SA
    Apr 2000 - Oct 2000 (7 months)
    Design and development of B2B and B2C applications in the sectors of e-travel and e-commerce. SQL Server, ASP, HTML, Javascript
  • R
    Senior Developer
    Research Committee Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
    Oct 1999 - Apr 2001 (1 year 7 months)
    Design and development research committee’s web site and various intranet applications for the research community of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. SQL Server, ASP, VB6, HTML, Javascript
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    Senior Developer
    Association of Textile Business of North Greece SEPVE
    Oct 1999 - Apr 2000 (7 months)
    Design and development of the association’s web site and custom applications for the members. ASP, HTML, Javascript.
  • R
    Junior Developer
    Research Committee Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
    Feb 1999 - Oct 1999 (9 months)
  • R
    Technical Support
    Research Committee Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
    Feb 1997 - Oct 1997 (9 months)
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  • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
    Bachelor's degree, Informatics
    Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
    Jan 1995 - Dec 1999 (5 years)
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    Monitoring of UV Solar Radiation
    A web based application for monitoring UV solar radiation over Greece and Cyprus. This project was done in collaboration with the Physics Department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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    Known and unknown weaknesses in software animated demonstrations (screencasts): a study in self-paced learning settings
    Journal of Information Technology Education
    Jun 2010
    Learning about computers continues to be regarded as a rather informal and complex landscape dominated by individual exploratory and opportunistic approaches, even for students and instructors in Computer Science Departments. During the last two decades, software animated demonstrations (SADs), also known as screencasts, have attracted particular attention as a promising platform for the struggling computer users. However, their anticipated ground-breaking success has not yet been verified, while research results have been both limited and inconsistent. In this study, we explore the deficiencies of SADs in a self-paced learning environment for computer science students. An application containing 161 SADs was developed and distributed to thi
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    Computer based testing using digital ink: participatory design of a Tablet PC based assessment application for secondary
    Computers Education
    May 2009
    In this paper, we identify key challenges faced by computer-based assessment (CBA) in secondary education and we put forward a framework of design considerations: design with the students and teachers, select the most appropriate media platform and plan an evolution rather than a revolution of prior practices. We present the CBA application ‘MyTest’ which was developed using the participatory methodology We!Design, with the collaboration of 31 students and teachers. The application is targeted for the Tablet PC platform, provides digital ink capabilities and supports both closed-type and open questions, facilitating the transfer of traditional assessment practices to CBA. Both students and teachers were excited about the design sessions, an
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    Computer based testing using “digital ink”: participatory design of a Tablet PC based assessment application for seconda
    Computers Education
    May 2009
    In this paper, we identify key challenges faced by computer-based assessment (CBA) in secondary education and we put forward a framework of design considerations: design with the students and teachers, select the most appropriate media platform and plan an evolution rather than a revolution of prior practices. We present the CBA application ‘MyTest’ which was developed using the participatory methodology We!Design, with the collaboration of 31 students and teachers. The application is targeted for the Tablet PC platform, provides “digital ink” capabilities and supports both closed-type and open questions, facilitating the transfer of traditional assessment practices to CBA. Both students and teachers were excited about the design sessions,
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    Students’ attitudes towards animated demonstrations as computer learning tools
    Educational Technology Society
    Jan 2007
    Animated demonstrations are increasingly used for presenting the functionality of various computer applications. Nevertheless, our understanding of whether and how students integrate this technology into their learning strategies remains limited. Although, several studies have examined animated demonstrations’ learning efficiency, this study aims at investigating users’ initial attitudes towards animated demonstrations as computer learning tools. Attitudes about knowledge sources play a determinative role for their acceptance. Quantitative and qualitative information was collected from forty-six interviews with students who used animated demonstrations for the first time. Students appraised animated demonstrations with regard to their authe
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    Synergies and barriers with electronic verbatim notes: note-taking and report-writing with eVerNotes
    Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
    Jan 2006
    As the quantity and the quality of electronic publishing grow and students become more computer literate, electronic verbatim note-taking acquires a more determinative role in the process of composing reports using multiple sources. Many prior applications that supported note taking failed to satisfy the students' study models. We developed eVerNotes, an application that facilitates verbatim note-taking and enables the creation of multiple notes' associations through an intermediate hierarchical structure. We conducted three qualitative studies, two long-term with realistic time constraints and objectives and one in a laboratory, in order to identify obstacles for eVerNotes' acceptance, and to analyse synergies that develop through extended
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