Name:
Eirini Mamakou
Title:
EEP Member (Special Teaching Staff)
Field:
English Language and Academic Skills, Educational Technology
Office:
201 (126 Gr. Lambraki St.)
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Email:
Biography
Dr. Eirini Mamakou is a Special Teaching Staff Member (EEP) at the Department of International and European Studies, University of Piraeus, where she has been teaching since 2009. She holds a degree from the Department of English Language and Literature at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), an MA in Applied Language Studies: Computing from the University of Kent, UK, and a PhD from the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications at NKUA, focusing on developing academic/research skills through project-based methodology.
She has also taught as a visiting lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire (UK), University of Patras, Athens University of Economics and Business, and University of the Peloponnese. In 2004, she served as a permanent Laboratory Teaching Staff Member (EDIP) at the Department of Telecommunication Science and Technology, University of the Peloponnese.
Her research interests include:
- Academic/Research Skills for Political & Social Scientists
- Soft Power and Digital Diplomacy
- Digital Skills for International Relations
- Computer-Aided Instruction
- ICT in University Education
- Project-based Learning
- Digital Methodologies
- Digital Cultural Heritage
Teaching
- Intercultural Communication
- English for International and European Studies
- Development of Strategies for the Linguistic Analysis of International Relations Media Discourse
- English for Energy and Climate Change
- English Language – Basic Concepts and Terminology Structures in International Relations and International Economics I & II
- Seminar: Academic/Research Skills and Competencies, Implementation of Academic Research Projects/Dissertations and Oral Presentations
Publications
Publications in Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journals:
- Mamakou I, Karafotias G, Gkourdoglou G, Loumos G, Kargas A, Varoutas D. (2024). Developing a Multitasking Augmented Reality Application for Theatrical and Cultural Content. Heritage, 7(7): 3578–3596. Link
- Kargas A., Loumos G., Mamakou I. & Varoutas D. (2022). Digital Routes in Greek History’s Paths. Heritage, 5(2), 742–755. Link
- Mamakou, I. & Grigoriadou, M. (2010). An e-project-based approach to ESP learning in an ICT curriculum in higher education. Themes in Science and Technology Education, 3(1–2), 119–137.
Book Chapters:
- Mamakou, I. (2008). Project-Based Instruction for English in Higher Education. In R. Marriott & P. Torres (eds), The Handbook of Research on E-Learning Methodologies for Language Acquisition, IGI Global.
Conference Proceedings:
- Kargas A., Loumos G., Mamakou I. & Varoutas D. (2022). Augmented Reality for Presenting Historical Information Through Street Names: The Case of the CARAT Project. EUTIC 2022.
- Mamakou I., Chalatsis C. & Grigoriadou M. (2017). Modernising Instructional Methodologies in Computer and Telecommunication Engineering Education. EAEEIE 27th Annual Conference, Grenoble (IEEE Xplore).
- Mamakou I., Chalatsis C. & Grigoriadou M. (2017). Curricula Review in Computer and Telecommunication Engineering Education in Greece. Poster session at EAEEIE 27th Annual Conference.
- Asderaki F., Gousios Ch., Diamantis G. & Mamakou E. (2014). Research on Businesses’ Needs Regarding Employees’ Linguistic Skills. Conference: The Future of Language Professions, University of Piraeus (in Greek).
- Asderaki F. & Mamakou I. (2012). Going Digital or Not? Internationalising Higher Education in Greece Through Online Learning. 4th Conference on Informatics in Education.
- Mamakou E. & Chalatsis C. (2010). Instructional Proposition for Teaching English in Informatics & Telecommunications. 5th Panhellenic Conference on ICT Didactics, Athens, pp. 216–223.
- Mamakou I. & Grigoriadou M. (2009). An E-Project-Based Approach to ESP Learning in ICT Curriculum. 5th International ICTATLL Workshop 2009, Corinth.