Search results for author:"Christos Pierrakeas"
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A survey on student dropout rates and dropout causes concerning the students in the Course of Informatics of the Hellenic Open University
Michalis Xenos; Christos Pierrakeas; Panagiotis Pintelas
Computers & Education Vol. 39, No. 4 (2002) pp. 361–377
This paper focuses on university-level education offered by methods of distance learning in the field of computers and aims at the investigation of the main causes for student dropouts. The presented study is based on the students of the Course of ...
Language: English
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Characterization of Educational Resources in e-Learning Systems Using an Educational Metadata Profile
Georgia Solomou; Christos Pierrakeas; Achilles Kameas
Educational Technology & Society Vol. 18, No. 4 pp. 246–260
The ability to effectively administrate educational resources in terms of accessibility, reusability and interoperability lies in the adoption of an appropriate metadata schema, able of adequately describing them. A considerable number of different...
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A Comparative Study of Dropout Rates and Causes for Two Different Distance Education Courses
Christos Pierrakeas; Michalis Xeno; Christos Panagiotakopoulos; Dimitris Vergidis
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 5, No. 2 (Aug 01, 2004)
This paper reports the results of a survey conducted to examine the root causes leading to student dropout at a Greek distance education university. Data was gathered from two different courses – an undergraduate course leading to a Bachelors degree ...