New MCL publications
Georgiou, Y. & Kyza, E. A. (2021). Bridging narrative and locality in mobile-based augmented reality educational activities: Effects of semantic coupling on students’ immersion and learning gains. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, (145), 102546. doi:10.1016/j.ijhcs.2020.102546 [pdf]
Kyza, E. A., Varda, C., Panos, D., Karageorgiou, M., Komendantova, N., Perfumi, S. C., Shah, S., & Hosseini, A. S. (2020). Combating misinformation online: re-imagining social media for policy-making. Internet Policy Review, 9(4). doi:10.14763/2020.4.1514
Kyza, E. A., & Georgiou, Y. (2019). The Impact of Materiality on the Design of Mobile, Augmented Reality Learning Environments in Non-formal, Outdoors Settings. In T.C. Pargman & I. Jahnke (Eds) Emergent Practices and Material Conditions in Learning and Teaching with Technologies (pp. 183-197). Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-10764-2
Kyza, E. A., Georgiou, Y., Souropetsis, M., & Agesilaou, A. (2019). Collecting in vivo data in location-aware augmented reality settings: A comparison of three data collection techniques. In International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 11(2), 78-95. doi:10.4018/IJMBL.2019040106
Recent news
We are happy to announce that Dr Eleni A. Kyza and Christiana Varda’s paper “Countering the spread of misinformation on informal social media networks: Media Literacy Implications" has been accepted...
The MCL Research Group (Cyprus University of Technology) accepts applications for two posts at Doctoral level (PhD) that will begin January 2021. The MCL Research Group (Cyprus University of Technology)...
We are pleased to announce that Dr Eleni A. Kyza, Media Cognition and Learning Research Group’s Lead, has been selected by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth to...
Christiana Varda, PhD student and Research Associate at the Media, Cognition and Learning Research Group has been selected to participate at the ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School...
The Department of Communication and Internet Studies of the Cyprus University of Technology, in partnership with... The Department of Communication and Internet Studies of the Cyprus University of Technology, in...
The Media Learning and Cognition Research Group is pleased to announce the “Combating Misinformation Through Media Literacy” Conference, which aims to raise awareness…
About
The Media, Cognition and Learning (MCL) Group is a research group within the Department of Communication and Internet Studies at the Cyprus University of Technology. MCL’s focus is the study of the relation of media, cognition and learning in various educational fields and settings.
The group is led by Dr. Eleni A. Kyza and is composed by members of the Department of Communication and Internet Studies and graduate students at the Ph.D. or Master’s level.
Research in the Media, Cognition and Learning (MCL) group is structured around three main research areas: (1) Learning Sciences, (2) Technology-enhanced learning and (3) Inquiry-based learning
Research topics include among others:
- Augmented reality technologies for learning
- Technology-enhanced learning in inquiry-based science
- Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL)
- Teachers’ Professional development
- Design-based research
- Mobile learning
- Game-based learning
- Immersive technologies for learning
The MCL research group aims to promote high quality research in the context of Media, Cognition and Learning.
