Dimitrios Vlachopoulos
Biographic Data
| ID | 1548482 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dimitrios Vlachopoulos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dimitrios |
| FAMILY NAME | Vlachopoulos |
| SIGNATURE | VLACHOPOULOS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2033-7343 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Preparing University Graduates for the Labour Market Through Employability Skills Development and University–Industry Collaboration
Graduate employability has become a central concern for higher education institutions as labour markets undergo rapid transformation driven by digitalisation, technological change, and evolving organisational practices. Universities are increasingly expected to equip graduates with a broad range of employability skills and to collaborate with industry to enhance labour market readiness. However, existing research on employability skills developme…
The Process and Effectiveness of Strategic Planning in Higher Education
The paper aims at investigating the strategic planning process and its perceived effectiveness in universities based on evidence from five European countries (UK, Sweden, Greece, Cyprus and the Netherlands) and 10 higher education institutions. The investigation focused on the following: the characteristics of the strategic planning process; stakeholder involvement in strategic planning and their role in the process; and the major problems faced …
European Union values in teaching and learning in higher education
This study explores how the fundamental values of the European Union (EU), namely human rights, freedom, human dignity, the rule of law, democracy, and equality, are addressed in higher education through a bibliometric analysis. Drawing on 321 documents indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, the study analyses publication trends, assesses the performance of authors, sources, and documents, and examines collaborative and conceptual structu…
Exploring the impact of VoiceBots on multimedia programming education among Ghanaian university students
Conversational user interfaces (CUI), including voice interfaces, which allow users to converse with computers via voice, are gaining wide popularity. VoiceBots allow users to receive a response in real‐time, regardless of the communication device. VoiceBots have been explored in fields such as customer service to automate repetitive queries and help reduce redundant tasks; however, they have not been widely applied in the classroom. This study a…
A systematic literature review on authentic assessment in higher education
Authentic assessment methods involve the application of real-world tasks to evaluate students’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes in a way that replicates actual situations in which those would be utilized. This paper systematically reviews relevant literature from various disciplines in higher education, focusing on the development of 21st-century skills that can enhance students’ employability. The main objectives are to explore both reported eff…
Learning Attainment in English Lessons
This research focuses on the dynamic mix of students at international schools, where native English speakers and English as an additional language (EAL) students study English together. The study aims to explore how teaching practices are currently applied to both groups of learners, assess learning attainment in English lessons, and propose future developments in instructional approaches. Using a phenomenological qualitative research approach, 2…
The impact of a virtual teaching assistant (chatbot) on students' learning in Ghanaian higher education
Chatbot usage is evolving rapidly in various fields, including higher education. The present study’s purpose is to discuss the effect of a virtual teaching assistant (chatbot) that automatically responds to a student’s question. A pretest–posttest design was implemented, with the 68 participating undergraduate students being randomly allocated to scenarios representing a 2 × 2 design (experimental and control cohorts). Data was garnered utilizing…
Flipping the Classroom in Senior High School Textile Education to Enhance Students’ Learning Achievement and Self-Efficacy
The study analysed the impact of the flipped classroom (FC) approach on weaving experience, self-efficacy and students’ learning achievement. To achieve this purpose, a quasi-experimental (pre-test/post-test) design, with a control group and an experimental group, was implemented. A mixed methods approach was used to evaluate the outcomes of the intervention. Forty- four first year senior high school students of an elective textile education subj…
Organizational Change Management in Higher Education through the Lens of Executive Coaches
This study investigated perceptions of organizational change management among executive coaches working with British higher-education leaders and factors that make leaders effective when managing change. This basic qualitative research used semi-structured interviews with eight executive coaches selected through purposeful sampling. As main challenges to efficient, inclusive change management, participants mentioned leaders’ lack of a strategic v…
Exploring the Relationship between Saber Pro Test Outcomes and Student Teacher Characteristics in Colombia
This explanatory sequential mixed methods study explores the perceptions of academic and administrative managers responsible for teacher training at a public university in Colombia, as well as their views on improving such training after learning about the performance of teachers student teachers in the 2019 Saber Pro test, the differences in their test scores, and the relationships and statistical correlations between these outcomes and the stud…
Online communication and interaction in distance higher education
The effect of games and simulations on higher education
The Final Year Project (FYP) in social sciences
Evaluación final o evaluación continua
El presente trabajo intenta investigar la aceptación de la evaluación continua por el alumnado de estudios clásicos. El estudio se realizó en nueve universidades españolas con la participación de 115 estudiantes de lengua griega antigua. Su particularidad reside en la naturaleza de las variables que tratamos de estudiar (sistemas de evaluación del alumnado universitario), del instrumento de recogida de información diseñado (cuestionario de valora…
Evaluación final o evaluación continua
El presente trabajo intenta investigar la aceptación de la evaluación continua por el alumnado de estudios clásicos. El estudio se realizó en nueve universidades españolas con la participación de 115 estudiantes de lengua griega antigua. Su particularidad reside en la naturaleza de las variables que tratamos de estudiar (sistemas de evaluación del alumnado universitario), del instrumento de recogida de información diseñado (cuestionario de valora…
The Final Year Project (FYP) in social sciences
The effect of games and simulations on higher education
Online communication and interaction in distance higher education
Organizational Change Management in Higher Education through the Lens of Executive Coaches
This study investigated perceptions of organizational change management among executive coaches working with British higher-education leaders and factors that make leaders effective when managing change. This basic qualitative research used semi-structured interviews with eight executive coaches selected through purposeful sampling. As main challenges to efficient, inclusive change management, participants mentioned leaders’ lack of a strategic v…
Exploring the Relationship between Saber Pro Test Outcomes and Student Teacher Characteristics in Colombia
This explanatory sequential mixed methods study explores the perceptions of academic and administrative managers responsible for teacher training at a public university in Colombia, as well as their views on improving such training after learning about the performance of teachers student teachers in the 2019 Saber Pro test, the differences in their test scores, and the relationships and statistical correlations between these outcomes and the stud…
The impact of a virtual teaching assistant (chatbot) on students' learning in Ghanaian higher education
Chatbot usage is evolving rapidly in various fields, including higher education. The present study’s purpose is to discuss the effect of a virtual teaching assistant (chatbot) that automatically responds to a student’s question. A pretest–posttest design was implemented, with the 68 participating undergraduate students being randomly allocated to scenarios representing a 2 × 2 design (experimental and control cohorts). Data was garnered utilizing…
Flipping the Classroom in Senior High School Textile Education to Enhance Students’ Learning Achievement and Self-Efficacy
The study analysed the impact of the flipped classroom (FC) approach on weaving experience, self-efficacy and students’ learning achievement. To achieve this purpose, a quasi-experimental (pre-test/post-test) design, with a control group and an experimental group, was implemented. A mixed methods approach was used to evaluate the outcomes of the intervention. Forty- four first year senior high school students of an elective textile education subj…
Learning Attainment in English Lessons
This research focuses on the dynamic mix of students at international schools, where native English speakers and English as an additional language (EAL) students study English together. The study aims to explore how teaching practices are currently applied to both groups of learners, assess learning attainment in English lessons, and propose future developments in instructional approaches. Using a phenomenological qualitative research approach, 2…
A systematic literature review on authentic assessment in higher education
Authentic assessment methods involve the application of real-world tasks to evaluate students’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes in a way that replicates actual situations in which those would be utilized. This paper systematically reviews relevant literature from various disciplines in higher education, focusing on the development of 21st-century skills that can enhance students’ employability. The main objectives are to explore both reported eff…
Exploring the impact of VoiceBots on multimedia programming education among Ghanaian university students
Conversational user interfaces (CUI), including voice interfaces, which allow users to converse with computers via voice, are gaining wide popularity. VoiceBots allow users to receive a response in real‐time, regardless of the communication device. VoiceBots have been explored in fields such as customer service to automate repetitive queries and help reduce redundant tasks; however, they have not been widely applied in the classroom. This study a…
Preparing University Graduates for the Labour Market Through Employability Skills Development and University–Industry Collaboration
Graduate employability has become a central concern for higher education institutions as labour markets undergo rapid transformation driven by digitalisation, technological change, and evolving organisational practices. Universities are increasingly expected to equip graduates with a broad range of employability skills and to collaborate with industry to enhance labour market readiness. However, existing research on employability skills developme…
The Process and Effectiveness of Strategic Planning in Higher Education
The paper aims at investigating the strategic planning process and its perceived effectiveness in universities based on evidence from five European countries (UK, Sweden, Greece, Cyprus and the Netherlands) and 10 higher education institutions. The investigation focused on the following: the characteristics of the strategic planning process; stakeholder involvement in strategic planning and their role in the process; and the major problems faced …
European Union values in teaching and learning in higher education
This study explores how the fundamental values of the European Union (EU), namely human rights, freedom, human dignity, the rule of law, democracy, and equality, are addressed in higher education through a bibliometric analysis. Drawing on 321 documents indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, the study analyses publication trends, assesses the performance of authors, sources, and documents, and examines collaborative and conceptual structu…
Psychology (9 works) · Mathematics education (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Higher education (5 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Curriculum (3 works) · Focus group (3 works) · Online Learning and Analytics (3 works)