Apostolos Xenakis
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About
Apostolos Xenakis is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of educational technology, robotics, and STEM pedagogy, with a particular focus on transforming how students engage with computational thinking and engineering concepts. His most cited work, a 2024 survey on digital tools for Education 4.0 frameworks (36 citations), establishes him as a thoughtful synthesizer of emerging pedagogical technologies, while his earlier investigation into LEGO Mindstorms in elementary schools (34 citations) demonstrates a long-standing commitment to hands-on, constructionist learning approaches. Xenakis has made notable contributions to educational robotics platform design, developing open-source, low-cost systems evaluated through the Technology Acceptance Model, reflecting both his practical engineering sensibility and evidence-based approach to classroom implementation. His 2020 work applying convolutional neural networks in IoT robotic systems for plant disease diagnosis (25 citations) reveals a compelling interdisciplinary range, bridging agriculture and machine learning. Notably, Xenakis has also championed equity in computing education, examining how physical computing positively influences girls' self-efficacy and computational thinking. Across more than 130 cumulative citations, his body of work consistently advocates for accessible, open-source, and inquiry-driven approaches to STEM education at all levels.
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