Janika Leoste
Papers
36
Total Citations
362
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About
Janika Leoste is an educational technology researcher whose work sits at the intersection of emerging technologies, robotics, artificial intelligence, and learning — spanning primary classrooms to university lecture halls and healthcare settings. Her most influential contribution, "Perceptions about the Future of Integrating Emerging Technologies into Higher Education" (2021, 68 citations), draws on the "My Future Colleague Robot" project to examine how educators and institutions can prepare for AI-enhanced robotics in academic environments. Alongside this, her work on training programs for emerging technology adoption offers practical frameworks for equipping future workers with the skills and attitudes needed to embrace technological change. Leoste has made particularly notable strides in telepresence robotics research, investigating its applications across higher education and healthcare — a timely focus given ageing global populations and the growing demand for remote learning solutions. Her bibliometric analyses and perception studies provide the field with both empirical grounding and theoretical direction. Her earlier research on educational robots in mathematics learning and STEM instruction, including comparative studies of direct versus indirect teaching approaches, demonstrates her commitment to evidence-based pedagogy. With over 200 cumulative citations, Leoste's body of work offers researchers and educators a rich, cross-disciplinary resource for understanding how emerging technologies can be meaningfully integrated into human learning and care environments.
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- 3Testing scenarios for using telepresence robots in healthcare settings23 citations · 2024
- 4Higher education personnel’s perceptions about telepresence robots21 citations · 2022
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- 9Telepresence Robots in Higher Education – The Current State of Research13 citations · 2022
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