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Mulè, Antonio, Adamakis, Manolis, Rouvi, Anna, Vašíčková, Jana, Green, Nigel, Tsivitanidou, Olia, Kasenides, Nicos
ORCID: 0000-0002-1562-3839, Kalmpourtzis, George, Christodoulides, Efstathios
ORCID: 0000-0002-6423-7002 et al
(2026)
ePhyLi Digital Tools Improve Student-Teachers' Physical Literacy Knowledge: Evaluation of Usability, User Experience, and Learning Outcomes.
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
.
Piki, Andriani
ORCID: 0000-0003-0376-1713, Kasenides, Nicos
ORCID: 0000-0002-1562-3839 and Paspallis, Nearchos
ORCID: 0000-0002-2636-7973
(2026)
User Experience and Usability Evaluation of an Educational Mobile Application Developed for Fostering Ethics Literacy.
Information, 17
(2).
p. 193.
Schroeder, Doris
ORCID: 0000-0002-3633-2758, Paspallis, Nearchos
ORCID: 0000-0002-2636-7973, Kasenides, Nicos
ORCID: 0000-0002-1562-3839, Chatfield, Kate
ORCID: 0000-0001-8109-0535, Seedall, Carly and Singh, Michelle
(2025)
The PREPARED Case Study App for deep reflection on research ethics challenges during crises.
Nature Medicine, 31
.
pp. 1050-1051.
ISSN 1078-8956
Kasenides, Nicos
ORCID: 0000-0002-1562-3839, Piki, Andriani
ORCID: 0000-0003-0376-1713 and Paspallis, Nearchos
ORCID: 0000-0002-2636-7973
(2023)
Exploring the User Experience and Effectiveness of Mobile Game-Based Learning in Higher Education.
International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 14026
.
pp. 72-91.
ISSN 0302-9743
Paspallis, Nearchos
ORCID: 0000-0002-2636-7973, Kasenides, Nicos
ORCID: 0000-0002-1562-3839 and Piki, Andriani
ORCID: 0000-0003-0376-1713
(2022)
A Software Architecture for Developing Distributed Games that Teach Coding and Algorithmic Thinking.
2022 IEEE 46th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference (COMPSAC)
.
ISSN 0730-3157
Kasenides, Nicos
ORCID: 0000-0002-1562-3839 and Paspallis, Nearchos
ORCID: 0000-0002-2636-7973
(2022)
Athlos: A Framework for Developing Scalable MMOG Backends on Commodity Clouds.
Software, 1
(1).
pp. 107-145.
Kasenides, Nicos
ORCID: 0000-0002-1562-3839 and Paspallis, Nearchos
ORCID: 0000-0002-2636-7973
(2019)
A Systematic Mapping Study of MMOG Backend Architectures.
Information, 10
(9).
e264.
Kasenides, Nicos
ORCID: 0000-0002-1562-3839, Piki, Andriani
ORCID: 0000-0003-0376-1713, Nikolaou, Antri and Paspallis, Nearchos
ORCID: 0000-0002-2636-7973
(2026)
Gamified Mobile Learning for Sign Language Education Through SiLAc A Study of Engagement, Usability, and Social Inclusion.
In:
Social Computing and Social Media: 18th International Conference, SCSM 2026, Held as Part of the 28th HCI International Conference, HCII 2026, Montreal, QC, Canada, July 26–31, 2026, Proceedings, Part II.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 16716
.
Springer, pp. 283-302.
ISBN 978-3-032-31417-8
Kasenides, Nicos
ORCID: 0000-0002-1562-3839 and Paspallis, Nearchos
ORCID: 0000-0002-2636-7973
(2025)
A Usability Evaluation of SEESAW, a Mobile-Based Kiosk App.
In:
European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems 2025 (EMCIS 2025).
Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 573
.
Springer, pp. 113-131.
ISBN 978-3-032-18486-3
Paspallis, Nearchos
ORCID: 0000-0002-2636-7973, Kasenides, Nicos
ORCID: 0000-0002-1562-3839 and Evans, Natalie
(2025)
SEESAW: An Educational App for Smart Kiosks.
In:
2025 IEEE/ACM 12th International Conference on Mobile Software Engineering and Systems (MOBILESoft).
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
ISBN 979-8-3315-3870-5
Piki, Andriani
ORCID: 0000-0003-0376-1713, Tchanturia, Iraklis, Kasenides, Nicos
ORCID: 0000-0002-1562-3839, Paspallis, Nearchos
ORCID: 0000-0002-2636-7973 and Leal, Susana
(2024)
SDG Quest: Leveraging Mobile Game-Based Learning to Foster Environmental, Social, and Economic Sustainable Development Goals.
In:
HCI International 2024 – Late Breaking Papers.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 15377
.
Springer, pp. 373-392.
ISBN 978-3-031-76811-8
Kasenides, Nicos
ORCID: 0000-0002-1562-3839, Piki, Andriani
ORCID: 0000-0003-0376-1713 and Paspallis, Nearchos
ORCID: 0000-0002-2636-7973
(2024)
The Edifying Impact of Blending Game-Based Learning with Educational Robotics: A Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence.
In:
Social Computing and Social Media.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 14704
.
Springer, pp. 97-115.
ISBN 978-3-031-61304-3
Piki, Andriani
ORCID: 0000-0003-0376-1713, Nisiotis, Louis
ORCID: 0000-0002-8018-1352, Kasenides, Nicos
ORCID: 0000-0002-1562-3839, Theodorou, Panayiotis, Lazari, Georgios, Nikolaou, Antri, Savva, Eleana, Philippou, Marios, Barradas, Luis CS et al
(2025)
Sustainable Futures: A Gamified Virtual Reality Journey through the SDGs.
In: International Conference on Sustainability.
Kasenides, Nicos
ORCID: 0000-0002-1562-3839 and Paspallis, Nearchos
ORCID: 0000-0002-2636-7973
(2021)
aMazeChallenge: An interactive multiplayer game for learning to code.
In: 29th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD2021)., 8-10 September 2021, Valencia, Spain.
Kasenides, Nicos
ORCID: 0000-0002-1562-3839 and Paspallis, Nearchos
ORCID: 0000-0002-2636-7973
(2020)
Multiplayer game backends: A Comparison of commodity cloud-based approaches.
In: 8th European Conference On Service-Oriented And Cloud Computing, 1-3 April, 2020, Heraklion, Greece.
Kasenides, Nicos
ORCID: 0000-0002-1562-3839
(2023)
Models, methods, and tools for developing MMOG backends on commodity clouds.
Doctoral thesis, UCLan Cyprus.