Apostolos Koutropoulos

Ed.D. in Distance Education, Athabasca University; B.A. Computer Science, M.B.A. with a focus on Human Resources Management, M.Sc. in IT Management, M.A. in Applied Linguistics, M.Ed. in Instructional Design, Grad. Certifications in Archives and Conflict Resolution, UMass Boston.

Dr. Koutropoulos (AK) has professional experience in graduate program management, IT and academic technology management, instructional design, and technical training. He’s taught graduate courses for the Instructional Design M.Ed. program at UMass Boston, as well as professional development courses at the Online Learning Consortium. His research interests include open and distance education, online learning, massive open online courses (MOOCs), open educational practices, blended learning, games in learning, and the use of social media in education. AK is a member of several professional organizations, including the International Association for Blended Learning (IABL), Online Learning Consortium (OLC), NERCOMP and Educause, the Internet Society (ISOC), Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI), the Association for Talent Development (ATD), Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), and Association for Learning Technology UK (ALT). He has served as founding co-editor for Current Issues in Emergent eLearning, and as a member of the board for IABL.