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Athanasios Mazarakis

Athanasios Mazarakis
Organization: FZI Research Center for Information Technologies
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Athanasios Mazarakis studied Psychology with minor subject business administration at the University of Mannheim. Main focus of his studies were on statistical methods and evaluations, organizational psychology, multimedia learning and cognitive psychology. In his diploma thesis he worked on the Cognitive Load Theory and split-attention effect. Also he worked as online-mediator internship at the University of Utrecht.
 
Since January 2009 he is working in the department Information Process Engineering at FZI. The main research topic is the development, analysis and assessment of Web 2.0 instruments to conquer cognitive, social and motivational barriers at organisations.

Role in the project

Motivational aspects in knowledge maturing and the design of PLME and OLME from a psychological point of view

Activities

MATURE at WikiSym 2011
Workshop on Motivational and Cultural Barriers to Knowledge Sharing at M&C 2011
Motivation und kulturelle Barrieren bei der Wissensteilung im Enterprise 2.0 (MKBE 2011)
2nd International Workshop on Motivational and Affective Aspects of Technology Enhanced Learning (MATEL 2011)
Workshop on Motivational, Social, and Cultural Aspects of Knowledge Management
MATURE @ Professional Knowledge Management Conference
MATURE @ Professional Training Facts 2010: Learning, Competence, Performance
MATURE paper on interview study receives STELLAR Stakeholder Distinct Award at ECTEL 2010
Motivational and Affective Aspects in Technology-Enhanced Learning at ECTEL 2010 and ICT 2010
Professional Knowledge Management Conference 2011 in Innsbruck - From Knowlegde to Action

Publications

2011

Teschner, Florian, Mazarakis, Athanasios, Riordan, Ryan, Weinhardt, Christof
Participation, Feedback & Incentives in a Competitive Forecasting Community.
In: Galletta, Dennis F. and Liang, Ting-Peng (eds.): roceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). (Shanghai, China), Association for Information Systems, 2011, pp. 1-14

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Mazarakis, Athanasios, Kunzmann, Christine, Schmidt, Andreas, Braun, Simone
Culture Awareness for Supporting Knowledge Maturing in Organizations
In: Motivation und kulturelle Barrieren bei der Wissensteilung im Enterprise 2.0, Workshop auf der Mensch & Computer 2011, 2011

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Abstract The success and sustainability of informal learning support at the workplace largely depends on motivational, social, and cultural aspects of the involved individuals, teams, and organizations. In this paper, we present our empirical findings from a large-scale interview-based study on those aspects with respect to knowledge development in companies. We draw some conclusions that influence the development of future culturally aware systems for the enterprise and organizations.

Mazarakis, Athanasios, van Dinther, Clemens
{Feedback Mechanisms and their Impact on Motivation to Contribute to Wikis in Higher Education}
In: Forte, Andrea and Ortega, Felipe (eds.): Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Wikis and OpenCollaboration (WikiSym '11), ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2011, pp. 215-216

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Mazarakis, Athanasios, Braun, Simone, Zacharias, Valentin
Feedback in Social Semantic Applications
International Journal of Knowledge Engineering and Data Mining (IJKEDM), vol. , no. , 2011, pp.

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Abstract This article examines the role of feedback mechanisms in social semantic web applications. It introduces different social semantic applications and the function that system feedback can play in these, although only a small portion of possible roles of feedback in such applications is addressed by the state of the art. The authors present an approach with four concrete feedback mechanisms and an experiment on the use of explicit feedback to foster user contribution and motivation. Finally the article details the large number of open research questions in this area.

2010

Kaschig, Andreas, Maier, Ronald, Sandow, Alexander, Lazoi, Mariangela, Barnes, Sally-Anne, Bimrose, Jenny, Bradley, Claire, Brown, Alan, Kunzmann, Christine, Mazarakis, Athanasios, Schmidt, Andreas
Knowledge Maturing Activities and Practices Fostering Organisational Learning: Results of an Empirical Study
In: Sustaining TEL: From Innovation to Learning and Practice 5th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2010, Barcelona, Spain, September 28 - October 1, 2010. Proceedings, Lecture Notes in Computer Science vol. 6383, Springer, 2010, pp. 151-166

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Abstract Knowledge work is performed in all occupations and across all industries. The level of similarity of knowledge work allows for designing supporting tools that can be widely used. In this paper an activity-based perspective towards knowledge work is taken. Based on findings from a previous ethnographically-informed study, we identified valuable activities to be supported in order to increase knowledge maturing inside companies. The goal of this paper is to contribute to which knowledge maturing activities are deemed important, so that they can be supported by IT services. Quantitative and qualitative data have been collected in 126 organisations of different size, sector and knowledge intensity. Important feedback and issues emerged and need to be managed in order to support success in the knowledge maturing activities that allow improvement of organisational learning through the dissemination and application of the most appropriate knowledge.

2009

Mazarakis, Athanasios
Revisions of the Split-Attention Effect
In: Learning in the Synergy of Multiple Disciplines. Fourth European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL 2009), Nice, France, Springer, 2009

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Mazarakis, Athanasios
Kann zu viel Nähe schaden? – Revisionen zum split-attention effect
In: Mensch & Computer 2009, Berlin, 2009

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