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a PhD in Educational Sciences and a M.Sc. in Economics and Finance, is an Associate Professor of Educational Robotics at Tallinn University and an Assistant Professor of IT Didactics at Tallinn University of Technology. Her research focuses on educational robotics, STEAM education, educational innovation, hybrid and blended learning. She has published 60 scholarly articles, including in Frontiers or Francis & Taylor. Since 2019 she is teaching at university, including robot-integrated learning and project based learning projects. She has supervised 12 MA students and has 4 PhD students under supervision. Janika’s previous experience includes developing accounting software and web-based games, producing cartoons and teaching robotics. Janika has successfully applied for research funding from many national and international sources, including the EU’s Horizon Europe – for example, one of her projects is an ERA Talents project EdTech Talents.

last update: November 2024

Articles published on IXD&A:

• ‘Nonverbal Behavior of Service Robots in Social Interactions – A Survey on Recent Studies’, N. 61, 2024, pp. 164 – 192, abstract, download, (https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-061-006), Google Scholar
"This study presents a literature review focused on nonverbal communication in human-robot interaction (HRI) that involves service robots with social capabilities. We aim to list the types of robots us..."
• ‘Classroom Innovation Becoming Sustainable: A Study of Technological Innovation Adoption by Estonian Primary School Teachers’, N. 47, 2020, pp. 144 – 166, abstract, download, (https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-047-007), Google Scholar
"Rapid technological advances provide education systems with a steady stream of novel teaching approaches that are based on various modern technologies. These novel approaches are known as Technology-E..."
• ‘Co-Creating Learning Designs in Professional Teacher Education: Knowledge Appropriation in the Teacher’s Innovation Laboratory’, N. 42, 2019, pp. 131 – 163, abstract, download, (https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-042-007), Google Scholar
"Adoption of technologies in secondary schools is still behind expectations. Investments are often made without a clear educational objective and teachers are not sufficiently involved in the process o..."

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