Markos Souropetsis is a Special Teaching Staff in Digital Audiovisual Production at the Department of Communication and Internet Studies at the Cyprus University of Technology. He is PhD candidate in the topic “Immersive Technologies for Cultural Heritage Learning: The Role of Fun and Gamification” at the Department of Communication and Internet Studies. He holds an M.Sc. in Cultural Informatics and Communication and a B.Sc in Cultural Technology and Communication from the University of the Aegean.

His research focuses on the implementation of new technologies in non-formal learning settings, like museums and archaeological sites. Furthermore, the previous years he has taken part in the production of audiovisual and video-art projects.

Besides his teaching duties at CUT, he is a member of Media, Cognition and Learning Research Group, member of the Audiovisual Representation Lab and radio program coordinator at the community radio of the Cyprus University of technology Cut - Radio 95,2.

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Kyza, E. A., Georgiou, Y., Agesilaou, A., & Souropetsis, M. (2021). A Cross-Sectional Study Investigating Primary School Children’s Coding Practices and Computational Thinking Using ScratchJr. Journal of Educational Computing Research.

Kyza, E. A., Georgiou, Y., Souropetsis, M., & Agesilaou, A. (2019). Collecting Ecologically Valid Data in Location-Aware Augmented Reality Settings: A Comparison of Three Data Collection Techniques. International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL), 11(2), 78-95.

Peer-reviewed conference proceedings

Souropetsis M. & Kyza E. A. (2021, June). Emerging technologies for learning at a cultural heritage site: The design of the CompARe mixed reality gamified learning environment. Paper presented at the RISE IMET International Conference on Emerging Technologies and the Digital Transformation of Museums and Heritage Sites, Nicosia, Cyprus [Online].

Souropetsis, M. & Kyza, E. A. (2018, October). Investigating the co-construction of knowledge in an AR inquiry learning environment. Poster presented at the EARLI SIG20 & SIG26 conference “Argumentation and Inquiry as Venues for Civic Education”, Jerusalem, Israel.

Kyza, E. A., Georgiou, Y., Souropetsis, M. &; Agesilaou, A. (2016, June). Obtaining rich data in Augmented Reality settings: A comparison of three data collection approaches. Paper presented at the 12th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS2016), Singapore.

Undergraduate Courses, B.A. Communication and Internet Studies

• CIS 372 Introduction to Sound Production 
• CIS 373 Visual Communication and Culture 
• CIS 384 Creative Documentary
• CIS 471 Radio Production – Digital Radio