@inproceedings{Rodosthenous2016c,

title = {Developing An Academic Institutional Repository. The Case Of The Open University Of Cyprus},

author = {Christos Rodosthenous and Panagiotis Themistocleous and Stathis Mavrotheris and Christopher Christodoulides},

url = {https://www.christosrodosthenous.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/DEVELOPING_AN_ACADEMIC_INSTITUTIONAL_REPOSITORY-preprint.pdf},

doi = {10.21125/edulearn.2016.1243},

issn = {2340-1117},

year  = {2016},

date = {2016-07-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN2016)},

pages = {1175-1183},

publisher = {IATED},

address = {Barcelona, Spain},

series = {8th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies},

abstract = {The amount of digital content produced nowadays, is enormous. Academic institutions produce and make available a plethora of digital objects like research articles, thesis, dissertations, reports, audiovisual collections and many others. In addition, academic libraries digitize materials to create collections of historical, political or scientific significance and are responsible for keeping, preserving, archiving and publishing the content produced by their students and academic personnel. Aiming in that direction, the Open University of Cyprus, an institution responsible for delivering distance learning at the Republic of Cyprus, designed and deployed “Kypseli” Institutional repository.



In this work, the authors depict the methodology and tools used for building an academic Institutional repository using opensource tools at the Open University of Cyprus. Moreover, the procedures used for publishing content and the integration of the repository to the rest of the University’s infrastructure are analyzed, along with the challenges faced during the implementation and deployment phase.In addition, a number of metrics are presented, accompanied by statistics of usage.},

keywords = {academic repository, digitization, distance education, e-learning},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{RODOSTHENOUS2015PLA,

title = {Plagiarism Detection and Prevention – Experiences From the Open University of Cyprus},

author = {Christos Rodosthenous and Petros Christoforou and Michalis Epiphaniou and Georgia Matheou and Stathis Mavrotheris and Christopher Christodoulides},

url = {https://library.iated.org/view/RODOSTHENOUS2015PLA

https://www.christosrodosthenous.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PLAGIARISM-DETECTION-AND-PREVENTION.pdf},

issn = {2340-1117},

year  = {2015},

date = {2015-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN15)},

pages = {1348--1355},

publisher = {IATED},

series = {7th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies},

abstract = {The introduction of eLearning led to a number of advancements in student assessment and evaluation. Conventional methods of assignment submission, evaluation and feedback were substituted by online workflows and were enhanced with plagiarism detection tools to assist tutors in evaluating large numbers of assignments. The increasing number of eLearning students along with the huge amount of freely accessible information on the Internet, require tools and services for tutors, to assist the grading of student assignments and check the originality of their work. In this paper, we present the methodology used for introducing and delivering a plagiarism detection service in the Open University of Cyprus eLearning platform and integrating it with the assignment submission process. Additionally, we describe the challenges faced during and after the implementation and the actions taken to train tutors in using the service in a proper way. We conclude by presenting an evaluation of the service, both for its educational and technical soundness, along with statistics of its usage during the last four years.},

keywords = {distance education, e-learning, evaluation, plagiarism detection, student assessment},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}