Anastasia-Olga (Olnancy) Tzirides
Anastasia-Olga (Olnancy) Tzirides holds a Ph.D. in the Learning Design and Leadership Program from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Her research interests include advanced digital technologies, artificial intelligence, user experience research, learning design, online education, as well as language and culture learning. Her dissertation research project focused on exploring the potential of advanced digital technologies and artificial intelligence for collaborative language learning utilizing translanguaging and multimodal communication approaches. In the past, she has worked as a teaching assistant and learning designer for online graduate courses in the Learning Design and Leadership Program and the International Studies Program at the College of Education, UIUC. She was also an instructor at the Modern Greek Studies program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and designed the elementary and intermediate level courses in an online format.Anastasia-Olga also holds a joint Master’s degree in Multilingual and Multicultural Education from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and Université du Maine, France, and a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.