- Research experience with projects: Assistive technology acceptance by visually impaired people funded by Guide Dogs UK; User immersion in Internet based Virtual Worlds; Implementation of best practices in higher education; Usability of 3D virtual educational environment; Application of Scenario Planning methodology to college development - Experience with qualitative and quantitative research methods; Grounded Theory application to data gathering and analysis - Experience in writing comprehensive systematic literature reviews, reports and academic papers for project sponsor, journals and conferences - Experience with presenting research results on international conferences, to academic and general audiences - Applying project management methodologies, including PRINCE2 to research projects and project documentation development - Teaching experience on postgraduate, undergraduate and foundation levels - Experience with transnational education (Oman) to deliver courses in partner college - Experience in assessment, marking and supervising student groups and individuals - Ability to work independently and in a team with minimum guidance, developing research objectives, action plans, research proposals or unit materials CONFERENCES ATTENDED: IEEE International Conferences on Cyberworlds: - Fraunhofer Institute, Darmstadt, Germany, September 2012 - University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain, October 2014 INSTICC International Conference on Computer Supported Education, Porto, Portugal, April 2017 PUBLICATIONS: 1. Kanamgotov, A., Christopoulos, A., Conrad, M. and Prakoonwit, S. (2012) ‘Immersion in Virtual Worlds- But not Second Life!’ IEEE International Conference on Cyberworlds (CW), 25-27 Sept. 2012. 2. Kanamgotov, A., Koshy, L., Conrad, M. and Prakoonwit, S. (2014) ‘User-Avatar association in the Virtual Worlds’ IEEE International Conference on Cyberworlds (CW), Oct. 2014. 3. Conrad, M., Hassan, A., Koshy, L., Kanamgotov, A. and Christopoulos, A. (2017) ’Strategies and Challenges to Facilitate Situated Learning in Virtual Worlds post-Second Life’, ACM Computers in Entertainment. 4. Christopoulos, A., Conrad, M. and Kanamgotov, A. Interaction in Situated Learning Does Not Imply Immersion. INSTICC International Conference on Computer Supported Education (2017)