Zinayida Petrushyna, M.Sc.
Contact Information
| Address: |
Lehrstuhl Informatik 5 6206, 2nd floor, building: E2 Ahornstr. 55 52056 Aachen DE |
| Phone: | +49 / 241 / 80 21505 |
| Fax: | +49 / 241 / 80-22321 |
| Email: | zina@i5.informatik.rwth-aachen.de |
Online Presence
| Blog: | http://technology-with-sense.blogspot.com/ |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/petrushyna |
Short Biography
Zinayida Kensche, née Petrushyna got her Bachelor degree in Computer Science from Odessa National Polytechnic University in 2004. She finished Master program in Software System Engineering from RWTH Aachen in 2007.
Her master thesis was called "Network Modelling and Structural-Semantic Analysis of E-Learning Communities". She analysed communities in E-Learning area using following concepts:
- Social network analysis
- Natural language processing
- Actor Network Theory
- I* Modelling
Currently she is working as a research assistant at the the information systems chair(Informatik 5), RWTH Aachen University.
Research Interests
- Virtual Communities of Practice, Technology Enhanced Learning, Personal Learning Environements (PLE)
- Web 2.0/Social Software, Social Network Analysis, Dynamic Network Analysis, Cross-media analysis
- Concept mining, Data mining, Text mining
- Natural language processing, Information retrieval, Emotional Web Intelligence
- Game theory
Past Teaching
Theses
- Annotating User Content with Linked Open Data (LOD) (Open)
- Can they agree: Searching for collaboration equilibria via multi-agent simulation of learning communities (Open)
- Evaluation and Extension of Goal Identification (Open)
- Multi-agent simulation of learning communities (Open)
- Weak Signals in Learning Communities (Open)
- A RESTful service for visualization of learning models (Running)
- Mining of community learning goals (2011)
- Competence Management with Social Network Analysis in the eTwinning Database (2011)
- Dynamic influence network models and weak signals in social media (2011)
- Effective visual representation of the semantic data of 500,000 Internet resources (2011)
Publications
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Learning Analytics in a Teachers' Social Network
Published in Hodgson, et al. (eds.): Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Networked Learning (NLC 2012), Maastricht, the Netherlands, April 2-4, 2012, pp. 414 - 421.
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Learning Analytics for Communities of Lifelong Learners: a Forum Case
Published in Proc. ICALT 2011, 11th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies.
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Identification of Learning Goals in Forum-based Communities
Julian Krenge, Zinayida Petrushyna, Milos Kravcik, Ralf Klamma
Published in Proc. ICALT 2011, 11th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies.
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ICT-Based School Collaboration, Teachers' Networks and their Opportunities for Teachers' Professional Development - A Case Study on eTwinning
Riina Vuorikari, Adriana Berlanga, Romina Cachia, Yiwei Cao, Sibren Fetter, Anne Gilleran, Ralf Klamma, Yves Punie, Santi Scimeca, Peter Sloep, Zinayida Petrushyna
Published in Advances in Web-Based Learning - ICWL 2011, Proceedings of 10th International Conference, Hong Kong, December 2011, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 7048, pp. 112-121, Springer Verlag
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Learning Analytics at Large: The Lifelong Learning Network of 160, 000 European Teachers
Ergang Song, Zinayida Petrushyna, Yiwei Cao, Ralf Klamma
Published in Carlos Delgado Kloos, Denis Gillet, Raquel M. Crespo García, Fridolin Wild, Martin Wolpers (Eds.): Towards Ubiquitous Learning - 6th European Conference of Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2011, Palermo, Italy, September 20-23, 2011. Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6964 Springer 2011, 398-411
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How can Psychology inform the Design of Learning Experiences?
Published in Proc. ICALT 2011, 11th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies.
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Self-modeling and Self-reflection of E-learning communities
Published in In Proceeding of Doctoral Consortium at 5th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL 2010)
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Utilising Pattern Repositories for Capturing and Sharing PLE Practices in Networked Communities
Felix Mödritscher, Zinayida Petrushyna, Effie L-C. Law
Published in In Proceeding of 10th International Conference on Knowledge Management and Knowledge Technologies, 1–3 September 2010, Messe Congress Graz, Austria
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Pattern-Based Competence Management: On the Gap between Intentions and Reality
Published in 11th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2010, St. Etienne, France, October 11-13, 2010, Proceedings, pp. 364-371 Series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, Vol. 336,
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Designing During Use: Modeling of Communities of Practice
Published in In Proceedings 4th 2010 IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies (IEEE DEST 2010), Dubai, U.A.E.

