SCHOOL OF BUSINESS,
TECNOLOGY AND EDUCATION
ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Assistant Proffesor in Academic Writing





Giga Khositashvili holds a PhD in Education and is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Business, Technology, and Education at Ilia State University. His research interests include education policy, academic integrity, and technology-enhanced learning. He holds a Master’s degree in Information Management from Ilia State University and has also studied in the Master’s program in New Media and Knowledge Management at Tallinn University.

Since 2011, Giga Khositashvili has been teaching different courses at Ilia State University within undergraduate general modules, the Medicine program (Academic Skills – ENG), the Master’s program in Educational Administration, as well as in Primary Education and Teacher Preparation programs. Since 2015, he has completed multiple training programs in modern teaching methodologies at Paris Diderot University, KU Leuven, the University of Vienna, FH Joanneum Graz, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and the University of Maribor. As part of academic mobility programs, he has also delivered lectures at Copenhagen University College, Uppsala University, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and the University of Valladolid.

He is actively involved in capacity building projects funded by the Erasmus+ program (INTEGRITY, PRINTEL, ETHICS, DITECH, PRODIGE, LOVEDISTANCE), focusing on academic integrity, the development of distance learning, and research ethics. In 2022, he was awarded a doctoral research grant by the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation.

Scientific interests / research interests

  • Academic Integrity;
  • Technology in Education;
  • Online Learning;
  • Library and Information Sciences.

Articles in magazines

  • Khositashvili, Giga. 2024. “Delving Deeper: Understanding the Complexities of Plagiarism Prevention in Georgian Higher Education.” Journal of Educational and Social Research 14 (5): 1. https://doi.org/10.36941/jesr-2024-0117.
  • Ciupe, Aurelia, Giga Khositashvili, and Bogdan Orza. 2024. “Systematic Mapping of Text-Based Formative Assessment Tools in Online Assignments.” In IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON. IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON60312.2024.10578893.
  • Khositashvili, G., Nana Makaradze, & Tamar Aslanishvili. (2022). Students and lecturers perception of equity, access and democratization in higher education in Georgia. PRATICA – Revista Multimédia De Investigação Em Inovação Pedagógica E Práticas De E-Learning, 5(1), 72–96. https://doi.org/10.34630/pel.v5i1.4472

Books

  • Book Chapter – Hybrid/Blended Teaching and Learning,  Innovative and Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning Teacher’s Handbook – Yerevan, 2021

 

Current Courses

Course Catalog

MD Program

Academic Skills (2023-2024)

Teacher Education Program

Blended Learning Method in Secondary Education

MA Program

Online Learning and Technology in Education

Bachelor courses:

Techniques of Academic Working (2014-2020 years)

Presentation, communication and discussion techniques (2012-2013 years)

Information Literacy (2011-2012 years)

Computer Skills  (2011)

Master’s level:

Project Management in an Educational Institution (2021)