International Journal of Changes in Education

This paper is a substantially extended and revised version of the authors’ preprint available on arXiv (DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2410.20361).

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APA

Fitsilis, P., Damasiotis, V., Dervenis, C., Kyriatzis, V., & Tsoutsa, P. (2026). Effective Data Stewardship in Higher Education: Skills, Competences, and the Emerging Role of Open Data Stewards. International Journal of Changes in Education, 3(1), 11-22. https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewIJCE52025166

Vancouver

Fitsilis P, Damasiotis V, Dervenis C, Kyriatzis V, Tsoutsa P. Effective Data Stewardship in Higher Education: Skills, Competences, and the Emerging Role of Open Data Stewards. International Journal of Changes in Education. 2026;3(1):11-22. https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewIJCE52025166

AMA

Fitsilis P, Damasiotis V, Dervenis C, Kyriatzis V, Tsoutsa P. Effective Data Stewardship in Higher Education: Skills, Competences, and the Emerging Role of Open Data Stewards. International Journal of Changes in Education. 2026;3(1), 11-22. https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewIJCE52025166

Chicago

Fitsilis, Panos, Vyron Damasiotis, Charalampos Dervenis, Vasileios Kyriatzis, and Paraskevi Tsoutsa. "Effective Data Stewardship in Higher Education: Skills, Competences, and the Emerging Role of Open Data Stewards". International Journal of Changes in Education 2026 3 no. 1 (2026): 11-22. https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewIJCE52025166

Harvard

Fitsilis, P., Damasiotis, V., Dervenis, C., Kyriatzis, V., and Tsoutsa, P. (2026). Effective Data Stewardship in Higher Education: Skills, Competences, and the Emerging Role of Open Data Stewards. International Journal of Changes in Education, 3(1), pp. 11-22. https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewIJCE52025166

MLA

Fitsilis, Panos et al. "Effective Data Stewardship in Higher Education: Skills, Competences, and the Emerging Role of Open Data Stewards". International Journal of Changes in Education, vol. 3, no. 1, 2026, pp. 11-22. https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewIJCE52025166