Interests

• E-learning

• ICT in education of children and students with special educational needs

• Interactive educational multimedia

Research

• Increasing the academic staff’s capacity of pedagogical faculties at Sofia University in the e-learning design and implementation, Structural Funds, 2012-2014.
• An Adaptive trust-based e-assessment System for Learning (TeSLA), Horizont 2020 - ICT-2015-20 Technologies for better human learning and teaching [c) Innovation Action], 2016-2018.
• Attitudes and professional experience of the lectures at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski" on the use of e-learning resources in the education of students with special educational needs.

Selected publications

• Yovkova, B. Interactive educational multimedia in speech therapy of children with hearing loss. Daniela Ubenova, Sofia, 2011.

• Yovkova, B. Multimedia learning for development of vocabulary of deaf children – In: Education, September-October, 5, 2011.

• Peytcheva-Forsyth, R., B. Yovkova. Using serious games to improve the preparation of pre-service teachers in Bulgaria. – In: World academy of science, engineering and technology, issue 66, Paris, France, 27-28 June, 2012.
• Yovkova, B. Electronics distance e-learning – new opportunity for students with special educational needs. – In: Sofia University Journal of educational research, 1, 2013.
• Peytcheva-Forsyth, R., Yovkova, B., Aleksieva, L. The Disabled and Non-disabled students' Views and Attitudes towards e-Authentication in e-Assessment, Proceedings of 13th annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED 2019) , Valencia, Spain, 2019.
• Peytcheva-Forsyth, R., Alexieva, L. & B. Yovkova, The Impact of Technology on Cheating and Plagiarism in the Assessment – the teachers’ and students’ perspectives, In: AIP Conference Proceedings (AMEE’18) 2048, 020037, 2018.
• Peytcheva-Forsyth, R., Yovkova, B. & L. Alexievа, Factors Affecting Students’ Attitudes Towards Online Learning - The Case of Sofia University, In: AIP Conference Proceedings 2048, 020025, 2018
• Noguera, I., A. Guerrero-Roldán, R. Peytcheva-Forsyth, B. Yovkova, Perceptions of students with special educational needs and disabilities towards the use of e-assessment in online and blended education: barrier or aid?”. In: 12th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia, Spain, 5-7 March, 2018.
• R. Peytcheva-Forsyth, B. Yovkova, T. Ladonlahti, The potential of the TeSLA authentication system to support access to e-assessment for students with special educational needs and disabilities (Sofia university experience) In: ICERI2017, Sevilla, Spain, November 16-18, 2017
• Yovkova, B., Peytcheva-Forsyth, R. Factors affecting the attitude of university professors towards the use of electronic resources in the education of disabled students. In: AIP Conference Proceedings (AMEE’19), issue-12172 (1), 040008, 2019.
• Yovkova, B., Saev, S. Opportunities for optimizing the education of students with special educational needs through the use of e-learning resources, Knowledge – International Journal, 2019, стр.:459-465, ISSN (print):2545 - 4439, ISSN (online):1857 - 923Х, 2019.

• b.yovkova@fp.uni-sofia.bg