News and Updates

February 2026

Projects

  • Launched the START Cambodia Erasmus+ CBHE Strand 3 project (Coordinator: University of Groningen; six partners from Cambodia, two from Spain, and one from the Netherlands).

Conferences

  • Paper accepted for presentation at the International Association for Relationship Research biennial conference (co-authored).

Workshops

  • Workshop on rubric design for new faculty members (AGEP Program – Middle East Technical University).
  • Co-delivered with Dr. Merve Zayim Kurtay: “Graduate Students Ask: Decision Points in Research Methods” (ODTÜ ÖGEM event).

Supervision

  • Büşra Zeynep Arslan — Master’s thesis on feedback literacy successfully defended (supervised).

Workshops

  • Workshop delivered on assessment and evaluation for new faculty members (Effective Teaching Seminar Series, AGEP Program – Middle East Technical University).

Publications

  • Article published in Journal of Studies in International Education (with co-authors).
  • Manuscript accepted in Pamukkale Journal of Sport Sciences (with Dr. Hakan Taş).

Student Projects

  • Undergraduates Işıl Eskier (ECE ’27) and Fatma Köle (ECE ’27) presented their AdımODTÜ-funded project titled “Hybrid Games for Refugee Children.”

Supervision

  • Betül Özekmekçi Karadağ — Master’s thesis on artificial intelligence overreliance successfully defended (co-supervised).

Conferences

  • Collaborative study with doctoral student Ceren Başer-Kanbak presented at the 54th Annual North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) Conference.

Workshops

  • Workshop delivered on assessment and evaluation for new faculty members (TED University).

Workshops

  • Workshop delivered on assessment and evaluation for faculty members (Fenerbahçe University).

Projects

  • Findings from the TÜBİTAK 1001 project on design literacy presented at the Design Research Society (DRS) Special Interest Group (EdSIG) LearnXDesign Conference by Dr. Derya Yorgancıoğlu (project director).

Conferences

  • Two dissertation-based papers presented by graduates at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER).

Conferences

  • Three co-authored papers presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI).