{"id":317,"date":"2026-03-04T15:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T12:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/capa\/?page_id=317"},"modified":"2026-03-06T11:47:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T08:47:55","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/capa\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading month-feb\">February 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Launched the <strong>START Cambodia<\/strong> <strong>Erasmus+ CBHE Strand 3<\/strong> project (Coordinator: University of Groningen; six partners from Cambodia, two from Spain, and one from the Netherlands).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conferences<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Paper accepted for presentation at the <em>International Association for Relationship Research<\/em> biennial conference (co-authored).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Workshops<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Workshop on rubric design for new faculty members (<em>AGEP<\/em> Program &#8211; Middle East Technical University).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Co-delivered with <strong>Dr. Merve Zayim Kurtay<\/strong>: \u201cGraduate Students Ask: Decision Points in Research Methods\u201d (<em>ODT\u00dc \u00d6GEM<\/em> event).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;autoclose&quot;: false, &quot;accordionItems&quot;: [] }\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/accordion\" role=\"group\" class=\"wp-block-accordion is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-1&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-1-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleKeyDown\" id=\"accordion-item-1\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\">January 2026<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div inert aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-1\" data-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isOpen\" id=\"accordion-item-1-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Supervision<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>B\u00fc\u015fra Zeynep Arslan<\/strong> \u2014 Master\u2019s thesis on feedback literacy successfully defended (supervised).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;autoclose&quot;: false, &quot;accordionItems&quot;: [] }\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/accordion\" role=\"group\" class=\"wp-block-accordion is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-2&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-2-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleKeyDown\" id=\"accordion-item-2\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\">December 2025<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div inert aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-2\" data-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isOpen\" id=\"accordion-item-2-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Workshops<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Workshop delivered on assessment and evaluation for new faculty members (<em>Effective Teaching Seminar Series, <\/em>AGEP Program &#8211; Middle East Technical University).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Article published in <em>Journal of Studies in International Education<\/em> (with co-authors).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manuscript accepted in <em>Pamukkale Journal of Sport Sciences<\/em> (with <strong>Dr. Hakan Ta\u015f<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Student Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Undergraduates <strong>I\u015f\u0131l Eskier<\/strong> (ECE \u201927) and <strong>Fatma K\u00f6le<\/strong> (ECE \u201927) presented their Ad\u0131mODT\u00dc-funded project titled \u201cHybrid Games for Refugee Children.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Supervision<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Bet\u00fcl \u00d6zekmek\u00e7i Karada\u011f<\/strong> \u2014 Master\u2019s thesis on artificial intelligence overreliance successfully defended (co-supervised).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;autoclose&quot;: false, &quot;accordionItems&quot;: [] }\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/accordion\" role=\"group\" class=\"wp-block-accordion is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-3&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-3-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleKeyDown\" id=\"accordion-item-3\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\">November 2025<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div inert aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-3\" data-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isOpen\" id=\"accordion-item-3-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Conferences<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Collaborative study with doctoral student <strong>Ceren Ba\u015fer-Kanbak<\/strong> presented at the <em>54th Annual North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) Conference.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Workshops<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Workshop delivered on assessment and evaluation for new faculty members (<em>TED University<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;autoclose&quot;: false, &quot;accordionItems&quot;: [] }\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/accordion\" role=\"group\" class=\"wp-block-accordion is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-4&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-4-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleKeyDown\" id=\"accordion-item-4\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\">October 2025<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div inert aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-4\" data-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isOpen\" id=\"accordion-item-4-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Workshops<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Workshop delivered on assessment and evaluation for faculty members (<em>Fenerbah\u00e7e University<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;autoclose&quot;: false, &quot;accordionItems&quot;: [] }\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/accordion\" role=\"group\" class=\"wp-block-accordion is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-5&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-5-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleKeyDown\" id=\"accordion-item-5\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\">September 2025<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div inert aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-5\" data-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isOpen\" id=\"accordion-item-5-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Findings from the <strong>T\u00dcB\u0130TAK 1001<\/strong> project on design literacy presented at the <em>Design Research Society (DRS) Special Interest Group (EdSIG) LearnXDesign Conference<\/em> by <strong>Dr. Derya Yorganc\u0131o\u011flu<\/strong> (project director).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conferences<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Two dissertation-based papers presented by graduates at the <em>European Conference on Educational Research (ECER)<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;autoclose&quot;: false, &quot;accordionItems&quot;: [] }\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/accordion\" role=\"group\" class=\"wp-block-accordion is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-6&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-6-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleKeyDown\" id=\"accordion-item-6\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span 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