Mete Akcaoglu
Akcaoglu selected to attend LASER Institute workshop
Mete Akcaoglu, Ph.D., associate professor of instructional technology in the Department of Leadership, Technology and Human Development, was selected to attend the Learning Analytics in STEM Education Research (LASER) Institute this summer. The Institute is a professional development program to help researchers understand and improve STEM learning through the use of new sources of data […]
Akcaoglu and Hodges collaborate on publication on computer programming
Mete Akcaoglu, Ph.D., and Charles Hodges, Ph.D., faculty members in the instructional technology program at Georgia Southern University, collaborated with two additional colleagues to publish an article in the Interdisciplinary Journal of Practice, Theory, and Applied Research. Akcaoglu, who served as lead author, received a nearly $300,000 grant in fall 2020, and has been working […]
Akcaoglu serves as guest editor
Mete Akcaoglu, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Leadership, Technology and Human Development, served as a guest editor of a special issue of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning, focusing on tinkering in a technology-rich design context. The issue not only provides examples but also encourages the problem-based learning (PBL) and makers community […]
College of Education awards 2017 seed grants
Five projects were awarded 2017 College of Education Seed Grants by the College’s Research Committee in March. Faculty members receiving grants included: Richard Cleveland, Ph.D., Scott Beck, Ph.D., Alma Stevenson, Ph.D., Mete Akcaoglu, Ph.D., Antonio Gutierrez de Blume, Ph.D., Wendy Chambers, Ph.D., Sabrina Ross, Ph.D., and Chelda Smith, Ph.D.
Akcaoglu featured in Times Higher Education
Mete Akcaoglu, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Leadership, Technology, and Human Development, was featured in an article by the Times Higher Education on December 19. The article highlights Akcaoglu’s research on the impact of lecturers attempting to connect with their students via social media outlets such as Facebook. Akcaoglu and co-author Nicholas David Bowman […]