• Since 2024: PhD Candidate and research associate at the chair of Educational Technology in the SNF project “SDT4ID”, University of Zurich
• 02/2021 – 01/2024: Research associate, at the chair of Educational Sciences, Izmir Democracy University
• 03/2021 – 09/2023: M.Sc. in Educational Sciences, Izmir Democracy University (cum laude)
  • Master’s thesis: Improving ELT teacher candidates' technological pedagogical content knowledge: An action research
• 08/2020: Master's in Educational Sciences, Bilkent University (transfer)
• 09/2015 – 08/2016: Exchange student, Saarland University, Saarbrucken
• 09/2014 – 06/2018: B.A. in English Studies, Akdeniz University

• Learning psychology in the context of multimedia and online learning
• Instructional psychology / Motivation, Metacognition, Attention, Cognitive Load Theory
• Collaborative and social learning
• Instructional design / TPACK framework
• Mixed-methods research / Action research, Microteaching Lesson Study

• 09/2022 – 09/2023 Research grant for Master's thesis, IDU
• 09/2015 – 08/2016 Erasmus+ exchange program grant

• Member and reviewer for EARLI (European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction) SIG 6&7 since 2024
• Member of Digital Society Initiative at UZH since 2024
• Member of the organizing committee for IDU-ICER between 2021 – 2023

List of Publications and Presentations (PDF, 133 KB)