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Identifying multiple learning spaces within a single teacher-focused Twitter hashtag
The existing work on teacher-focused Twitter hashtags typically frames each hashtag as a single, unified phenomenon, thereby collapsing …
Spencer P. Greenhalgh University of Kentucky Joshua M. Rosenberg University of TennesseeK Bret Staudt Willet, Matthew J Koehler, Mete Akcaoglu
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The Zon project: Creating a virtual environment for learning Chinese language and culture
The Zon Project is building a multi-user, game-based virtual environment to support learning Chinese language and culture. From its …
D Matthew Boyer, Mete Akcaoglu
Coding pre-service teacher lesson plans for TPACK
Technology is rapidly becoming a predominant force for education, and teachers now more than ever have nearly endless technological …
Kristen Kereluik, Greg Casperson, Mete Akcaoglu
Understanding player activity in a game-based virtual learning environment: A case for data-driven instructional design
When constructing game-based virtual learning environments, developers face considerations that differ from the concerns instructional …
Silvia M Pernsteiner, D Matthew Boyer, Mete Akcaoglu
Using games in classroom: All tutors and no stories make a virtual world a dull game
This experimental study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of inclusion of a storyline, as initiated and progressed by …
Mete Akcaoglu
Refining TPACK rubric through online lesson plans
The purpose of this research study was twofold. First, we sought to refine a rubric originally created to assess the pre-service …
Mete Akcaoglu, Kristen Kereluik, Greg Casperson
Teaching Problem Solving through Game Design: Reflections on Game Design and Learning Summer Camp
In this paper, we report the preliminary findings of the first Game Design and Learning Summer Camp, which was held in Istanbul, Turkey …
Mete Akcaoglu, D Matthew Boyer, Kristen Kereluik
New Media Literacy Skills of Middle School Students in Turkey: Students Are Ready, Are the Schools?
In this descriptive research conducted on middle school students in Istanbul, Turkey, we report the results of two cross-sectional …
Mete Akcaoglu, Kristen Kereluik, D Matthew Boyer
Teaching problem solving through making games: Design and implementation of an innovative and technology-rich intervention
In this paper, I describe the elements of a curriculum designed to teach middle school students how to solve complex problems using …
Mete Akcaoglu
Finding the connection between Game-Design and Problem-Solving: Game-Design and Learning Programs
In today‟s complex and fast-evolving world problem solving is an important skill to possess. For young children to be successful at …
Mete Akcaoglu