Grant Projects

NSF Award #2027948

Project GAME
Centered on teaching game-design and computer programming using industry-standard game-development software (Unity 3D), the project aims to create and implement a middle school computer science (CS) curriculum. The project will involve teacher professional development (PD), a collaboration between teachers and researchers to co-develop a curriculum, and research and evaluation to understand the outcomes from the design and implementation efforts.

Journal Articles

Peer-Reviewed

In Hampel (2021). Review of podOmatic. JALT CALL.

Mete Akcaoglu, Eunbae Lee (2021). International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning.

Cary Roseth, Mete Akcaoglu, Andrea Zellner (2021). Blending synchronous face-to-face and computer-supported cooperative learning in a hybrid doctoral seminar. TechTrends.

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Sedat Gumus, Mete Akcaoglu (2021). Instructional leadership in Turkish primary schools: An analysis of teachers’ perceptions and current policy. Educational Management Administration & Leadership.

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Matthew J Koehler, Punya Mishra, Mete Akcaoglu, Joshua M Rosenberg (2021). The technological pedagogical content knowledge framework for teachers and teacher educators. ICT integrated teacher education: A resource book.

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Conferences

Presentations and Proceedings

Spencer P. Greenhalgh University of Kentucky Joshua M. Rosenberg University of TennesseeK Bret Staudt Willet, Matthew J Koehler, Mete Akcaoglu (2021). Identifying multiple learning spaces within a single teacher-focused Twitter hashtag.

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D Matthew Boyer, Mete Akcaoglu (2021). The Zon project: Creating a virtual environment for learning Chinese language and culture. E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education.

Kristen Kereluik, Greg Casperson, Mete Akcaoglu (2021). Coding pre-service teacher lesson plans for TPACK. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference.

Silvia M Pernsteiner, D Matthew Boyer, Mete Akcaoglu (2021). Understanding player activity in a game-based virtual learning environment: A case for data-driven instructional design. E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education.

Mete Akcaoglu (2021). Using games in classroom: All tutors and no stories make a virtual world a dull game. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference.

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