Tulay GORU DOGAN graduated from the department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies at Faculty of Education at Anadolu University in Turkey in 2007. She holds a MA degree in the field of Visual Communication Design and a PhD degree in the field of Open and Distance Education from the Graduate School of Social Sciences at Anadolu University. Between 2008 - 2009, she has been as an exchange student at Faculty of Communication and Media at Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden in the Netherlands. She currently works as a lecturer (PhD) in Department of New Media and Communication at Faculty of Communication at Yaşar University. Her researches focuses on digital communication, social media and open and distance learning.