Dr.Ocak completed his undergraduate education (1998) in Ankara University, Faculty of Science in the field of Mathematics, and his master's degree (2002) and doctorate education (2006) in the field of Instructional Technology at the New York State University-Albany Faculty of Education. He taught in schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education between 1998-1999. He started to work as a Research Assistant at Gazi University, Gazi Education Faculty, Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies in 2006. He received the title of Assistant Professor in 2008, Associate Professor in 2012 and Professor in 2020 in the same department. In 2015, he carried out postdoctoral studies at the University of Florida Gainesville in the United States. He has attended to hundreds of local and foreign conferences and congresses; published articles, books; studied in projects in the field of Information Technologies and has held administrative positions. He is still working as a full-time professor at Gazi University. His recent works focus on metaverse, robotics, coding and the internet of things. He is the editor-in-chief of the international Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age.

Dr Ivana Krsmanović is a professor of applied sciences affiliated with the Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak, University of Kragujevac, Serbia, where she also holds the position of Head of the Department for Humanities and Social Sciences. She is a recipient of the prestigious Joint Excellence in Sciences and Humanities (JESH) scholarship (2023), awarded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Dr. Krsmanović’s scholarly pursuits focus on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instruction, computer-assisted language learning, and digital humanities. She has been actively involved in several projects at the intersection of digital humanities and computer-assisted language learning, especially in exploring the aspects of the Community of Inquiry within EFL online teaching.

Prof. Dr. Sehnaz Baltaci is at the Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies (CEIT) at Faculty of Education, Bursa Uludag University with expertise in e-learning, teacher education, and integration of online technologies in teacher education. She received her PhD at Instructional Technology from SUNY, Albany, NY. She took part as coordinator or researcher in many European Union and TUBITAK projects in the fields of technology integration and teacher education. She has conducted a series of studies dealing with e-learning, Web 2.0, Web 3.0, metaverse, entrepreneurship, and teacher education that were presented in international conferences and published in different journals.

Dr. Shanzhen Gao is an Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate and Graduate Research in the Reginald F. Lewis College of Business at Virginia State University. He is a Lifetime Fellow of the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications and a fully funded Visiting Scholar at the University of Chicago. He holds dual Ph.D. degrees in Applied Mathematics and Computing and Information Science. His research interests include data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity, business analytics, knowledge management, algorithms, and pedagogy. Dr. Gao is committed to interdisciplinary collaboration, student research, and the integration of generative AI into teaching, learning, and real-world problem-solving.

Dr Michelle Ronksley-Pavia is a Senior Lecturer in Special Education and Inclusive Education and the Program Director for the Graduate Certificate in Special Education in the School of Education and Professional Studies, and a researcher with the Griffith Institute for Educational Research (GIER). Dr Ronksley-Pavia is an internationally recognised award-winning researcher working in the areas of gifted education, twice-exceptionality (gifted students with disability), GenAI and education, inclusive education, special education, neurodiversity, and initial teacher education. Her work centres on applications of AI in education contexts, disability and inclusive educational practices and gifted and talented educational practices and provisions. She has been awarded Teaching Excellence Awards for her work in undergraduate and postgraduate primary and secondary preservice teacher education programs. Dr Ronksley-Pavia is also disabled and a disability advocate.

Dr Ronksley-Pavia has secured Queensland Department of Education Horizon grant funding to explore the use of GenAI by teachers in supporting the diverse learning needs of neurodiverse students. In her most recent grant success, as recipient of the prestigious American Psychological Foundation Esther Katz Rosen Fund Grant Dr Ronksley-Pavia became the first Australian and first Griffith University Researcher to receive this exceptional grant, her project aims to explore the roles GenAI may play in gifted education programming for gifted adolescents. 

Dr Ronksley-Pavia has received numerous prestigious awards for her work, inlcuding the 2020-2024 Nurturing Talents Recognition Award from the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). She has also been awarded the ‘Best Research Paper’ international award from the K-12 Education Administration, Ministry of Education (Republic of China) in recognition of her research. She is an Australian Delegate to the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children (WCGTC), and a representative on the WCGTC’s Teacher-Education-Committee, co-authoring the Council’s Position Statement on Teacher Education and the WCGTC’s inaugural Global Principles for Professional Learning in Gifted Education. She is also the National Correspondent for Australia on the European Council for High Ability (ECHA). Dr Ronksley-Pavia's expertise as a leader in the field of twice-exceptional research has been recognised by the Bridges 2e Center for Research and Professional Development in the USA. Dr Ronksley-Pavia is an editorial board member of the Journal of Gifted Education and Creativity. As an international leading expert on disability, giftedness and twice-exceptionality, Dr Ronksley-Pavia has published widely on a range of important topics including differentiation and giftedness, stigma and disability, bullying and disability, intersectionality of trauma and disability, prevalence of twice-exceptionality, special education, and contemporary issues in initial teacher education.

Dr. Talal Alasmari is an Associate Professor of Learning Design and Technology at the University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and a Certified Performance Technologist (CPT). His research focuses on educational technology, e-learning design, AI in education, and performance improvement — with practical applications in language teaching and learning. Dr. Alasmari has authored numerous publications in internationally recognized journals and is widely cited for his contributions to digital learning transformation and innovative pedagogies. His research profile is available on Google Scholar, where his work continues to inform the global discourse on education and technology integration. He has led award-winning projects and serves on national and international committees, bringing both scholarly rigor and practical experience to his editorial role.