Educational Technology and Computing

Educational Technology and Computing

I hold a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology specializing in educational measurement and assessment from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Currently, I am a Visiting Faculty and instructor at the University of Alabama. My research interests revolve around Item Response Theory and Rasch model applications in educational and psychological assessment data.

Skills and expertise:

• Educational Measurement
• Computerized Adaptive Testing
• Item Response Theory
• Psychometrics
  
  

Dr. Nehir Yasan Ak is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management Information Systems at Akdeniz University. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Computer and Electronic Education from Fırat University. She completed both her master’s and Ph.D. degrees at Middle East Technical University. Her master’s thesis focused on educational policies in the field of Science and Technology Policy Studies, while her doctoral research in Computer Education and Instructional Technology explored mobile phone use for educational purposes among university students. To develop an interdisciplinary perspective, she studied sociology at Anadolu University and earned a second bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Süleyman Demirel University. She is currently pursuing another master’s degree on deep learning-based prediction using histopathological images. Her academic interests include mobile learning, problematic mobile phone use, scale development, and instructional technologies.

Parlak Rakap (PhD) graduated from Gazi University, Division of Preschool Education in 2003, and attended her integrated PhD education at the Middle East Technical University, Department of Elementary Education in 2004. During her doctoral works at METU, the researcher also worked with Prof. Dr. Ithel Jones at Florida State University for 10 months on Preschool Science Education in 2010. She earned her PhD working with Prof. Dr. Feyza Tantekin Erden in 2011. She started her career as a faculty at Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, in the Division of Preschool Teaching between 2012-2022. As part of her postdoctoral research at North Carolina State University Psychology Department, Dr. Parlak Rakap studied respect and gratitude in early childhood in the FABB Lab (Family Affect, Beliefs, and Behaviors Lab) with Prof. Amy HALBERSTADT between 2021-2022. Her research interests include self-discipline, creative drama, preschool science education, respect in early childhood, and special education. She has been working at Bartın University, Division of Preschool Education since 2022.