Ibrahim Arpaci is a distinguished professor internationally recognized for his substantial contributions to the field of Information Systems. He earned his Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees in Information Systems from Middle East Technical University (#269 in QS World University Rankings). His research interests include information systems, educational technology, cybersecurity, and cyberpsychology. He has authored over one hundred publications in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals, conferences, and books. From 2020 to 2025, Stanford University consistently ranked him among the top 2% of the world’s most influential scientists.

Özgen Korkmaz is a professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Science at Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University. Dr. Korkmaz's area of expertise is educational technology. His research interests include computer education, programming education and thinking skills. He is also an expert in scale development.

I hold a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology specializing in educational measurement and assessment from the University of Illinois at Chicago. 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
  
   

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif Polat serves in the Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology at Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Türkiye. She has broad experience in national and international projects funded by the European Union, UNICEF, and TÜBİTAK, focusing on instructional technology, inclusive education, and artificial intelligence in education. She has also published widely in peer-reviewed journals.

Instructional Technology, Inclusive Education, Artificial Intelligence in Education

Doç. Dr. Semiha KULA ÜNVER

Asiye Parlak Rakap, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Head of the Division of Preschool Education at Bartın University, Türkiye. She completed her integrated PhD in Elementary Education at Middle East Technical University and conducted research as a visiting scholar at Florida State University and as a postdoctoral visiting researcher in the Family Affect, Beliefs, and Behaviors (FABB) Lab at North Carolina State University. Her research focuses on nature, environmental and climate education in early childhood; respect, gratitude, self-discipline, and social-emotional development; creative drama; inclusive and trauma-informed education; and teacher education. She has contributed to national and international projects as a principal investigator, researcher, expert, and educator, and supervises undergraduate and graduate research.

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.