Fatma Gizem Karaoğlan Yılmaz

Bartin University · Department of Computer Technology and Information Systems

This study addresses a gap in the literature regarding the relationships between sleep quality, obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), fear of missing out (FoMO), psychological resilience, and problematic Instagram use (PIU) among university students. By examining these interrelated factors, the research aims to clarify the mechanisms behind Instagra...

This study explored the complex dynamics of student engagement, community of inquiry, and transactional distance in online learning environments. The study analyzed 1,281 participants’ responses to identify the factors contributing to online learning outcomes. The research highlighted the crucial role that transactional distance and community of in...

Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) has become increasingly widespread in higher education with the spread of online and hybrid learning applications after the pandemic. Although CSCL is an increasingly used method in education, there are some problems experienced while using this method. One of them is related to the negative attitude...

Yapay zekâ okuryazarlığı kavramı günümüzde yapay zekâ teknolojilerinin gelişmesine ve her sektörde kullanımının yaygınlaşmasıyla birlikte daha da önemli hale gelmiştir. Bireylerin yapay zekâ okuryazarlığı durum ve düzeylerini belirlemek için uluslararası literatürde çeşitli ölçme araçlarının kullanıldığı görülmektedir. Ancak ulusal literatürde bu a...

The purpose of this study is to formulate an acceptance scale grounded in the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model. The scale is designed to scrutinize students’ acceptance of generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications. This tool assesses students’ acceptance levels toward generative AI applications. The scale...

Yapay zekâ okuryazarlığı kavramı günümüzde yapay zekâ teknolojilerinin gelişmesine ve her sektörde kullanımının yaygınlaşmasıyla birlikte daha da önemli hale gelmiştir. Bireylerin yapay zekâ okuryazarlığı durum ve düzeylerini belirlemek için uluslararası literatürde çeşitli ölçme araçlarının kullanıldığı görülmektedir. Ancak ulusal literatürde bu a...

Today, due to the increasing interest in hybrid education environments and technology integration into the course, mobile devices have started to be used in face-to-face classroom lessons. In addition to the many advantages of using mobile devices in the classroom, it also leads to some undesirable situations. One is related to developing students’...

The primary aim of the study is to develop an augmented reality (AR) acceptance scale within the framework of the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model to measure individuals’ acceptance and use of AR technology. The study was performed with a total of 546 university students with three participant groups in the 2022–2023...

This systematic review examines the use of learning analytics (LA) in formative assessment (FA). LA is a powerful tool that can support FA by providing real-time feedback to students and teachers. The review analyzes studies published on Web of Science and Scopus databases between 2011 and 2022 that provide an overview of the current state of publi...

Due to the distance education implemented with the COVID-19 pandemic, online synchronous education activities have started to be carried out using tools such as Zoom. In this process, students have experienced various problems and one of them is related to cyberloafing behaviors (CLB). The main purpose of this study was to examine the factors influ...

Virtual learning communities can be formed through social media platforms, enabling the implementation of various learning activities. One of the essential components of virtual learning communities created on social media is the knowledge‐sharing behaviors (KSB) of students. Studies show that some students actively participate in the knowledge‐sha...

Programlama eğitiminde temel noktayı algoritma oluşturmaktadır. Ancak algoritma yazma sürecinde birtakım sorunlar yaşanmaktadır. Bu nedenle araştırmanın amacı bilgisayar mühendisliği öğrencilerinin algoritma sorularını çözerken yaşadıkları sorunları ortaya çıkarabilmektir. Araştırma bir üniversitenin bilgisayar mühendisliği programından 12 öğrencin...

Smartphones have become an integral part of people’s life, especially among adolescents. But problematic smartphone uses lead to several psychological and physical problems. This study explored the relationships of smartphone addiction, nomophobia, depression, and social appearance anxiety among college students. A total of 473 college students vol...

ChatGPT (generative pre-trained transformer) is one of the artificial intelligence (AI) technologies that have started to be used in programming education. However, the effect of using ChatGPT in programming education on learning processes and outcomes is not yet known. This study investigated the effect of programming education using the ChatGPT o...

Like all sectors, the education sector has been negatively affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Considering the decision to conduct face-to-face training in schools remotely, teachers had many difficulties in moving course content to the online platform. Teachers who perform robotic coding applications are looking for ways to do these activities remo...

The aim of the study is to address a gap in the literature by developing an educational virtual reality (edVR) attitude measurement instrument, which determines college students’ attitudes towards using VR technology for educational purposes. A sequential exploratory mixed method was employed to develop the measurement instrument. Initially, a qual...

Individual and multiple games played on the Internet are seen as a popular leisure activity, which is becoming increasingly common among young people. With the Covid 19 pandemic, the interest in Internet games has increased because young people spend more time at home. This has led to an increase in Internet gaming disorder, which is recognized by...

Studies show a relationship between social appearance anxiety, aggression, and behavioral addictions. However, the relationship between social appearance anxiety, aggression, smartphone addiction, and Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) has not been investigated. The present study used a self-report survey to examine the structural relationships between...

Blended learning (BL) has been increasingly implemented in higher education. However, limited research is available to understand the role of metacognitive awareness, reflective thinking, problem solving and community of inquiry as related to students' academic self-efficacy in BL. The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of metacognit...

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have become widespread all around the world since their conceptualization, both in terms of the number of students enrolled and the number of courses provided. Some issues or learner needs in these environments, such as accreditation, quality of assessment, and scaffolding for left-behind learners, have also surf...

The use of technology for teaching and learning has created a paradigm shifting in learning environments and the learning process, and also the paradigm-shifting has also affected the assessment processes. In addition to these, online environments provide more opportunities to assess the learners. In this study, the adaptive mastery testing (AMT) s...

Individuals may encounter many negativities due to the misuse of computers and the Internet. Children suffer the most from these negativities. This situation necessitates parents who always protect and stand by their children, to become knowledgeable about the safe use of computers and the Internet. In this study, we examined the opinions of the pa...

This study aims to fill a gap in current research on virtual reality (VR) by developing a valid and reliable educational VR acceptance scale based on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model to measure the level of students’ acceptance and use of VR systems. In three phases, the reliability and validity studies of the sc...

There is increasing literature examining the use of problematic internet in the context of psychological factors. Most of these studies are focused on the young population. On the other hand, the prolongation of human life and the increasing rate of adult individuals in society's population cannot be ignored. It is seen that the number of research...

Nomophobia is derived from “no mobile phobia”; it is defined as the fear of being away from the possibility of communication by mobile phone. Since mobile phones are used actively in many fields, from communication to social media, from the stock market to e-commerce, users can practically follow developments in their areas of interest with their m...

The study examined the relationship between democratic, authoritarian, and protective‐demanding parental attitudes, obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD), and Instagram addiction. It is based on the correlational research design in which the structural relationships between the variables were used. The study was carried out on 421 university students...

This research examined the effect of learning analytics (LA) on students’ metacognitive awareness and academic achievement in an online learning environment. In this study, a mixed methods approach was used and applied as a quasi-experimental design. The results of LA were sent to students weekly in LA group (experimental group) via learning system...

This mixed-method pre-test/post-test experimental study aims to investigate the effects of Augmented Reality (AR) supported English as a foreign language course on 42 high school students’ attitudes towards the English language course, on learners’ beliefs of self-efficacy in English and on their motivation towards the instructional materials used...

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are a type of Learning Management Systems (LMSs), but it seems that the influence of the instructor in these systems is minimal or simply lacking. These systems present the learning content and materials to all learners attending the course in the same way and fail to offer individualized instruction that recogni...

The use of flipped learning (FL) is increasing in higher education with enormous educational benefits. But limited research has investigated the relationships of students' transactional distance (TD) perceptions, engagement, and course satisfaction in FL. This correlational study was conducted to explore these important factors and their relationsh...

This combination of research analysis and motivation will be able to see a certain way in class. The aim of the study is to analyze the articles in which learning analytics and motivation variable are used together, according to their years, countries, methods, technology tools used, keywords, number/levels of participants, results and suggestions....

One of the main problems encountered in the online learning process is the low or absence of students’ engagement. They may face problems with behavioral engagement, cognitive engagement, emotional engagement in online learning environments. It is thought that the problems related to students' engagements can be overcome with personalized metacogni...

Bu çalışmada öğrenme analitikleri ve öz-düzenlemeli öğrenme alanında yazılmış makaleler sistematik olarak incelenmiştir. Web of Science veri tabanından erişilen 72 makale belirli ölçütlere göre analiz edilmiştir.

Bu çalışmada Sağlık Bakanlığı tarafından Covid-19 aşısı bilgilendirme platformu üzerinden halka yönelik olarak yayınlanan videolar ele alınmıştır. Çalışmada bu videolardan ünlü isimlerden sizlere mesaj var başlığı altında hazırlanan ve 25.06.2021 tarihi öncesinde yayınlanan 9 video göz izleme cihazı ile incelenerek katılımcılar tarafından en çok od...

The COVID-19 pandemic has become a major health problem worldwide. In addition to the physical effects of COVID-19 on individuals, it has caused psychological and social problems on individuals. One of these problems is related to feelings of loneliness they experienced during the pandemic process and the increase in aggression and smartphone addic...

In recent years, how students’ engagement can be developed in flipped classroom (FC) model has become a critical issue addressed in an educational context. Evidence suggests that students’ behavioral, cognitive, and emotional engagement may decrease in FC in time. It is thought that social networking sites (SNS) can contribute to this problem in FC...

This mixed-method pretest/post-test experimental study examined the effect of learning analytics (LA)-based interventions on students’ academic achievement and self-regulatory skills, and explored students’ perceptions of such interventions in flipped classrooms (FC). Sixty-two college students from an introductory computer course were randomly ass...

This study aims to reveal the links between self-reported psycho-educational variables and learner interactions in the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The study also aims to introduce the MOOCs system and its components, which were developed as part of a large-scale project. It is frequently emphasized the importance of establishing a link bet...

Learning analytics provide valuable information for learners and instructors by combining and analyzing learners' historical data during the learning experience. The most common way of employing this information is in the form of learning analytics dashboards (LADs). This study primarily aims to propose LADs design based on the perspectives of vari...

Online learning has become increasingly prominent in educational settings over the past years, especially in the era of Covid-19 pandemic. However, online learning environments work in favour of autonomous learners, in other words, self-directed learners. Even if online courses in which contains are based on a well-structured instructional design,...

This study aims to reveal the links between self-reported psycho-educational variables and learner interactions in the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The study also aims to introduce the MOOCs system and its components, which were developed as part of a large-scale project. It is frequently emphasized the importance of establishing a link bet...

The use of technology for teaching and learning has created a paradigm shifting in learning environments and learning process, and also the paradigm shifting has also affected the assessment processes. In addition to these, online environments provide more opportunities to assess of the learners. In this study, the Adaptive Mastery Testing (AMT) sy...

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have become widespread all around the world since their conceptualization, both in terms of the number of students enrolled and the number of courses available. Some issues or learner needs in these environments, such as accreditation, quality of assessment and scaffolding for left-behind learners, have also surf...

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have become widespread all around the world since their conceptualization, both in terms of the number of students enrolled and the number of courses available. Some issues or learner needs in these environments, such as accreditation, quality of assessment and scaffolding for left-behind learners, have also surf...

The use of technology for teaching and learning has created a paradigm shifting in learning environments and learning process, and also the paradigm shifting has also affected the assessment processes. In addition to these, online environments provide more opportunities to assess of the learners. In this study, the Adaptive Mastery Testing (AMT) sy...

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of student satisfaction on students’ engagement and motivation in a mobile-based flipped classroom. A total of 222 university students taking the Computing I course designed as a mobile-based flipped classroom were recruited. Data were collected through three self-report instruments: the Satisfacti...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the structural relationships between university students’ acceptance of a learning management system (LMS), sense of community and engagement in a blended learning (BL) environment. This study was conducted in an introductory computer course with students who participated in a Moodle learning community t...

With the development of technology, there have been developments in the field of education as in every field. Among these developments, it can be said that the most important developments regarding educational environments are reality technologies. These technologies can be divided into three categories as virtual reality, augmented reality and mix...

The aim of this article is to make a descriptive analysis of virtual reality studies in the field of education that have been done in the literature in the last four years. According to this purpose, the articles on Web of Science were searched using the keyword “virtual reality”. As a result of this scan, the full text of 307 articles in the field...

Bu makalenin amacı, son dört yıllık süreçte alanyazında yapılmış olan, eğitim alanındaki sanal gerçeklik çalışmalarının betimsel olarak analizini yapmaktır. Bu doğrultuda Web of Science üzerinde yer alan makaleler, “virtual reality” anahtar kelimesi kullanılarak taranmıştır. Bu tarama sonucunda, eğitim alanında 307 makalenin tam metnine ulaşılmıştı...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of digital concept cartoons and maps in eliminating misconceptions of secondary school students. The research was conducted with 67 students who were studying at three different branches of 7th grade of secondary school. The research was conducted according to semi-experimental design with pre...

The use of the flipped classroom (FC) model in higher education is becoming increasingly common. Although the FC model has many benefits, there are some limitations using this model for learners who do not have self-directed learning skills and do not have a developed learner autonomy. One of these limitations is that students with low academic sel...

The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of vertical and shared e-leadership approaches on self-regulated learning skills, motivation and group collaboration processes (group cohesion, group atmosphere, and group transactive memory system) in online project-based learning. The study was carried out according to a factorial experimental...

There is a growing interest in the use of learning analytics in higher education institutions. Learning analytics also appear to have the potential to be used to provide personalized feedback and support in online learning. However, when the literature is examined, the use of learning analytics for this purpose appears as a gap to be investigated....

In this research, a Web-based Formative Assessment System (WBFAS) was developed for students to support their formative assessment on their learning experiences. The system provides students with instant feedback which is detailed based on items and criteria referenced based on tests. The present research aims to examine students acceptance of WBFA...

Bu araştırmanın amacı öğrenme analitiklerine dayalı kişiselleştirilmiş tavsiye ve yönlendirme mesajları ile desteklenmiş bir ters-yüz öğrenme ortamında öğrencilerin sorgulama topluluğu, akademik öz-yeterlikleri, yansıtıcı düşünme becerileri, problem çözme becerileri ve üstbilişsel farkındalıkları arasındaki ilişkileri incelemektir. Bu amaçla öğrenm...

In this research, the effect of the use of learning analytics (LA) based feedback as a metacognitive tool on the learners’ transactional distance and motivation was examined. The research was carried out according to experimental design and was carried out on 81 university students. The students were randomly assigned to the experimental and contro...

E-öğrenmenin en önemli paydaşlarından öğretmenlerin e-öğrenme hazır bulunuşluk durumları, e-öğrenme ortamlarının başarılı şekilde oluşturulabilmesini, etkin bir şekilde uygulanabilmesini ve maksimum verimin alınabilmesini doğrudan etkilemektedir. Bu bağlamda yapılan araştırmanın amacı, öğretmenlerin e-öğrenmeye yönelik hazır bulunuşluklarını incele...

The interest in using online formative assessment activities has gradually increased in both traditional teaching and distance education processes. Research emphasizes the importance of using online formative assessment in learning processes. Due to this fact, it is essential to uncover pre-service teachers' thoughts about online formative assessme...

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of using digital storytelling on motivation and learning strategies in foreign language teaching. This study was conducted with 20 students enrolled in the preparatory class to learn English as a foreign language for a year in 2018-2019 academic year in a state university in Turkey. Motivation scal...

Günümüzde İnternet; arama motorları, kitlesel açık çevrimiçi dersler, video paylaşım siteleri, wikipedia, sosyal ağlar gibi platformlar ile bireylerin bilgi ve becerilerini geliştirebilecekleri önemli bir bilgi kaynağı haline gelmiştir. Bireyler bu platformlarda çeşitli bilgi arama tekniklerini kullanarak istedikleri bilgiye erişebilmektedir. Ayrıc...

The aim of this research is to examine student acceptance and use of virtual reality technologies in medical education. Within the scope of the research, a questionnaire consisting of 4 sub-dimensions and 21 items was developed by the researchers. This questionnaire consists of sub-dimensions of performance expectancy, effort expectancy, facilitati...

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of task and group awareness (TaGA) support provided to group members by a pedagogical agent (PA) in computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) on the students’ attitudes towards collaborative learning and self-regulated learning skills (SRLS). A quasi-experimental research design with pretest...

There is a growing interest in the use of learning analytics in higher education institutions. Learning analytics also appear to have the potential to be used to provide personalized feedback and support in online learning. However, when the literature is examined, the use of learning analytics for this purpose appears as a gap to be investigated....

The purpose of the current study was to determine the impact of different forms of feedback (text/image/video) on the transactional distance (TD) perceptions and critical thinking skills (CTS) of the learners in online collaborative discussions. The study was designed as a quasi-experimental study and was carried out with the participation of 104 p...

The aim of this research is to examine the structural relationships between metacognitive thinking skills, critical thinking standards and academic self-efficacy of teacher candidates. The research was carried out according to the relational survey method and structural equation modelling was done in the analysis of the data. The data of the study...

Bu çalışmanın amacı öğretmen adaylarının matematik öğretimine yönelik eğitsel dijital oyun tasarımlarının ve tasarım sürecine ilişkin görüşlerinin incelenmesidir. Araştırmada nitel araştırma desenlerinden durum çalışması kullanılmıştır. Katılımcılar bir devlet üniversitesinde İlköğretim Matematik Öğretmenliği üçüncü sınıfında öğrenim görmekte olan...

Bu çalışmada artırılmış gerçeklik uygulamalarının yarattığı etkinin öğrenci gözünden değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Bu araştırmada ortaokul 7. ve 8. sınıf öğrencilerinin artırılmış gerçeklik uygulamalarına dair görüşlerinin incelenmesi için nitel yöntemden yararlanılmıştır. Bu çalışma Teknoloji ve Tasarım dersine katılan 7. ve 8. sınıf öğrencil...

The purpose of this study was to determine the skill levels of secondary school students regarding computational thinking, programming self-efficacy and reflective thinking aimed at problem solving and examine their experiences in the programming training process on robotic activities. Toward this purpose, a 10-week application was conducted with 5...

Current research aimed to investigate the structural relationships among knowledge sharing behavior, adoption of Facebook and virtual loneliness behavior. The dataset of this study were gathered from Knowledge Sharing Behaviors (KSB) Scale, Facebook Adoption (FA) Scale and Virtual Environment Loneliness (VEL) Scale. Structural equation modelling wa...

The extensification activities of Education Informatics Network use in Turkey are in progress. The use and preferability of this education portal by teachers and students depend on various factors. One of these factors is usability. The purpose of this research is to make the usability analysis of the Education Informatics Network from the perspect...

The extensification activities of Education Informatics Network use in Turkey are in progress. The use and preferability of this education portal by teachers and students depend on various factors. One of these factors is usability. The purpose of this research is to make the usability analysis of the Education Informatics Network from the perspect...