Pre-service Teachers’ Opinions and Thoughts about “Instructional Technology and Material Development Course”

Ismahan Arslan-Ari; Filiz Kalelioglu; Fatih Ari

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1710–1717

This study aims to examine the pre-service teachers’ opinions and thoughts as well as their future plans in their professions about developing and using instructional materials to be used in their lessons after experiencing a “Instructional...

Assistive Technologies for Students with Disabilities: A Survey of Access and Use in Turkish Universities

Ismahan Arslan Ari; Fethi A. Inan

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 9, No. 2 (April 2010) pp. 40–45

This study examined the assistive technology needs of university students with disabilities and the availability of these technologies. It also explored the attitudes of the students with disabilities toward computers and the extent to which these...

Quality of Preservice Teachers’ Academic Feedback: Evidence from Instructional Videos

Amani Zaier; Faith Maina; Ismahan Arslan-Ari

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 2117–2120

This qualitative study assessed the quality of feedback exchanged among preservice teachers after completing self and peer-evaluation reports of their instructional practices. During their last semester in a teacher education program in the...

Topics: Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

Effects of “Instructional Technology and Material Development” Course on Pre-service Teachers’ Attitude towards Technology Integration

Ismahan Arslan-Ari; Duygu Nazire Kasikci; Fatih Ari

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1705–1709

The aim of this study is to assess the effects of the IT&MD course on pre-service teachers' attitude towards technology integration and effectiveness of teacher education in technology integration. 144 foreign language pre-service teachers, taking...

Towards Individualized Online Learning: The Design and Development of an Adaptive Web Based Learning Environment

Fethi A. Inan; Raymond Flores; Fatih Ari; Ismahan Arslan-Ari

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 22, No. 4 (December 2011) pp. 467–489

The purpose of this study was to document the design and development of an adaptive system which individualizes instruction such as content, interfaces, instructional strategies, and resources dependent on two factors, namely student motivation and...

The Impact of Adapting Content for Students with Individual Differences

Raymond Flores; Fatih Ari; Fethi A. Inan; Ismahan Arslan-Ari

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 15, No. 3 (2012) pp. 251–261

Combining adaptive hypermedia methods with strategies proposed by instructional theory and motivation models, an adaptable tutorial was designed and developed. The aim of this study was to assess whether the goals of an adaptable tutorial, which...

Action Research Experiences for Scholarly Practitioners in an Online Education Doctorate Program: Design, Reality, and Lessons Learned

Ismahan Arslan-Ari; Fatih Ari; Michael M. Grant; William S. Morris

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 62, No. 5 (2018) pp. 441–449

The purpose of this paper is to present the design and techniques used by the Educational Technology program at the University of South Carolina to prepare scholarly practitioners with action research methods in an online doctoral program. With an...

Students’ 99 Suggestions about Technology Integration in Higher Education

Ismahan Arslan Ari; Ali Gok; Erman Uzun; Ismail Yildiz; Kursat Cagiltay; Soner Yildirim

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 6236–6240

This study examined the university students’ expectations about technology integration in higher education. Data were collected from 867 students of the Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey during the 2006-2007 fall semester. Content...

Topics: Students, Teaching Methods, Instructional Materials, Internet, Educational Technology