Texas Tech University

Merve Basdogan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Curriculum & Instruction

Email: Merve.Basdogan@ttu.edu

Dr. Merve Basdogan serves as an Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology within the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the College of Education, Texas Tech University. She obtained her Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Technology, with a minor in Educational Psychology, from Indiana University (IU) in 2021. Her doctoral research took a critical post-phenomenological approach to examining open and distance education concepts, with a primary aim of advocating for sustainable terminology usage in the educational technology sphere.

In her postdoctoral role with the Learning Spaces and Mosaic Initiative at the University Information Technology Service (UITS) unit of Indiana University, Dr. Basdogan explored innovative technology-enhanced learning environments. These environments were designed to facilitate active, interactive, flexible, collaborative, and personalized learning experiences, both in formal and informal educational settings.

Prior to joining the faculty at TTU C&I, Dr. Basdogan contributed her expertise as the Principal Instructional Designer and Multimedia Production Specialist at IU School of Public Health, Office of Online Education. In this role, she dedicated herself to investigating methods of designing inclusive online courses.

Dr. Basdogan's current research focus encompasses a wide array of topics, including instructional design, the development and application of technology-enhanced teaching and learning environments, philosophy of technology, online active learning strategies, critical AI literacy, digital pedagogy, engaging online course design, digital ethics, and the issue of cyberbullying in adolescents. Notably, she has been awarded an AT&T Foundation Grant for her project, "Fostering Digital Literacy in Rural Communities: A University Student-led Technology Mentoring Program."

CV

Merve Basdogan

Education

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), July 2021

Major: Instructional Systems Technology

Minor: Educational Psychology

 

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Degree: Master of Science (M.Sc.), May 2015

Major: Computer Education and Instructional Technologies

 

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Degree: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), May 2013

Major: Computer Education and Instructional Technologies

Areas of Expertise

  • Technology- enhanced learning environment design
  • Philosophy of technology and learning space
  • Instructional design, development, and evaluation
  • Digital pedagogy
  • Online active learning strategies
  • Engaging online course design
  • Critical AI literacy
  • Digital ethics
  • Cyberbullying in adolescents
  • Judgements of instructional designers

Selected Publications

Basdogan, M., & Bonk, C. (In press, 2023). Navigating online learning landscapes through “technological frames": A qualitative examination. Online Learning Journal.

Basdogan, M., & Birdwell, T. (2023). Faculty transition strategies from in-person to online teaching: Qualitative investigation for active learning. Online Learning Journal. https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj/article/view/3229

Basdogan M., Birdwell T., & Harris T. (2022). Technological frames in classroom: A case study for a faculty professional development. Research in Learning Technology, 30. https://doi.org/10.25304/rlt.v30.2678

Basdogan, M., & Morrone, A. S. (2021). Coffeehouse as classroom: Examining a flexible and active learning space from the Pedagogy-Space-Technology-User perspective. Journal of Learning Spaces, 10 (2). http://libjournal.uncg.edu/jls/article/view/2119

Basdogan, M. (2021). A critical analysis of the most popular online survey software from a design perspective.To appear in U. Luhanga & A. G. Harbough (Eds.), Basic elements of survey research in education: addressing the problems your advisor never told you about. Information Age Publishing (IAP). https://www.infoagepub.com/products/Basic-Elements-of-Survey-Research-in-Education

Basdogan, M. (2021). Idea Garden: An immersive informal learning space for STEM education. EDUCAUSE Review.https://er.educause.edu/articles/2021/3/idea-garden-an-immersive-informal-learning-space-for-stem-education#fnr5

Basdogan, M., Ozdogan, Z., & Huber, L. (2021). How ageist and sexist framing is used in Turkish media to normalize femicide: A content analysis. International Journal of Communication Studies, 15, 26.https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/viewFile/16919/3489

Basdogan, M., Ozdogan, Z., & Bonk, C. J. (2020). Understanding the diverse field of “Educational Technology” as revealed in Twitter job postings: Encoding/Decoding approach. The Qualitative Report, 25(8), 2044-2066. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol25/iss8/3/

Zhu, M., & Basdogan, M. (2021). Examining social learning in an active learning classroom through the Pedagogy-Space-Technology framework. Journal of Learning Spaces. http://libjournal.uncg.edu/jls/article/viewFile/2025/1523

Zhu, M., Basdogan, M., & Bonk, C. J. (2020). A case study of the design practices and judgments of novice instructional designers. Contemporary Educational Technology, 12(2). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1252452