Merve Basdogan, Ph.D.
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
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., Gokmen, C. & Akdilek, I. (2025). Exploring decision-making styles and spatial dynamics in virtual reality: A phenomenological study of teacher candidates. TechTrends. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-025-01078-w
Basdogan, M. (2025). The perils of social media: Cyberbullying shame and fame. Rowman and Littlefield. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781475854213/The-Perils-of-Social-Media-Cyberbullying-Shame-and-Fame
Basdogan, M., & Bonk, C. J. (2025). Promoting sustainable terminology use: A critical discourse analysis Turkish dissertation in educational technology. Educational Technology & Society (ET&S), 28(1).https://www.j-ets.net/collection/forthcoming-articles/28_1
Boling, E., Abramenka-Lachheb, V., Kadirova, D., Basdogan, M., Sankaranarayanan, R., Johnson, V., ... & Lachheb, A. (2025). The role of precedent knowledge in decision-making among practicing instructional designers. TechTrends, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-025-01080-2
Basdogan, M., Cantu, J., Gonzales, T., Omoregie, I., & Gokmen, C., (In press, 2025). Evaluating the Application of AI in Assessment through the SAMR Model: A Scoping Review. In The Oxford Handbook of Human Creativity x Generative AI in Education.
Basdogan, M. & Ozdogan, Z. (In press, 2025). Co-Imagining with AI: How Graduate Students Envision Future Learning Environments New Directions for Teaching & Learning.
Basdogan, M., & Birdwell, T. (2024). How to design ‘cultivated spaces’ in active learning classrooms: analysis of faculty reflections on learning space. Learning Environments Research, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10984-024-09496-y
Birdwell, T., Basdogan, M., & Harris, T. (2024). Developing outdoor campus space for teaching and learning: a scoping review of the literature. Learning Environments Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10984-024-09504-1
Harris, T., Birdwell, T., & Basdogan, M. (2024). Exploring efficiencies of informal learning space: a case study. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-06-2023-0267
Basdogan, M., & Bonk, C. (2023). Navigating online learning through “technological frames": A qualitative examination. Online Learning, 27(4), 376-409. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v27i4.4030
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