PhD: Educational Psychology (Specialized in Educational Technology), Texas A&M University
Master's Degree: Secondary School Mathematics Education, Boğaziçi University (2001)
Bachelor's Degree: Secondary School Mathematics Education (En), Marmara University (1999)
Research Interests: Instructional Design; Computer/Programming Education; Distance Education; Transformation with Technology in Fields of Science, Mathematics and Special Education
Dr. Adıgüzel completed his undergraduate education in Mathematics Education at Marmara University in 1999 and his master's degree in the same field in 2001 at Boğaziçi University. Dr. Adıgüzel completed his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Technology from Texas A&M University in 2008 and returned to Turkey in 2009 and promoted to the ranks of Associate Professor and Professor in 2012 and 2018, respectively.
Dr. Adıgüzel started his career as a Multimedia Software and Program Developer in a private company in 1996 and started his academic life by working first as a Research Assistant and then as a Lecturer at Yeditepe University between 1999-2002. Between 2002-2009, he worked as a Webmaster, Database Administrator, and researcher in a project on Special Education Technology at Texas A&M University. Dr. Adıgüzel later worked as a faculty member at Bahçeşehir University’s Computer and Instructional Technologies Department until 2020. During this time, he served as the founding coordinator of many centers and graduate programs, and as the associate dean. He joined Özyeğin University, Istanbul in 2020 as the faculty member of the Sectoral Education department and founding director of the Office for Learning and Teaching Enhancement. Dr. Adıgüzel also owns a start-up company (STEMXR), where AR and VR enriched content is developed and consultancy is provided on STEM education, which it launched in 2020.
Having advised more than 30 master’s and doctoral students so far, Dr. Adıgüzel has many national and international projects, articles, papers, and book studies on technology design, development, and acceptance in the fields of Computer Education, Science, Mathematics and Special Education. Dr. Adıgüzel has been one of the three Editors-in-Chief of the Contemporary Educational Technology journal since 2019. He is also the editor of the Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies (OJCMT).