Prof. Diler Öner

Prof.
E-Mail: 
diler.oner [at] bogazici.edu.tr
Office: 
ETB 510
Phone: 
+90 212 359 6788
Education: 

 

Ph.D.

University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Curriculum and Instruction > Educational Technology
Minor: Learning Sciences 

 
M.S.

University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Curriculum and Instruction > Educational Technology

 
 

 

Research Interests: 
  • AI in education
    • AI literacy; AI competency
       
  • Technology-based learning environments
    • Virtual internships /epistemic games; Web-based portfolios; Virtual math teams (VMT); Instructional strategies in online courses
       
  • Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL)
    • Analysis of collaborative discourse; Sociocultural and situated perspectives of learning
       
  • Teacher knowledge and skills
    • Technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK); Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK); Reflective thinking; Critical thinking
       
  • Research design and methodologies
    • Mixed methods; Quantitative ethnography; Epistemic network analysis (ENA)

 

Publications: 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Oner, D. & Gunal-Aggul, Y. (2022). Critical thinking for teachers. In. N. Rezaei (Ed.), Integrated education and learning. Integrated science, Vol 13 (pp. 319-336). Springer, Cham.

Kutay, E. & Oner, D. (2022). Coding with Minecraft: The development of middle school students’ computational thinking. ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 22(2). Article 21 (January 2022), 19 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3471573.

Sen-Akbulut, M., Umutlu, D., Oner, D., & Arikan, S. (2022). Exploring university students’ learning experiences in the COVID-19 semester through the community of inquiry framework. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 23(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.17718/tojde.1050334.

Oner, D. (2021). Investigation 9. Tracing the change in discourse in a collaborative dynamic geometry environment: From visual to more mathematical. In G. Stahl (Ed.) Theoretical investigations: Philosophical foundations of group cognition. Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Book Series. Springer Nature: Cham, Switzerland, pp. 177-204.

Oner, D. (2020). A virtual internship for developing technological pedagogical content knowledge. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 36(2), 27-42. https://doi.org/10.14742/ajet.5192.

Ulus, B. & Oner, D. (2020). Fostering middle school students’ knowledge integration using the web-based inquiry science environment. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 29(2), 242-256. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-019-09809-4.

Delal, H. & Oner, D. (2020). Developing middle school students’ computational thinking skills using unplugged computing activities. Informatics in Education, 19(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.15388/infedu.2020.01.

Oner, D. & Adadan, E. (2016). Are integrated portfolio systems the answer? An evaluation of a web-based portfolio system to improve preservice teachers’ reflective thinking skills. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 28(2), 236-260. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12528-016-9108-y.

Iskeceli-Tunc, S. & Oner, D. (2016). Use of webquest design for inservice teacher professional development. Education and Information Technologies, 21(2), 319-347. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10639-014-9323-y.

Oner, D. (2016). Bilgisayar destekli işbirliğiyle öğrenme: Sanal matematik takımları örneği (s. 107-120). Eğitim Teknolojileri Okumaları 2016, İşman, A., Odabaşı, H. F., Akkoyunlu, B. (Eds.). TOJET.

Oner, D. (2013). Analyzing group coordination when solving geometry problems with dynamic geometry software. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 8(1), 13-39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11412-012-9161-0.

Oner, D. & Adadan, E. (2011). Use of web-based portfolios as tools for reflection in preservice teacher education. Journal of Teacher Education, 62(5), 477-492. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022487111416123.

Oner, D. (2010). Öğretmenin bilgisi özel bir bilgi midir? Öğretmek için gereken bilgiye kuramsal bir bakış. Bogazici University Journal of Education, 27(2), 23-32. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/buje/issue/3832/51439.

Oner, D. (2008). Supporting students’ participation in authentic proof activities in computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environments. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 3(3), 343-359. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11412-008-9043-7.

Recent Projects: 

 

European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)

Project Title: Computational Techniques for Tabletop Games Heritage

Position: Researcher

Date: 2024- present

 

Scientific Research Projects (BAP)

Project Title: Developing AI Literacy for Educational Researchers 

Position: Principal Investigator

Date: 2023-2025

 

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)

Project Title: Development of an Epistemic Game to Support the Development of Professional Teacher Identity in Teacher Education 

PI: Dr. Nur Çakir, ODTU

Position: Advisor

Date: 2022 - present

 

Turkish Ministry of Development

Project Title: Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Laboratories (ROYAL)

PI: Prof. Isıl Bozma

Position: Researcher

Date: 2019 - present

 

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) & Ministry of Industry and Technology

Project Title: 1004 High Technology Platforms Grant: Neurotechnological Solutions Platform Against Challenges Threatening Human Functionality

Position: Advisor

Date: 2023 - present

 

European Union/ERASMUS+

Project Title: CoLearn: Collaborative Course Design within the DigCompEdu Digital Competence Framework

Position: Principal Investigator

Date: 2021-2022

 

Scientific Research Projects (BAP)

Project Title: Exploring University Students' Emergency Remote Teaching Experiences Through Community of Inquiry Framework 

PI: Dr. Mutlu Sen-Akbulut

Position: Researcher

Date: 2020-2021

 

Scientific Research Projects (BAP)

Project Title: The Design of a Blended Learning Environment

Position: Principal Investigator

Date: 2019-2021

 

Scientific Research Projects (BAP)

Project Title: Design, Development, and Evaluation of a Virtual Internship for Preservice Teachers

Position: Principal Investigator

Date: 2017-2019

 

US National Science Foundation (NSF)

Project Title: Epistemic Games

PI: Prof. David W. Shaffer at the Epistemic Analytics Lab

Position: Visiting Researcher

Date: 2017-2018

 

US National Science Foundation (NSF)

Project Title: Virtual Math Teams 

PI: Prof. Gerry Stahl at The Math Forum @ Drexel

Position: Visiting Researcher (Fulbright Scholar)

Date: Feb-Aug 2014

 

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)

3501 Career Grant

Project Title: Design, Development, and Evaluation of a Customized Web-Based Portfolio System to Develop Pre-Service Teachers' Reflective Skills

Position: Principal Investigator

Date: 2012-2014

 

Scientific Research Projects (BAP)

Project Title: Use of Web-Based Portfolios as Tools for Reflection in Preservice Teacher Education

Position: Principal Investigator

Date: 2009-2011

 

Scientific Research Projects (BAP)

Project Title: Investigating Factors That Influence Teaching with Computers: Attitudes Revisited

Position: Principal Investigator

Date: 2007-2009

Research Topic: 

 

 

Theses Directed: 

Gunal-Aggul, Y. (ongoing). Co-design in professional development for supporting teachers’ agency: A design-based study. Bogazici University, Institute of Social Sciences.

Aykul, Z. (ongoing). Examining design cognition in an authentic learning environment for design thinking: A case study. Bogazici University, Institute of Social Sciences.

Pehlivan, M.A. (2024). Examining the development of knowledge of computational thinking concepts: A case study of students with specific learning disabilities. Bogazici University, Institute of Social Sciences.

Paksoy, I. (2023). Using immersive virtual reality in climate change education. Bogazici University, Institute of Social Sciences.

Doguer, G.N. (2022). Examining sense of community in an online course in a COVID-19 semester: A case study. Bogazici University, Institute of Social Sciences.

Diri, E.R. (2022). An investigation of using different types of feedback strategies in interactive video lectures. Bogazici University, Institute of Social Sciences.

Kutay, E. (2020). Coding with Minecraft: The development of middle school students’ computational thinking. Bogazici University, Institute of Social Sciences.

Delal, H. (2019). Developing middle school students’ computational thinking with unplugged computing activities. Bogazici University, Institute of Social Sciences.

Bas. K. (2019). The role of learning activity types approach on teachers’ technology integration. Bogazici University, Institute of Social Sciences.

Bayer, G. (2019). The role of a virtual internship in developing preservice teachers' technological pedagogical content knowledge. Bogazici University, Institute of Social Sciences.

Ozkan, E. (2018). Investigation of the development of van Hiele's geometric thinking levels in a computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environment. Bogazici University, Institute of Social Sciences.

Haseki, D. (2017). Improving attitudes toward geometric proof in the context of dynamic geometry software (DGS)-based proof instruction. Bogazici University, Institute of Social Sciences.

Ulus, B. (2017). Fostering middle school students’ knowledge integration using the web-based inquiry science environment (WISE). Bogazici University, Institute of Social Sciences.

Tekin, Ş. (2014). An examination of 5th and 6th-grade students’ proportional reasoning. Bogazici University, Institute of Social Sciences.

Iskeçeli, S. (2013). Use of WebQuest design as a model for teacher professional development. Bogazici University, Institute of Social Sciences.

Responsibilities: 

 

Faculty Administrative Board Member

Bogazici University

School of Education

  • Date: 2024 – present

 

Chair

Bogazici University

Computer Education and Educational Technology

  • Date: 2022 – 2024

 

Faculty Board Member

Bogazici University

School of Education

  • Date: 2022 – 2024

 

 

Member of the Academic Incentive Regulation, Supervision, and Appeal Committee

Bogazici University

School of Education

  • Date: 2022 – 2024

 

 

Member of the Executive Committee of the Doctoral Program in Learning Sciences

Bogazici University

Institute of Social Sciences

  • Date: 2019 – present

 

 

Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning

Bogazici University

Rectorate

  • Date: 2020-2023

 

 

Director of the Center for Educational Technology Research

Bogazici University

Rectorate

  • Date: 2017-2020

 

 

Chairperson of the Educational Technology Master's Program

Bogazici University

Institute of Social Sciences

  • Date: 2016-2019

 

 

External Evaluator

The Turkish Council of Higher Education

Turkish Higher Education Quality Council

  • Date: 2018

 

 

Quality Commission Member

Bogazici University

Rectorate

  • Date: 2016-2021

 

 

Research Policies Commission Member

Bogazici University

School of Education

  • Date: 2018-2021

 

 

Accreditation Coordinator

Bogazici University

Computer Education and Educational Technology

  • Date: 2015-2020

 

 

Accreditation Commission Member

Bogazici University

School of Education

  • Date: 2015-2020

 

 

Erasmus Coordinator

Bogazici University

Computer Education and Educational Technology

  • Date: 2013-2020

 

 

Center for Teaching and Learning Advisory Board Member

Bogazici University

Rectorate

  • Date: 2017-2020

 

 

Chair

Bogazici University

Computer Education and Educational Technology

  • Date: 2015-2018

 

 

Deputy Chair

Bogazici University

Computer Education and Educational Technology

  • Date: 2012-2015

 

 

Chairperson of the Computer Laboratory and Placement Committee

Bogazici University

School of Education

  • Date: 2016-2018

 

 

Faculty Board Member

Bogazici University

School of Education

  • Date: 2015-2018

 

 

Student Awards Committee Member

Bogazici University

School of Education

  • Date: 2008-2018

 

 

Student Scholarships Committee Member

Bogazici University

Rectorate

  • Date: 2008-2012