News

MoveLab member Murat Turk has published, with MoveLab founder Dr. Benjamin Heddy and Dr. Robert Danielson from Washington State University, a research article in Computers and Education, the top-tier journal in the field of educational technology and online education. This is fantastic news, Murat! Congrats team! Here is the link to the article: Teaching and social presences supporting basic needs satisfaction in online learning environments: How can presences and basic needs happily meet online? – Read more…

A new publication that came out yesterday, with co-authors from Mackenzie Presbyterian University (Sao Paolo, Brazil), regarding sustainability in the tourism/hotel sector entitled, “Responses to vignettes as a methodology to reveal hoteliers’ sustainability practices, knowledge and competencies.” Congrats, Mark! Find the article here: https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2021.1994981 

Dr. Heddy recently was elected president of SCIPIE, the Scholarly Consortium for Innovative Psychology in Education, a professional organization devoted to the study of psychology in education. Congratulations to Dr. Benjamin C. Heddy!

Two of our OU LOVE Lab Members, Murat Turk and Ceyhun Müftüoğlu, are among the 13 members of the Association of Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Graduate Student Assembly (GSA) who are receiving the “Presidential Special Service Award” at the next week’s AECT annual convention (Nov. 2-Nov. 6, in Chicago and online), in recognition of their contribution to the success of the 2020 AECT virtual conference – the first virtual conference in the AECT history. Read more…

OU MOVE lab member Tiffany Peltier has earned the Society of the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR)Taylor and Francis Award. Congratulations, Tiffany!

We are so happy to announce that our lab member Murat Turk has published an online article in Faculty Focus, one of the most popular online free newsletters and websites reaching a wide audience in higher education. His article is about the benefits of using online co-facilitated discussions on online students’ engagement with the content as well as their peers. Students also have a voice in this article. Congrats, Murat! Link to his article: Co-Facilitated Read more…

We are pleased to announce that our MoveLab member Kelly Ross has successfully defended her dissertation. Congrats, Dr. Ross!

We are pleased to announce that our MoveLab member Murat Turk has successfully defended his dissertation research proposal. Congrats, Murat! and way to go!

Murat Turk has been interviewed by OU Daily about the impact of online learning during the pandemic on student mental health. Here is the news.