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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.

Murat Turk has been interviewed by OU Daily for their MOVELAB research on conceptual change about COVID-19. Here is the news. Congrats, Murat! Keep up the great work!

Great news! One of Dr. Heddy’s manuscripts, “Examining Engagement in Context Using Experience-Sampling Method with Mobile Technology” published in Contemporary Educational Psychology, was selected for the Outstanding Research Paper Award from the AERA Design and Technology SIG! Congrats to Dr. Heddy and his co-authors. Here is the paper’s link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0361476X18303990

MoveLab member Kelly Ross has accepted a new position as a Learning Engineer, New Learning Solutions at Southern New Hampshire University. Congrats Kelly!

MoveLab member Ahmet Basyigit has passed his dissertation proposal defense. Congratulations Ahmet! Keep up the good work!

Dr. Benjamin Heddy has published a new paper “Myth-Busting With Infographics: Do Creative Assignments Help Students Learn?” with his co-authors Jenel T. Cavazos, William Stern, and Elise Stephenson. Their study presents a creative and engaging myth refutation assignment that uses an infographic format to promote the refutation of psychological misconceptions.Congratulations!

We are so pleased to inform you that our MOVELAB member Murat Turk has passed his Qualifying Exam in his doctoral program in Learning Sciences at OU and has now become a Ph.D. candidate. Congratulations, Murat! Way to go!