Ridvan Ata | Educational Innovation in Science | Editorial Board Member

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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ridvan Ata | Educational Innovation in Science | Editorial Board Member

Mugla Sitki Kocman University | Turkey

Dr. Ridvan Ata is a distinguished scholar in Instructional and Learning Technologies whose work spans e-learning, mobile learning, virtual and augmented reality, gamification, STEAM education, and artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, and an Associate Professor at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Türkiye, while also holding part-time academic responsibilities at Boğaziçi University. Dr. Ata earned his PhD from the University of Sheffield, where he examined higher education teaching in virtual worlds within blended learning contexts, following his master’s research at the University of Manchester on virtual learning environments. His academic career encompasses extensive teaching, research, and administrative leadership roles, including serving as Head of Department at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University. Dr. Ata has authored numerous publications across SSCI, ESCI, Scopus, and Web of Science-indexed journals, contributing significantly to research on digital literacy, computational thinking, immersive technologies, digital citizenship, and technology integration in education. According to Google Scholar, his research has garnered 549 citations, with an h-index of 13 and an i10-index of 15, reflecting the growing impact and visibility of his scholarly work. With expertise in interdisciplinary instructional design and digital learning innovation, Dr. Ata continues to advance evidence-based digital transformation across global education systems.

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Featured Publications

  • Ata, R., & Yıldırım, K. (2019). Exploring Turkish pre-service teachers’ perceptions and views of digital literacy. Education Sciences, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci9010040

  • Ata, R., & Yıldırım, K. (2019). Turkish pre-service teachers’ perceptions of digital citizenship in education programs. Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 18, 419–436. https://doi.org/10.28945/4431

  • Ata, R., & Çevik, M. (2019). Exploring relationships between Kolb’s learning styles and mobile learning readiness of pre-service teachers: A mixed study. Education and Information Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-019-09878-2

  • Alpaslan, M. M., Ulubey, Ö., & Ata, A. R. (2021). Adaptation of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge Scale into Turkish culture within the scope of 21st century skills. Psycho-Educational Research Review, 10(1), 77–91.

  • Ata, R. (2016). An exploration of higher education teaching in Second Life in the context of blended learning. TOJET: The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 15(3), 9–26.