Improving programming skills in engineering education through problem-based game projects with Scratch

Damla Topalli; Nergiz Ercil Cagiltay

Computers & Education Vol. 120, No. 1 (May 2018) pp. 64–74

Nowadays, programming skills are receiving widespread attention for different age groups alongside occupational education programs to better prepare individuals for their future careers. However, introducing programming concepts in an appropriate...

Language: English

Software Engineering Education: Some Important Dimensions

Alok Mishra; Nergiz Ercil Cagiltay; Ozkan Kilic

European Journal of Engineering Education Vol. 32, No. 3 (June 2007) pp. 349–361

Software engineering education has been emerging as an independent and mature discipline. Accordingly, various studies are being done to provide guidelines for curriculum design. The main focus of these guidelines is around core and foundation...

Students' Preferences on Web-Based Instruction: Linear or Non-Linear

Nergiz Ercil Cagiltay; Soner Yildirim; Meral Aksu

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 9, No. 3 (2006) pp. 122–136

This paper reports the findings of a study conducted on a foreign language course at a large mid-west university in the USA. In the study a web-based tool which supports both linear and non-linear learning environments was designed and developed for ...

Virtual Simulation Technologies in Neurosurgery

Nergiz Ercil Cagiltay; Damla Topalli; Mustafa Berker

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2016 (Nov 14, 2016) pp. 608–615

Virtual simulation technologies today provide several benefits for the health sciences. The study first describes the results of a systematical literature review that is provided to better understand the current developments in the field of virtual...

Topics: research

A Conceptual Framework for Context-Aware Adaptive Software Systems

Gonca Gokce Menekse Dalveren; Nergiz Ercil Cagiltay

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2018 (Oct 15, 2018) pp. 252–261

Today, educational software systems are becoming very complex. Especially for skill-based training systems, they are required to support autonomic behaviors by monitoring the relevant phenomena of the environment and analyzing the collected data to...

Topics: Contextualized innovation (accessibility, scalability, usability, & sustainability), Personalized learning environments, Simulations for learning

Beliefs About the Computer Use in Education Held by the K-12 Teachers in Turkey

Erdinc Cakiroglu; Kursat Cagiltay; Nergiz Ercil Cagiltay; Jale Cakiroglu

International Conference on Mathematics / Science Education and Technology 1999 (1999) p. 419

The effect of uncertainty on learning in game-like environments

Erol Ozcelik; Nergiz Ercil Cagiltay; Nese Sahin Ozcelik

Computers & Education Vol. 67, No. 1 (September 2013) pp. 12–20

Considering the role of games for educational purposes, there has an increase in interest among educators in applying strategies used in popular games to create more engaging learning environments. Learning is more fun and appealing in digital...

Language: English

Problems of Gaining Neuronavigation Skills on Surgical Education Programs: A case study in Turkey

Nergiz Ercil Cagiltay; Alp Ozgun Borcek; Gul Tokdemir; Hadi Hakan Maras; Damla Topalli

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2016 (Nov 14, 2016) pp. 602–607

Neuronavigation technology is one of the important technologies that supports and guides the surgeons during the surgical procedures. Availability of this technology for the surgical education programs to gain the skills of using this technology...

Topics: research