Bachelor’s Degree: Secondary School Mathematics Education, Yeditepe University (2015)
Master’s Degree: Mathematics and Science Education, Boğaziçi University (2019)
PhD: Mathematics and Science Education, Boğaziçi University (Ongoing)
Research Interests: Teacher Education, Mathematics and Geometry Education, Instructional Design, STEM Education
After graduating from Yeditepe University Secondary School Mathematics Teaching Undergraduate Program in 2015 with an integrated bachelor’s degree and a non-thesis master’s degree, Sanem Sarılıcan worked as a mathematics teacher and level coordinator in a private educational institution for 5 years. At the same time, she started her master’s degree in Mathematics and Science Education at Boğaziçi University and focused on the geometry achievement and spatial thinking skills of middle school students in her thesis. She presented a part of her thesis as an oral presentation at the 4th International TURCOMAT symposium.
In 2020, she started her doctoral studies at Boğaziçi University. During her doctoral education, she worked as a researcher in TÜBİTAK 1001 and BAP projects. Sanem Sarılıcan focused on mathematics teacher educators in her doctoral thesis and presented some of her doctoral studies as an oral presentation at the 6th International Eurasian Educational Research Congress. Meanwhile, in 2023, she started working as a part-time instructor at MEF University, where she supervised prospective mathematics teachers and offered the course ‘Role of Mathematics in Science, Technology, and Engineering”.
As of July 2024, she has been working as an Instructional Design Consultant at the Office for Learning and Teaching Enhancement (OLTE) at Özyeğin University
Dr. AYDIN’s research interests focus on a range of topics, such as innovative and flexible learning processes, environments and in higher education and in corporate settings, design and development of learning environments, integration of new technologies (AI, VR, AR, MR, etc.) into education and training, Open Educational Resources (OERs), Open Educational Practices (OEPs), Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), and current trends in higher education and corporate education.
Dr. AYDIN also served as the International Chair and Board Member of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), as a board member of the International Council for Educational Media (ICEM), as a member of the Open Educational Resources Committee (OER Advocacy Committee) of the International Council for Distance Education (ICDE), and as an editorial member of Educational Media International (EMI). He is currently a steering committee member of the OpenupEd initiative of the European Council for Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU), board member of AECT, and member of the Centre for Distance Education Research (COER). He is also on the editorial boards of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL), OpenPraxis, and the Journal of Open, Distance, and Digital Education (JODDE).
