Arif Altun

Arif Altun is a professor of computer education and instructional technologies at the College of Education at Hacettepe University, Ankara Turkey. He has completed his doctorate study at the University of Cincinnati. He has been a visiting scholar at the psychology department at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 2011 and at the Mind, Brain, and Education program at Harvard University during 2014-2015. In the last 10 years, he has been conducting research exploring the cognitive processes in digital learning environments at OntoLAB, to develop user modeling for ontology driven personalized learning environments.

Publications

AI-Based Virtual Classroom Simulator With a Recommendation System in Preservice Teacher Training During COVID-19
AI-Based Virtual Classroom Simulator With a Recommendation System in Preservice Teacher Training During COVID-19
Şeyma Çağlar Özhan, Arif Altun. © 2022. 13 pages.
Teaching practicum is an essential component of any teacher training program. It usually involves theoretical knowledge related to content and teaching in general, classroom...
Individual Cognitive Differences and Student Engagement in Video Lectures and E-Learning Environments
Individual Cognitive Differences and Student Engagement in Video Lectures and E-Learning Environments
Mehmet Kokoç, Hale Ilgaz, Arif Altun. © 2021. 16 pages.
Student engagement is a research area which has been focused on for many years but gained growing interest especially in recent years. Studies in the literature indicate that...
Emotional Design and Engagement With Multimedia Learning Materials in E-Learning
Emotional Design and Engagement With Multimedia Learning Materials in E-Learning
Adem Özgür, Arif Altun. © 2021. 24 pages.
Multimedia learning materials (MLM) play an important role in learning. Engagement is a state that contributes to care of and positive approach to MLM, to pay attention to and...
Individual Cognitive Differences and Student Engagement in Video Lectures and E-Learning Environments
Individual Cognitive Differences and Student Engagement in Video Lectures and E-Learning Environments
Mehmet Kokoç, Hale Ilgaz, Arif Altun. © 2020. 16 pages.
Student engagement is a research area which has been focused on for many years but gained growing interest especially in recent years. Studies in the literature indicate that...
Educational Ontology Development
Educational Ontology Development
Galip Kaya, Arif Altun. © 2019. 12 pages.
Ontology use in education environments can be explained in three groups: content access and/or retrieval, content creation, and personalization. Use of ontologies helps content...
Educational Ontology Development
Educational Ontology Development
Galip Kaya, Arif Altun. © 2018. 10 pages.
Ontology use in education environments can be explained in three groups: content access and/or retrieval, content creation, and personalization. Use of ontologies helps content...
Using Ontology for Personalized E-Learning in K-12 Education
Using Ontology for Personalized E-Learning in K-12 Education
Petek Askar, Arif Altun, Kagan Kalinyazgan, S. Serkan Pekince. © 2010. 9 pages.
This chapter introduces the development of a K-12 education ontology for e-learning environments. It presents design and implementation processes, followed by several...