My PhD helped me understand rapid developments in my field

Ridvan Ata
Dr Ridvan Ata
Assistant Professor, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University
PhD in Education and Digital Technologies
2014
With high quality teaching and fruitful advice, Dr Ata's PhD in Education and Digital Technologies helped him understand and think deeper about the role of current technologies in education, leading to a professorial role at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University University in Turkey.

I studied at the University of Sheffield between 2009 and 2014 to pursue my PhD degree in Education and Digital Technologies.

I worked under the supervision of Dr Julia Davies from the School of Education and Sheila Webber from the Information School.

During my PhD study, I received fruitful advice, support and guidance from my supervisors as well as high-quality tutorials, seminars and courses from various disciplines in the School of Education.

Doing my PhD also gave me an opportunity to communicate with people who come from diverse backgrounds and study in different areas in my department.

I also had an opportunity to do part-time teaching in the Information School. I taught the Information Literacy module for first year undergraduate students, which allowed me to improve my practical skills.

My research, which explored teaching experiences of educators within the virtual world of Second Life and pedagogical practices adopted in higher education, helped me understand better rapid developments in Information Communication Technologies and think wider and deeper about current technologies in which educators use in their teaching.


My research, which explored teaching experiences of educators within the virtual world of Second Life and pedagogical practices adopted in higher education, helped me understand better rapid developments in Information Communication Technologies and think wider and deeper about current technologies in which educators use in their teaching.

Dr Ridvan Ata

PhD in Education and Digital Technologies


I now work as an Assistant Professor in the Computer Education and Instructional Technology Department at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University established in 1992 in Turkey.

I teach courses such as Social Media, Computer I-II and Dynamic Web Programming. Currently, the university services over 45,000 students in approx. 700 different programs and employs over 1,400 full-time academic staff.

Besides, the city of Muğla is a major centre of Turkish and world tourism. Its legendary gulfs, bays, and beaches, magnificent landscapes, and forests, and impressive cultural heritage of past Anatolian civilisations have led to the region’s prestige.

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