ABOUT ME

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My First Life Persona: Deniz Eseryel
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My Second Life Persona: Denize Ferraris

Biographical Sketch
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Dr. Deniz Eseryel is an Assistant Professor at University of Oklahoma in Instructional Psychology & Technology Program and the K20 Center for Educational and Community Renewal. Prior to her appointment at University of Oklahoma, Dr. Eseryel worked as a post-doctoral research associate at IDD&E at Syracuse University with Dr. Tiffany A. Koszalka. Dr. Eseryel earned her Ph.D. Degree at Syracuse University with specialization in Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation under the supervision of Dr. Phil Doughty, Dr. Mike Spector, and Dr. Jerry Klein. Dr. Deniz Eseryel earned her Master's Degree at the University of Twente in the Netherlands specializing in Educational & Training Systems Design under the supervision of Dr. Sanne Dijkstra and Dr. Betty Collis.

Dr. Eseryel’s scholarship crosses several domains including instructional design, cognitive psychology, and system dynamics. During her career, Deniz Eseryel has involved in both theoretical research and practice of instructional design and technology in both Europe and United States. These experiences included developing and implementing a distance education courseware in the Netherlands called TeleTOP; working with a team of experts in ADAPT IT project (funded by European Commission) to develop an expert training system to help professionals in training to design training courses for complex cognitive skills; and developing training materials and infrastructure for various organizations both in Europe and in United States. 

Dr. Eseryel’s passion in the field of instructional design and technology led her to pursue a research agenda to advance current instructional design theories by addressing challenges in learning in and about complex, ill-structured knowledge domains. Towards achieving this goal, her current investigations focus on assessment of higher-order learning and complex-problem solving skills and advanced learning technologies such as system modeling, educational simulations, and games. 

At University of Oklahoma, Dr. Eseryel teaches courses on instructional design for complex problem solving in addition to educational modeling, simulations, virtual reality, and games.

Professional Affiliations

Editorial Board Member:
  • International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organization (IJMLO) 
  • International Journal of Knowledge and Learning (IJKL) 

Reviewer:
  • Journal of Educational Computing Research (JECR) (May 2011 –Present)
  • Educational Technology, Research, & Development (ETR&D) (November 2010 – Present)
  • Technology, Instruction, Cognition, & Learning (TICL)
  • International Journal of Computers and Applications (IJCA)
  • European Journal for Psychological Assessment (EJPA)

Offices Held in Professional Organizations:
  • President, Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) Design & Development Division (October 2010-Present) (November 2011 – Present)
  • Conference Planner of the 2011 Association of Educational Communications & Technology Design & Development Division
  • President-Elect, Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) Design & Development Division (October 2010-Present) (October 2010 – October 2011)
  • Vice-President of Communications, Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) Design & Development Division (October 2009 – October 2010)
  • Communications Officer, AERA SIG# 52:Instructional Technology (SIG-IT) (April 2009 – April 2010)
  • Membership Chair, AERA SIG# 119: Technology, Instruction, Cognition, and Learning (SIG TICL) (April 2003 – April 2009)
  • International Scientific Program Committee Member The 5th World Scientific & Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS). International Conference on Distance Learning and Web Engineering (DIWEB '05) Corfu, Greece (September 23-25, 2005)
  • Conference Program Chair, 2003 Edward Kelly Program Evaluation Conference Syracuse, NY.

Membership:
  • Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT)
  • American Educational Research Association (AERA)
  • American Society for Training & Development (ASTD)
  • Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
  • European Association for Research on Learning & Instruction (EARLI)
  • International Society Performance Improvement (ISPI)
  • IEEE Education Society
  • System Dynamics Society

Awards

  • 2010 Young Researcher Award AERA SIG Instructional Technology for my paper entitled, “Facilitating Learning in Complex Ecology Systems: Effect of Question Prompts versus System Dynamics Model Progressions as Cognitive Regulation Scaffolds in a Simulation-Based Inquiry-Learning Environment” 
  • 2009 AECT Design & Development Showcase Award for the design and development strategy for facilitating complex problem solving skills with McLarin’s Adventures: An Interdisciplinary Massively Multiuser Online Game.
  • Featured Research at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology for my paper entitled, “Expert conceptualizations of the domain of Instructional Design: An exploration of the processes underlying complex, ill-structured problem solving.”
  • 2006 Outstanding Dissertation Research Award by Syracuse University for exemplary inquiry in the field of instructional technology (May 12, 2006)
  • Certificate in University Teaching awarded in 2006 by Syracuse University for successful completion of the requirements of the Future Professoriate Project
  • Finalist Syracuse University Entrepreneurial Competition [CrossCultures: Next Generation Advanced Training Solutions for Cross-Cultural Communication & Global Business Management, April 4, 2003].  
  • International Scholar Honor by Alpha Sigma Chapter of Phi Beta Delta (inducted in April, 2000)
  • Scholarship for a Doctoral study at Syracuse University by Turkish Council of Higher Education ($128,000)
  • Scholarship for Master’s study at the University of Twente by Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC) ($55,000)  

Grant Proposals

Awarded:
  • Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program. Proposal submitted on 10/15/2010 to Fulbright with Deniz Eseryel (PI) & Xun Ge (Co-PI). Acceptance letter received on 12/21/2010. Planned start date: February 2012 for 6-months. [~$64,000]
  • Facilitating Learning in Complex Knowledge Domains: Effects of Cognitive Regulation Scaffolding Strategies in Simulation-Based Inquiry Learning in Science. Proposal submitted on 03/01/2010 to the 2010 JRCOE Summer Research Grant Program at the University of Oklahoma.  Awarded on 05/16/2010. Received $6,000 for June 2010.  
  • Impact of Digital Game-Based Learning on Ninth-Grade Students’ Complex Problem Solving Skill Acquisition, Motivation, & Mathematics Achievement. Proposal submitted on 01/07/2008 to the 2008 Junior Faculty Research Program at the University of Oklahoma.  Awarded on 02/26/2008. Received $6,000 for June-July 2008. 

Submitted:
  • K20 SUCCESS: Engaging Rural STEM Talent Expansion through Collaborative Learning Continuum, Digital Game-Based Environment, and Service Learning. Proposal submitted on 09/30/08 to the National Science Foundation STEP Program [NSF 08-569] with Dr. Mary John O’Hair (PI), Dr. Jean Cate (Co-PI), Dr. Nancy Mergler (Co-PI), Dr. Pakize Polat (Co-PI), Dr. Henry O’Hair (Co-PI), Dr. Gordon Uno (Co-PI), Dr. Douglas Gaffin (Co-PI), Dr. Linda Atkinson (Co-PI), Dr. Pat Hardre (Co-PI), Dr. Leslie Williams (Co-PI), Dr. Scott Wilson (Co-PI), Dr. Deniz Eseryel (Co-PI), Dr. Penny Pasque (Co-PI), and Dr. Juanita Vargas (Co-PI) [Requested $ 2,500,000 for 3 yrs]
  • SOLVE-IT Interactive Learning Environment for Facilitating Teaching and Learning of Complex, Ill-Structured Problem Solving in STEM Disciplines. Proposal submitted on 04/25/2008 to the National Science Foundation’s Advanced Learning Technology (ALT) Program (NSF 08535) by Dr. Xun Ge (PI), Dr. Deniz Eseryel (Co-PI), Dr. Renee McPherson (Co-PI), and Dr. Amy McGovern (Co-PI). [Requested $597,443 for 3 years]
  • The Enhanced Technology Integration Support for K-8 Educators (ENTISE) Project. Proposal submitted on 07/2007 to the Institute of Education Sciences, Teacher Quality-Mathematics & Science Education with Dr. Tiffany Koszalka (PI) and Dr. Deniz Eseryel (Co-PI) [$3,000,000 for 4 yrs]
  • Enhanced Technology Integration Support for K-8 Educators (ENTISE) Project. Proposal submitted on 07/2007 to the Institute of Education Sciences- Teacher Quality-Reading and Writing, on 07/2007 with Dr. Rachel Brown (PI) and Dr. Deniz Eseryel (Co-PI) [Requested $ 2,000,000 for 4 yrs]