Can Kultur, PhD

Visiting Lecturer in Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University (2015 Summer)

E-mail: ckultur -at- andrew.cmu.edu (during 2015 Summer)

Degrees:

  • B.S., Computer Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 1996
  • M.S., Computer Education and Instructional Technologies, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2001
  • Ph.D., Computer Education and Instructional Technologies, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2009


Area of Expertise

Areas of Specialization

  • Human Computer Interaction
  • Multimedia Design and Development (especially for educational purpose)
  • Instructional Technology and Instructional Systems Design

Research Activites

  • Personal learning environment design for vocabulary teaching
  • Faculty adoption of course management systems
  • International collaborative projects

Industrial and Consulting Experience

  • Senior Partner of C2BT Information Technologies whose main project is “Maxivoca: Online personal vocabulary learning environment”
  • Software design consultancy for a research project funded by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey in which mobile applications are developed for applying intelligence tests
  • Unit manager in Bilkent University Educational Technology Support Unit
  • UI Design Consultancy for Softeb Software & Technology Inc. in their “Turkish Ministry of Interior, General Directorate of Security – Crime Analysis System (CAS)” project (web and mobile user interface design)
  • Instructional design and development of an e-learning project about “information security awareness” published by Turkish ‘National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology’
  • Director of distance education unit in Meteksan IT Group (course management systems, web portal management systems, content management systems)
  • Software engineer in Monad Software and Consultancy, Turkey (medical information management systems)
  • Software engineer in BYS Inc. (hospital information management systems)