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TED University Faculty of Education honored its 2024–2025 graduates with a Pinning and Oath Ceremony held on Friday, July 4, 2025. The ceremony took place in the Multi-Purpose Hall and brought together graduates and faculty members. The program began with a moment of silence and the Turkish National Anthem, followed by opening speeches from TED University Rector Prof. Dr. İhsan Sabuncuoğlu and our Dean of the Faculty of Education, Prof. Dr. Kürşat Çağıltay. Then, Heads of Departments shared their messages and good wishes for the graduates.

Asst. Prof. Dr. Olcay Yılmaz, faculty member of the Department of GPC, made a presentation titled "Basic Parameters in the Higher Education Transition Process" at the Career and Preference Summit for Educators. 

TEDU team successfully hosted a dissemination event on June 19, 2025, at TED University as part of the 11th English Language Teacher Education Research (ELTER) Colloquium. The event brought together 120 ELT researchers from various institutions across Türkiye.

Global Teaching and Learning Certificate Program Continues

The Global Teaching and Learning Certificate Program, jointly conducted by the Faculty of Education and the Continuing Education Center at TED University, continues to introduce participants to international educational approaches and to support their professional development in this field.

We are delighted to invite you to the "International Conference on Transnational Education (TNE): Beyond Borders in Higher Education", taking place on Nov, 28-29, 2025 at TED University, Ankara, Türkiye. 

The session recordings of the 6th International Education Forum: Learning Engineering, hosted by TED University on May 24, 2025, are now available on YouTube!
For those who missed this inspiring forum or would like to revisit it featuring expert speakers in educational technologies, learning design, data-driven learning, and artificial intelligence, the full sessions are now live on the Turkish Education Association’s YouTube channel.
Watch the recording here: https://tinyurl.com/tedforum

We were delighted to host the 6th International Education Forum: Learning Engineering at TED University on May 24, 2025, and to actively take part in this significant event as the Faculty of Education.

The forum featured inspiring talks on educational technologies, learning design, data-driven learning, and artificial intelligence. We were proud to contribute to this interdisciplinary field that is shaping the future of learning.

We extend our sincere thanks to all speakers, participants, and the organizing team for their valuable contributions.

The paper titled “The Authenticity Dilemma: How Can Teacher Education Policies Address Globalized Digital Challenges?” by Res.Asst.Aybüke Durmuş from the Department of Educational Sciences, has been accepted for presentation at the ATEE 2025 Annual Conference, which will be held from 26 to 29 August 2025 at the Marino Institute of Education in Dublin, Ireland.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ufuk Balaman's article titled “A Longitudinal Case Study of L2 Interactional Competence Development in the ELT Classroom: Teachability and Learnability of L2 Interactional Practices” has been published in the journal International Journal of Applied Linguistics, which is indexed in the SSCI-Q1 category.
You can access the article via the following link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ijal.12765

The Faculty of Education at TED University successfully hosted the seminar titled “The Nature of Engineering and the Role of Engineering in STEAM Education” on April 17, 2025.

In this inspiring session, Prof. Dr. Faik Özgür Karataş – Chair of the Department of STEAM Education at Trabzon University – shared his multifaceted insights into the nature of engineering and its crucial place in STEAM education.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to Prof. Dr. Karataş for his thought-provoking presentation and to all our faculty members who attended the seminar!