Keynote Speakers

• Director of Distance Education Institute, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta-TRNC

M. Yasar Ozden has conducted and served as both administrator and educator in the teacher training programs for using technology in the classroom settings since the late 1980s. He has worked as a PCU member in the "National Education Development Project” which was conducted between 1996-1998. In the scope of this project Computer Education and Instructional Technology (CEIT) department established at Middle East Technical University, and Dr. Ozden was the founder chairman of this department. He has also contributed to the curriculum preparation and led the design, development, and implementation of a new blended learning environment for the training of the potential instructors. In addition to that, Dr. Ozden has managed an e-learning portal project with the contribution of the National Police Department between the years 2005-2007. Dr. Ozden’ s major interests as follows; Teacher Education, Distance Education, Multimedia Applications on the Internet, Web Design, Mobile and Web Programming. Currently, he is giving courses and conducting research on those topics. Until now, he has published several articles internationally indexed journals, and those publications have made a large number of citations so far.

Briefly, Dr. Ozden combines his background in biology that specializes in capacity development in adapting curricula to the online space. He is a specialist in pedagogy, Dr. Ozden is also known across Europe and the world as a leader in science education and impact upon learning communities.