University-based research group
SONA Research Group
An interdisciplinary team studying how accessible, sustainable and culturally responsive digital learning objects can support immigrant primary school students in Türkiye.
Research programme
Sustainable Learning Object Repository
SONA is a TÜBİTAK 1001 research project hosted by Ondokuz Mayıs University. The group combines educational technology, primary education, immigrant and inclusive education, language education, social studies, communication and software engineering.
The programme designs, develops and evaluates digital learning objects for the fourth-grade curriculum, with attention to learner needs, accessibility, emotional design, cognitive load and authentic school use.
People
Interdisciplinary investigators
Principal investigator
Prof. Dr. Emine Şendurur
Ondokuz Mayıs University
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Öğr. Gör. Fatma Bayrambaş Şahin
Ankara Science University
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Öğr. Gör. İrfan Subaş
Ondokuz Mayıs University
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Doç. Dr. Emrullah Akcan
Gaziantep University
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Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Yıldıray Karadağ
Süleyman Demirel University
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Araş. Gör. Dr. Yusuf Aydın
Akdeniz University
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Halil Karakaya
Ondokuz Mayıs University
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Satı Karaca Durmuşkaya
Ministry of National Education, Türkiye
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Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ufuk İnal
Ondokuz Mayıs University
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Accessible, age-appropriate and culturally responsive digital resources.
Empirical evaluation
Learner interaction, cognitive load, emotional design and classroom use.
Open infrastructure
A sustainable static repository that makes educational resources publicly accessible.