Short Bio

I work at Bozüyük Public Education Center, which has been providing adult education for the last 11 years. I also teach Excel in distance learning as a lecturer at Çanakkale 18 Mart University. I have written five books in the field of Information Technologies. I am also the Founder and Coordinator of the 1 Million Digital Literacy Project. I love to give IT training especially to disadvantaged groups. I am also running projects in this field.

My EPALE

I use EPALE 2-3 times a week. Generally, the news and events section catch my attention. Sometimes, I add content to the system to provide information about our institution and the projects I have carried out. I also like to express opinions in online discussions.
Last year, I was the user who added the most content to EPALE in Turkey. I gave a presentation representing Turkey at the international EPALE (Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe) 2019 conference held in Warsaw from 1-2 October 2019.

My Story

I have been working as an Information Technologies teacher for 15 years. I work at Bozüyük Public Education Center, which has been providing adult education for the last 11 years. Taking part in adult education and educating an aspiring audience has to be the best job in the world.
I love to give IT training, especially to disadvantaged groups and I am currently running projects in this field. I trained 400 mothers in my region with the My Mom Learns Computer project, where I gave computer literacy training to mothers. We have trained mothers who are beyond school age and have not received computer training. The trainings involved explaining how to research a subject on the internet, how to keep track of their children via e-school, how to use their e-mail addresses effectively, the basic subtleties of using computers and safe internet issues in order for their children to help them with their homework were very enjoyable.

I also enjoy participating as an instructor in projects aimed at increasing the digital competence of disadvantaged groups. The "No obstacle to technology" project, which I created to increase the digital literacy level of disabled people, is an example for this. Through the project, of which I was the coordinator and volunteer trainer, I ensured that disabled individuals receive technology training individually or in groups. In our field survey, we found out that there were people with disabilities who did not leave their homes for a long time. We have designed trainings for these citizens to improve their basic computer literacy and internet usage.

The aim of our project is to enable disabled people to meet with technology in a conscious way, to enable disabled people to socialise online, through social media and in the real world, to enable disabled people to access the information they want on the internet, to contribute to the information exchange between disabled people, to encourage disabled people to come to the public education center and other courses, as well as for them to benefit from computer training.

These projects mostly required face-to-face training. Our teaching activities have also changed with the pandemic. I prepared free trainings in the field of IT. These trainings are published at http://www.cizgi-tagem.org and 800,000 people benefit from these trainings free of charge. Through the 38,000 questions in the system, people can test their knowledge and participate in certification exams.
Again, during the pandemic period, I organised Excel training for 13,000 people with 46 online trainings for university students. I organised training on using Web 2.0 tools for teachers. At the same time, I organised seminars on "the correct use of technology" for parents.

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