Dr. Aras Bozkurt is an Associate Professor of Distance Education at Anadolu University in Turkey. His career in distance and online education is really one by accident – however, he is now an international scholar and researcher, with a strong interest in networks and learning ecosystems.
Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/c4abbe76-fee3-4b7b-87ba-588de64f5113-073-Aras-Bozkurt.mp3 | recorded August 2022
Aras’s profile: https://about.me/arasbozkurt
Aras’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arasbozkurt/
Aras on ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aras_Bozkurt
Nominated publications (free to access):
- Bozkurt, A. (2022). A retro perspective on blended/hybrid learning: Systematic review, mapping and visualization of the scholarly landscape. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2022(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.5334/jime.751
- Bozkurt, A. (2022). Resilience, adaptability, and sustainability of higher education: A systematic mapping study on the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the transition to the new normal. Journal of Learning for Development (JL4D), 9(1), 1-16. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6370948
- Bozkurt, A. (2020). Educational technology research patterns in the realm of the digital knowledge age. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2020(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.5334/jime.570
- Bozkurt, A., & Sharma, R. C. (2020). Education in normal, new normal, and next normal: Observations from the past, insights from the present and projections for the future. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 15(2), i-x. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4362664
- Bozkurt, A., & Sharma, R. C. (2020). Emergency remote teaching in a time of global crisis due to CoronaVirus pandemic. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 15(1), i-vi. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3778083
Nominated publication (may require purchase):
- Bozkurt, A., Karakaya, K., Turk, M., Karakaya,Ö., & Castellanos-Reyes, D. (2022). The Impact of COVID-19 on Education: A Meta-Narrative Review. Tech Trends. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-022-00759-0
Works cited in the interview (free to access):
- Bozkurt, A., & Zawacki-Richter, O. (2021). Trends and patterns in distance education (2014–2019): A synthesis of scholarly publications and a visualization of the intellectual landscape. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 22(2), 19-45. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v22i2.5381
- Bozkurt, A., & Sharma, R. C. (2022). Digital transformation and the way we (mis)interpret technology. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 17(1), i-viii. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6362290
- Bozkurt, A., & Sharma, R. C. (2021). In pursuit of the right mix: Blended learning for augmenting, enhancing, and enriching flexibility. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 16(2), i-vi. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5827159
Work cited in the interview (may require purchase):
- Bozkurt, A. (2019). Intellectual roots of distance education: a progressive knowledge domain analysis. Distance Education, 40(4), 497-514. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01587919.2019.1681894
Twitter: @arasbozkurt