GROUP COORDINATOR 

Kürsat Cagiltay
Kursat Cagiltay is Associate Professor in the Computer Education and
Instructional Technology of the Middle East Technical University, Ankara,
Turkey. He is founder and coordinator of the HCI research group.
Kursat's research focuses on Human Computer Interaction, Social
Informatics, distance education, electronic games and simulations, EPSS
and cultural aspects of technology.
e-mail: kursat@metu.edu.tr web-page: www.metu.edu.tr/~kursat
             
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GROUP MEMBERS
Yavuz Inal
He is a doctoral student and research assistant in the Computer Education 
and Instructional Technology, Middle East Technical University. 
He studies games-based learning, human computer 
interaction and avatars in computer games. He is also webmaster of HCI.
e-mail: yinal@metu.edu.tr     web-page: www.metu.edu.tr/~yinal
   
     
   
Erol Özçelik
He is a PhD student in cognitive science department at Middle East Technical
University. He studies human-computer interaction, episodic memory, and
functional magnetic resonance imaging of human brain

e-mail: eozcelik@metu.edu.tr web-page: www.metu.edu.tr/~eozcelik
Cengiz Acarturk
Cengiz Acarturk is a Ph.D. student at the Department of Cognitive
Sciences, Informatics Institute, Middle East Technical University. Cengiz
Acarturk's research interests include Human Computer Interaction,
usability testing, cognitive aspects of language comprehension and
production. He also holds an administrative position at the Computer
Center, in User Support Group.
e-mail: acengiz@metu.edu.tr web-page: www.metu.edu.tr/~acengiz
 
Engin Kursun
Engin Kurşun is a doctoral student and research assistant on the behalf of
Ataturk University at Department of Computer Education and Instructional
Technology, Middle East Technical University. He is mainly interested in
Open Educational Resources, Human Computer Interaction and Educational
Games in Open Learning Environments.
e-mail: ekursun@metu.edu.tr   web-page: www.metu.edu.tr/~ekursun