Mete Akcaoglu

Mete Akcaoglu · Professor of Instructional Technology and Department Chair, Georgia Southern University. I study how people learn with and through technology. About me →

Latest Writing

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Post · Oct 29, 2026Learning-Focused Design for the LMSEvery LMS I know manages content. A course built around learning would show the work and the people.Read →

Oct 28, 2026The Offloading LadderMy first preprint: what learners and practitioners should hand to AI depends on how experienced they are with the task.

May 26, 2026Analyzing Classroom Images Locally with R and LLMsA new chapter in the Computational Social Science Cookbook shows how to analyze classroom photos using local vision models, with no API and no privacy risk.

May 19, 2026Beyond the PanicGenAI hasn’t changed how humans learn. It has exposed how far our practices drifted from our theories.

Selected Work

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NSF · $299,895 · 2020–2022 Project GAME An NSF-funded middle school computer science curriculum that teaches programming through game design in Unity 3D.

Book · 2026 Computational Analysis of Educational Data A field guide to computational methods in R for education researchers.

HTML · 2026 Project Timeline Prototype A course project laid out as one timeline, with a rule for AI use at each step.

R · 2026 Program Comparator Analysis Benchmarks my department's twelve graduate programs against every comparable program in the University System of Georgia.

News

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2026NewsCo-authored Computational Analysis of Educational Data: A Field Guide Using R with Wang, Rosenberg, & Kellogg

2025–26NewsCo-PI on Math Nation Georgia Pilot Program Evaluation ($1M, Georgia Department of Education)

2024NewsNamed to Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists in Education (2023, 2024)