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 · Nov 13, 2026GreatSchools Ratings in GeorgiaMany families pick a school by picking a house, and the number they see on the listing comes from GreatSchools. I put that number next to Georgia’s own school scores for every public school in the state.Read →

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.

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.

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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2026NewsReleased the Georgia School Ratings dashboard, comparing GreatSchools ratings with state CCRPI scores for 2,020 schools

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)