Education

Ed.D., Instructional Technology, Texas Tech University
M.S., Software Engineering, Texas Tech University
B.S., Computer Education and Instructional Technology, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

Expertise

Feedback design and presentation, design and development of interactive learning environments, multimedia learning, and educational data mining

Biography

Fatih Ari earned his Ed.D. in Instructional Technology with a minor in Management Information Systems from Texas Tech University. He also received a Master's degree in Software Engineering from Texas Tech University. Prior to his career at the University of South Carolina, Ari worked as a Programmer/Analyst at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and taught graduate level courses in the Instructional Technology program at Texas Tech University. Formerly, he worked as a multimedia programmer and developed educational games for elementary and middle school students. While working as an instructional technology specialist, he also designed and delivered various workshops and seminars for faculty in effective technology use in higher education. His research mainly focuses on effective feedback design and presentation, design and development of interactive learning environments, multimedia learning and educational data mining.

Selected Publications

Grant, M., Ari, F., Arslan-Ari, I., Qian, Y., Tang, H, & Vasconcelos, L. (2026). Integrating digital tools and media in online teaching and learning. In B. Oyarzun, S. Conklin, & D. Barreto (Eds.), Exploring effective online teaching and learning strategies.

Vasconcelos, L., Grant, M., Tang, H., Ari, F., Arslan-Ari, I., & Qian, Y. (2024). A Review of Dissertations from an Online Asynchronous Learning Design and Technologies Educational Doctoral Program. Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice.

Vasconcelos, L., Ari, F., Arslan-Ari, I., & Lamb, L. (2023). Do stereotypical vs. counter-stereotypical role models affect teacher candidates’ stereotypes and attitudes toward teaching Computer Science? International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools.

Ari, F. & Arslan-Ari, I. (2022). Examining nontraditional graduate students’ experiences with video feedback in a fully online course. Internet and Higher Education, 55.

Ari, F., Arslan-Ari, I., Abaci, S., & Inan, F. (2022). Online simulation for information technology skills training in higher education. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 34, 371-395.

Vasconcelos, L., Ari, F., Arslan-Ari, I., & Lamb, L. (2022). Female preservice teachers stereotype computer scientists as intelligent and overworked White individuals wearing glasses. Computers & Education, 187.

Ari, F., Arslan-Ari, I., & Vasconcelos, L. (2022). Early childhood preservice teachers’ perceptions of computer science, gender stereotypes, and coding in early childhood education. TechTrends, 66(3), 539–546.

Ari, F., Vasconcelos, L., Tang, H., Grant, M., Arslan-Ari, I., & Moore A. L. (2022). Program evaluation of an online Ed.D. in learning design and technologies: Recent graduates’ perspectives. TechTrends, 66(4), 699–709.

 

Selected Presentations

Arslan-Ari, I., Ari, F., Grant, M., & Crain, B. (2025, October). Online learning experiences of students with disabilities during the whole-school pandemic shutdown. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Las Vegas, NV.

Ari, F., Arslan-Ari, I., & Vasconcelos, L. (2025, March). Challenging stereotypes: How counter-stereotypical role models with personalization influence female preservice teachers’ beliefs and attitudes toward computer science. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Orlando, FL.

Jordan, R., & Ari, F. (2024, October). Teachers' perceptions of digital learning and technologies: A descriptive study in a semi-rural high school. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Kansas City, MO.

Tang, H., Vasconcelos, L., Ari, F., Arslan-Ari, I., Grant, M., & Qian, Y. (2023, October). Understanding higher education instructors' roles in online courses during emergency remote teaching. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Orlando, FL.

Vasconcelos, L., Ari, F., & Arslan-Ari, I. (2022, October). Stereotypical vs. counter-stereotypical computer science role models for teacher candidates. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Las Vegas, NV.

Miles, H. & Ari, F. (2022, October). Implementing personalized reading plans with an e-book library to support first-grade students’ reading engagement and comprehension. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Las Vegas, NV.

Ari, F., Arslan-Ari, I., & Vasconcelos, L. (2022, April). Integrating computer science and coding in early childhood education: Preservice teachers’ perspectives. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, San Diego, CA.

Vasconcelos, L., Ari, F., & Arslan-Ari, I. (2021, November). A mixed methods study of female early childhood preservice teachers’ computer science stereotypes. Paper presented at the Annual convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. [Virtual presentation].

Ari, F., Abaci, S., Brule, E., Lambton-Howard, D., & Kharrufa, A. (2020, November). What matters for evaluating educational technology innovations: Context, methodology, or outcomes? Paper presented at the Annual convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. [Online conference].