About Us

About Us
Our Purpose

The primary goal of the Department of Computer and Instructional Technologies Education (CITE) at Firat University, Faculty of Education, is to produce the necessary methods and techniques for the preparation and use of computer and instructional technology products required by educational institutions, to provide an academic perspective in the field of instructional technologies, to train the necessary human resources to conduct applied scientific studies in instructional design and computer teaching, and to conduct scientific research at the postgraduate level in this direction. It aims to equip computer technology teachers who will work at the primary and secondary education levels with current knowledge and skills related to the use of computer technologies in different contexts.

Our Mission

Our mission is to train educators, academicians, and researchers who are competent in terms of professional skills, possess original and aesthetic values, produce knowledge and technology for the future of the country by benefiting from the accumulation of science, technology, and art in the light of universal values, and to offer their production in these service areas for the benefit of society.

Our Vision

Our vision is to be a recognized and preferred department in Turkey and the world in lifelong learning, providing assistance and services in instructional technologies, having a participatory and sharing-oriented management, producing permanent and original works, continuously improving oneself, and contributing to national and universal development with the knowledge and technology it produces. Additionally, our department aims to become a developed society by training individuals who will provide education and teaching services in the field of instructional technologies in the globalizing world.

General Information and History

Departments of Computer and Instructional Technologies Education were first opened in 1998 by the Higher Education Council (YÖK) as part of the restructuring of faculties of education.

The proposal of Firat University to admit 40 students to the CITE Department for the 2004-2005 academic year was examined at the YÖK executive board meeting held on 11/05/2004, and the said proposal was found appropriate in accordance with Article 7/H of Law No. 2547 amended by Law No. 2880. Our department started its educational services for undergraduate students in the 2004-2005 academic year with 42 students enrolled in the first term. Additionally, our department started to admit students to the evening education program from the 2006-2007 academic year. However, with the closure of evening education programs of faculties of education by YÖK, the admission of students to our evening program was also stopped.

As of today, the CITE Department at Fırat University continues its activities by providing education and training at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

Our department's undergraduate program graduates as "Computer Technologies Teacher" are employed as teachers in state and private schools affiliated with the Ministry of National Education. In addition, our graduates can work as academic staff in relevant departments of universities; in fields such as Information Technologies, Computer-Aided Education, Software Sectors, and Information Processing and Human Resources Centers of Public and Private Organizations, they can be employed as web designers, education technologists, instructional designers, graphic designers, experts in distance education, software developers-computer programmers, animation designers, etc.

Our department trains experts in the field of Instructional Technologies through the graduate program. For more information about the program, click here: http://ebe.firat.edu.tr/en/node/176.

As of the 2017-2018 academic year, our department has seven faculty members (three professors, three associate professors and also four research assistants who have completed their doctorate.).