Associate Professor – Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU)

ORCID ID:0000-0002-6233-7931

Web of Science Researcher ID: A-7927-2008

Semantic Scholar ID: 52522340

Google Scholar ID: Fahme Dabaj

Education:

- BE, Civil Engineering

- MSc, Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

- Ph.D., Communication and Media Studies (Distance  Education/Educational Technologies)

Administrative/Academic:

- Rector’s Office Coordinator (Academic Assessment)

- Rector’s Office Coordinator (Curriculum)

- Rector’s Office Coordinator (Research)

- Faculty of Education, Faculty Board Member

- University General Exam Office, Associate Coordinator

- Department Head/Coordinator (Computer Programming & Information Technology)

- Department Head/Coordinator (Computer Studies & Information Technology)

EMU       2004 - ...

EMU       2011 - 2015

EMU       2004 - 2010

EMU       2002 - 2003

EMU       1999 - 2000

EMU       1996 - 1997

EMU       1996 - 1997

Work Experience:

- Full Time Instructor

- Part Time Instructor

EMU        1995 – ...

EMU        1989 – 1994

Research and Interested Fields:

- Educational Technologies

- Distance Education

- Communication Barriers to Distance Education

- Communication and Media Studies

Interests:

- Computers Hardware & Maintenance

- Computer Programming (Basic, Fortran, C, C++, Fox Pro, Visual Fox Pro, HTML)

- Developing and Design Business Software

Academic Memberships - Editorial:

- Online Journal of Art and Design (OJAD)

  Editor

2022 - ...

- The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology (TOJET)

  Editor

2020 - ...

- Online Journal of Art and Design (OJAD)

  Editor in Chief

2016 - June 2022

- European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education (EJSME)

  Associate Editor

2013 - 2020

- Contemporary Educational Technology (CEDTECH)

  Associate Editor

2016 - 2020

- Online Journal of Art and Design (OJAD)

  Associate Editor

2013 - 2016

- Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies (OJCMT)

  Editor

2011 - July 2018

- The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology (TOJET)

  Associate Editor

2003 - September 2020

International Conference Organizations:

- VI. International Conference on Communication, Media, Technology and Design (ICCMTD)

  Organizing and Technical Coordinator

06-08 October 2017 Famagusta / TRNC

- III. International Conference on Contemporary Issues in Education (ICCIE)

  Organizing and Technical Coordinator

06-08 October 2017 Famagusta / TRNC

- Frontiers in Science Education Research (FISER)

  General Coordinator

27-29 November 2016 Dubai / UAE

- V. International Conference on Communication, Media, Technology and Design (ICCMTD)

  Organizing and Technical Coordinator

27-29 May 2016 Zagreb / Croatia

- II. International Conference on Contemporary Issues in Education (ICCIE)

  Organizing and Technical Coordinator

27-29 May 2016 Zagreb / Croatia

- International Conference on Contemporary Issues in Education (ICCIE)

  Organizing and Technical Coordinator

17-19 May 2015 Dubai / UAE

- IV. International Conference on Communication, Media, Technology and Design (ICCMTD)

  Organizing and Technical Coordinator

16-18 May 2015 Dubai / UAE

- III. International Conference on Communication, Media, Technology and Design (ICCMTD)

  Organizing and Technical Coordinator

  Proceedings Book Editor

24-26 April 2014 Istanbul / Turkey

- Frontiers in Mathematics and Science Education Research Conference (FISER)

  Organizing Committee Member

01-03 May 2014 Famagusta / TRNC

- II. International Conference on E-Health and TeleMedicine (ICEHTM)

  Organizing Coordinator

  Proceedings Book Editor

22-24 May. 2014 Istanbul / Turkey

- II. International Conference on Communication, Media, Technology and Design (ICCMTD)

  Technical Coordinator

  Proceedings Book Editor

02-04 May 2013 Famagusta / TRNC

- I. International Conference on Communication, Media, Technology and Design  (ICCMTD)

  Technical and Organizing Coordinator

  Proceedings Book Editor

09-11 May 2012 Istanbul / Turkey

- Frontiers in Science Education Research (FISER)

  Organizing Committee Member

22-24 Mar. 2009 Famagusta / TRNC

- VI. International Educational Technology Conference (IETC)

  Associate Coordinator

19-21 Apr. 2006  Famagusta / TRNC

- V. International Educational Technology Conference (IETC)

  Associate Coordinator

  Executive Board Member

  Advisory Board Member

  Proceedings Book Editor

21-23 Sep. 2005  Sakarya / Turkey

- IV. International Educational Technology Conference (IETC)

  Associate Coordinator

  Executive Board Member

  Proceedings Book Editor

14-26 Nov. 2004 Sakarya / Turkey

- III. International Educational Technology Conference (IETC)

  Associate Coordinator

  Executive Board Member

  Proceedings Book Editor

28-30 May 2003  Famagusta / TRNC

Journal Publications

Simsek A., F.Dabaj, & E. Simsek, “Why and How Do University Students Use Facebook in Daily Life?”, Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala (RCIS), Number 71, (2020)

Dabaj, F., “Analysis of Communication Barriers to Distance Education: A Review Study”, Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies, volume: 1, issue: 1, (2011)

Dabaj, F., “The Role of Gender and Age on Students’ Perceptions toward Online education. Case Study: Sakarya University, Vocational High School”, The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, (2009).

İşman, A., F. Dabaj & A. Gümüş, “Internet Dependency in Communication Education”, Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, Issue 23, (2006).

İşman, A. & F. Dabaj “Diffusion of Distance Education in North Cyprus”, The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, Volume 6, Issue 4, (2005).

İşman, A., M. Çağlar, F. Dabaj, & H. Ersözlü, “A New Model for the World of Instructional Design: A New Model”, The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, Volume 4, Issue 3, (2005).

İşman, A., F. Dabaj, Z. Altınay & F. Altınay, “Roles of Students and Teachers in Distance Education”, Int. J. Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, Volume 1, Issue 5, (2004).

İşman, A. & F. Dabaj, “Communication Barriers in Distance Education: Text-Based Internet-Enabled Online Courses”, Asian Journal of Distance Education, Volume 2, Issue 1, (2004).

İşman, A., F. Dabaj & A. Gümüş, “Electronic Publishing: The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology”, The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, Volume 5, Issue 1, (2004).

İşman, A. & F. Dabaj “Attitudes of Students towards Internet”, The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, Volume 5, Issue 4, (2004).

İşman, A., M. Çağlar, F. Dabaj, Z. Altınay & F. Altınay, “Attitudes of Students toward Computers”, The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, Volume 3, Issue 1, (2004).

İşman, A., F. Dabaj, A. Gümüş, Z. Altınay & F. Altınay, “Web Page Design in Distance Education”, The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, Volume 3, Issue 2, (2004).

İşman, A., F. Dabaj, A. Gümüş, Z. Altınay & F. Altınay, “The Evaluation of Students’ Perceptions of Distance Education”, The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, Volume 3, Issue 3, (2004).

İşman, A., F. Dabaj, Z. Altınay & F. Altınay, “Effects of Instructional Design on Learning”, Int. Journal of Computational Intelligence, Volume 1, Issue 1, (2003).

İşman, A. & F. Dabaj, “The Level of Teacher-Students about using Educational Technology”, Int. Journal of Computational Intelligence, Volume 1, Issue 1, (2003).

İşman, A. & F. Dabaj, “The Evaluation of the Course “Introduction to School Experience I” with respect to Information Technologies”, The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, Volume 2, Issue 2, (2003).

İşman, A., F. Dabaj, F. Altınay & Z. Altınay, “Students’ Developments at Computer Courses under the Contructivist Approach”, The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, Volume 2, Issue 3, (2003).

İşman, A., F. Dabaj, F. Altınay & Z. Altınay, “Communication Barriers in Distance Education”, The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, Volume 2, Issue 4, (2003).

International Conferences with Proceedings

Şimşek, A. Dabaj, F. & Şimşek, E. "Why and How Do University Students Use Facebook in Interpersonal Communications?", Proc. International Conference on Communication, Media, Technology and Design, Croatia, (2016)

Dabaj, F. & A. Gümüş, “The Mathematical Relationship Between the Lead and Body Lengths, and the Degree of Satisfaction Attained from the both Sections of the News Articles Published in Newspapers: Case Study; Turkish Daily Online Newspapers”, Proc. International Conference on Communication, Media, Technology and Design, Turkey, (2012)

Dabaj, F. & H. Başak, “The Role of Gender and Age on Students’ Perceptions toward Online education. Case Study: Sakarya University, Vocational High School”, Proc. 28^th of World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Volume 28, Italy, (2008).

Altinay, F., Altinay, Z., Isman, A. & Dabaj, F., “What Challenges Do Online Students Encounter in Their Learning Experiences at Eastern Mediterranean University?”, Proc. 11^th World Conference on E-Learning in Corp., Govt., Health., & Higher Ed., Hawaii, USA, 2006.

Altinay, F., Isman, A., Altinay, Z. Altinay, F. & Dabaj, F. “The use of Technology in Teaching and Learning: Success Factors”, Proc. 6^th International Conference of Educational Technology, Gazimagusa, Volume 2006, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, (2006).

Özad, B. & F. Dabaj, “Training Education and Development in Teacher Education”, Proc. 3^rd International Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications, Volume I, Orlando, USA, (2005).

İşman, A. & F. Dabaj, “Perceptions of High School Mathematics Teachers on the Use of Educational Technology in their Classroom”, Proc. 5^th International Conference of Educational Technology, Sakarya, Volume 2005, Turkey, (2005).

Dabaj, F. “Analysis of Communication Barriers to Distance Education: A Review Study”, Proc. 5^th International Conference of Educational Technology, Sakarya, Volume 2005, Turkey, (2005).

İşman, A. & F. Dabaj, “Communication Barriers in Distance Education: Text-Based Internet-Enabled Online Courses”, Proc. 15^th Society for Information Technology and Teacher education International Conference, Atlanta, Volume 2004, Issue 1, USA, 2004.

İşman, A. & F. Dabaj, “Roles of Students and Teachers in Distance Education”, Proc. 15^th Society for Information Technology and Teacher education International Conference, Atlanta, Volume 2004, Issue 1, USA, 2004.

İşman, A., F. Dabaj & A. Gümüş, “The Evaluation of Students’ Perceptions of Distance Education”, Proc. 16^th World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, Lugano, Volume 2004, Issue 1, Switzerland, 2004.

İşman, A., M. Çağlar, F. Dabaj, & H. Ersözlü, “A New Model for the World of Instructional Design: A New Model”, Proc. 4^th International Conference of Educational Technology, Sakarya, Volume 2004, Turkey, (2004).

İşman, A., M. Çağlar, F. Dabaj, & R. Yücesoylu, “Instructional Design Model: A Constructivist Based New Model”, Proc. 4^th International Conference of Educational Technology, Sakarya, Volume 2004, Turkey, (2004).

İşman, A. & F. Dabaj, “Diffusion of Distance Education in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus”, Proc. 4^th International Conference of Educational Technology, Sakarya, Volume 2004, Turkey, (2004).

İşman, A. & F. Dabaj, “Attitudes of Students toward Internet”, Proc. 8^th World Conference on E-Learning in Corp., Govt., Health., & Higher Ed., Arizona, Volume 2003, Issue 1, USA, 2003.

İşman, A. & F. Dabaj, “The Evaluation of the Course “Introduction to School Experience I” with respect to Information Technologies”, Proc. 14^th Society for Information Technology and Teacher education International Conference, New Mexico, Volume 2003, Issue 1, USA, 2003.

İşman, A., F. Dabaj, Z. Altınay & F. Altınay, “Effects of Instructional Design on Learning”, Proc. 12^th International Turkish Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks, Volume 1, Issue 1, Çanakkale, Turkey (2003).

İşman, A. & F. Dabaj, “The Level of Teacher-Students about using Educational Technology”, Proc. 12^th International Turkish Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks, Volume E, Issue 8, Çanakkale, Turkey, (2003).

İşman, A., F. Dabaj & A. Gümüş, “Electronic Publishing: The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology”, Proc. 3^rd International Conference of Educational Technology, Gazimağusa, Volume 2003, Issue 1, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, (2003).

İşman, A., M. Çağlar, F. Dabaj, F. Altınay & Z. Altınay, “Attitudes of Students toward Computers”, Proc. 3^rd International Conference of Educational Technology, Gazimağusa, Volume 2003, Issue 1, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, (2003).

İşman, A., F. Dabaj, A. Gümüş, F. Altınay & Z. Altınay, “Web Page Design in Distance Education”, Proc. 3^rd International Conference of Educational Technology, Gazimağusa, Volume 2003, Issue 1, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, (2003).

İşman, A., F. Dabaj, F. Altınay & Z. Altınay, “Students’ Developments at Computer Courses under the Contructivist Approach”, Proc. 3^rd International Conference of Educational Technology, Gazimağusa, Volume 2003, Issue 1, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, (2003).

National Conferences with Proceedings

İşman, A., F. Dabaj & S. Özdemir, “Eğitim Fakültesi’nde Öğrenim Gören Öğrencilerin Bilgisayar Kullanma Yeterlilikleri: Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi Örneği.”, Proc. 7^th Bilişim Teknolojileri Işığında Eğitim Konferansı ve Sergisi, Volume 1,x Ankara, Turkey, (2004).

İşman, A., F. Dabaj, M. Çağlar & S. Özdemir, “Eğitim Fakültesi Öğretim Elemanlarının Bilgisayar Kullanma Yeterlilikleri: Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Örneği.”, Proc. 7^th Bilişim Teknolojileri Işığında Eğitim Konferansı ve Sergisi, Volume 1, Ankara, Turkey, (2004).

İşman, A., F. Dabaj & A. Gümüş, “İletişim Eğitiminde İnternet Bağımlılığı”, Proc. 12^th Eğitim Bilimleri Kongresi, Antalya, Volume 1, Turkey, (2003).

İşman, A., F. Dabaj & A. Gümüş, “Elektronik Ortamda Yayın: TOJET”, Proc. 6^th Bilişim Teknolojileri Işığında Eğitim Konferansı ve Sergisi, Volume 1, Ankara, Turkey, (2003).

Theses Supervised

Undergraduate Level

Akın, Ali.  Business Application Software Development and Design. Graduation Project, Applied Mathematics & Computer Science, July 1998, EMU.

Masters Level

Bakare, Aluwatobi. The Role of Information and Communication Technology in Education. ICT in Education, June 2014, EMU.

Amro, Mohammed M. Mahmoud. Factors Influencing students’ attitudes and Performance while Using Educational Technologies. Case Study: Eastern Mediterranean University. ICT in Education, July 2015, EMU.

Gedwar, Said. Use of ICT for Administration and Management. Case Study: Eastern Mediterranean University. ICT in Education, February 2016, EMU.

Entesari, Ashkan. The Role of Mobile Devices in Education. Case Study: Eastern Mediterranean University. ICT in Education, June 2016, EMU.

Adibfar, Farzad. Student’s Perception on English Learning with Mobile tablets: Case Study: Eastern Mediterranean University. ICT in Education, June 2016, EMU.

Alghurno, Esra Moftah. The Opinions of Students about Use of ICT in Education Compared to Face-to-Face Instruction: Case Study in the Eastern Mediterranean University. ICT in Education, June 2018, EMU.

Abdulsalam, Ayman Ahmad. The Level of Lecturers' Competency of Utilization Computer Technology in Libya: An Example Faculty of Education in Misurata University. ICT in Education, June 2020, EMU.

Theses Defense - Jury Member/Chair

Masters Level

Edori, Petovie Gospel. Students’ Motivations and the Challenges Instructors Face Incorporating ICT based Instructional Materials. ICT in Education. September 2014, EMU. (Chaired)

El Ghomati, Ali S. Milad. Student and Faculty Perceptions of Online and Traditional Courses: Case Study EMU School of Computing and Technology. ICT in Education, February 2015, EMU. (Chaired)

Smani, Azadeh Akbari. Heuristic Evaluation of the Usability of LMS (Moodle) at Eastern Mediterranean University. ICT in Education, September 2015, EMU. (Chaired)

Sapanca, Hamza Fatih. Satisfaction Level of Teacher Candidates in Online Learning: Case Study of Eastern Mediterranean University. ICT in Education, September 2015, EMU. (Chaired)

Taşpolat, Ata. Perception of Prospective Teachers' Competencies about Information and Communication Technology (ICT). ICT in Education, February 2016, EMU. (Chaired)

Mortazavi, Mohsen. Examining the Determinants of Iranian Students' Use of Mobile Phones during Lecture Periods. ICT in Education, July 2016, EMU. (Chaired)

Courses Taught

PhD Level

Advanced Statistics

Masters Level

Statistics and Data Analysis

Undergraduate Level

Calculus

Computer Architecture

Computer Hardware

Computer Literacy

Computer Mediated Communication

Computers and Information Technology

Computers in Education

Differential Equations

Fundamentals of Behavioral Statistics

Instructional Technology

Linear Programming

Logic & Basic Mathematics 

Logic Design

Mathematics for Business

Statistics for Education

Database Management Systems