Professor Dr Eylem Kılıç is a member of staff in the Department of Educational Sciences, Division of Instructional Technologies, at Van Yüzüncü Yıl University. She completed her undergraduate degree in Computer Education and Instructional Technologies at Ankara University and obtained her PhD in the Computer Education and Instructional Technologies programme at Middle East Technical University. She began her academic career as a research assistant at Middle East Technical University and subsequently took up a faculty position at Van Yüzüncü Yıl University. She has also carried out research and research visits at international institutions such as Arizona State University, the Open Universiteit (the Netherlands) and Bard College Berlin.

Her research interests include educational technologies, artificial intelligence in education, cognitive load theory and technology acceptance models. Her studies examine the effects of emerging technologies—such as generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT), interactive whiteboards, social media and learning management systems—on learning processes, motivation and user behaviour. In this context, her research on topics such as technology acceptance, AI anxiety and digital literacy draws on theoretical frameworks such as the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and employs advanced data analysis methods, including CHAID and PLS‑SEM. Her work also addresses multimedia learning environments, working memory and instructional design processes.

 

In recent years, she has conducted research—particularly with engineering students—on algorithmic literacy and the growing algorithmic divide in society. Dr Kılıç’s work has been published in international journals such as Computers & Education: Artificial Intelligence, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Interactive Learning Environments, Computers in Human Behavior, Educational Technology & Society and the Journal of Educational Computing Research.