Instructor
Azad IŞIK
Information Technology Coordinator
About me
I received my;
Bachelor of Science degree from TURKEY-Middle East Technical University, Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology in 2004.
Master of Science degree from TURKEY-Middle East Technical University, Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology in 2009.
I’m working as IT Coordinator and carrying out coordination studies at all METU Development Foundation Schools in Turkey, which are located at different cities of TURKEY as Ankara, İstanbul, İzmir, Kayseri, Mersin, Denizli, Niğde, Kocaeli, Manisa.
In the past;
I got business experience in BİLGEİŞ, a European Union project conducted by METU and a consortium formed by various international companies, within the scope of the project "Improvement of Capacities of Workers and Employers by Information and Communication Technologies". My responsibly were quality control and conduct the processes in such subjects: Instructional Design, Preparation of Training Modules and E-Contents, Quality Control of developed all instructional materials and software. I guided the software processes and instructional design processes to be executed. I designed User Interfaces of the Educational Management System software of the project. I developed E-Contents, Educational Scenarios and E-Courses for this project.
I had experience working as a CEO (Chief Executive Officer) in STEM Makers Informatics, a company that produces educational software and hardware like STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) laboratories. I leaded the Company on the development of LMS (Learning Management System) according to needs analysis, production of interactive educational content, organization of festivals, seminars at the national & international level and the management of processes such as design directing.
I was actively involved in the design and front-end software development processes of the two projects developed in Havelsan, operating in the areas of Command Control System / DOOB (Defense Out Of Box) project and Geographic Information Systems / TMAP (Tactical Map) project.
I performed different kinds of UI-UX designs (User Interface and User Experience Design),
I developed front-end codes for the UI-UX designs.
With the support from KOSGEB (small and medium industry development organization), I established a software company with my partner to carry out software business. I worked as Project Manager in the company. We have implemented various projects with the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, the Supreme Election Council, the Ministry of Economy. We developed special designed sharing portals, learning management systems, selection system interfaces, economy portals during the project lifecycles. I worked as Design Director in the design processes of the projects; I was responsible for designing user interfaces and developing front-end coding of portal interfaces. After drawing the designs in vector formats, I was also responsible for front-end code implementation by using html-5, css3, javascript, jquery and bootstrap technologies.
Additionally, I got business experience in designing corporate identities and logos, brochures, various 2 and 3 dimensional graphic units and corporate presentation interface designs.