Examination of Turkish master theses and doctoral dissertations in terms of using innovative technologies in education among 2011-2015 Eğitimde yenilikçi teknolojilerin kullanımı açısından Türkiye’de son beş yıl içerisinde (2011-2015) tamamlanmış lisansüstü tezlerin incelenmesi

After technological improvements; desktops, laptops, palms, tablets, smart phones, and now wearable technologies are very popular for users. These changes have affected education and instruction activities closely. In order to have successful technology integration implementations, new technologies should be used for educational purposes. Innovative technologies have been changed day by day. Nowadays, computer aided gesture based learning, augmented reality, virtual reality, and wearable technologies would be seen as innovative technologies. Technology integration is one of the most important subjects of educational technology area. Master theses and doctoral dissertations at this area have a lot of effects on teaching activities. Therefore, 495 graduate theses related to Computer and Instructional Technologies Education and Educational Technology were examined in this study to find out how many theses had been completed with innovative technologies in Turkey among 2011-2015. The data of this study were analyzed by using qualitative approaches and document analysis method was used in the study. Content analysis was performed on the data. At the creating themes stage, the focus was innovative technologies as computer aided gesture based learning, augmented reality, virtual reality, and wearable technologies. These themes were coded as innovative technologies. According to the analyze results, there are only 7 studies interested with innovative technologies between 2011 and 2015 years. 5 of them are interested with augmented reality. A computer aided gesture based learning master thesis and a virtual reality master thesis were completed from 2011 to 2015. There is no study interested with wearable technologies. The most common subjects are design of teaching and learning environments, methods, and individual features and differences. The results show that there is not enough doctoral and master study which benefited innovative technologies such as gesture based learning, augmented reality, virtual reality, and wearable technologies. It seems that we need more graduate theses to understand innovative technologies’ impact on educational activities well. It can also be examined why these issues have not been adequately researched in the area as master thesis and doctoral dissertation studies. ÖzetTeknolojik gelişmelerle birlikte masaüstü bilgisayarlar, dizüstü bilgisayarlar, cep bilgisayarları, tablet bilgisayarlar ve akıllı telefonlar derken son zamanlarda da