Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Time: 15:30 – 17:00
Format: Online

In this session, participants will explore the core principles of the Learning Station approach and discover how to apply this model within their own courses or projects.

After the training, those who are interested will have the opportunity to receive mentorship support from ITU MEM to design and develop their own learning stations.

Registration link: Registration Form
Training link: Microsoft Teams

We invite you to be part of the ITU community that continues to build a collaborative and innovative learning culture together.

With our best regards,
ITU Center for Excellence in Education (ITU MEM)
ITU Co-Learning Lab Team
www.mukemmeliyet.itu.edu.tr

In the first session, participants were introduced to the installation of Microsoft Teams, its core features, and interface. The second session focused on in-depth usage demonstrations with practical examples.

Exclusively offered to ITU Academicans, the training attracted significant interest and contributed to greater awareness and efficiency in the use of digital collaboration platforms.

You can access the training recordings from the links below:

Session 1 Recording: Training Video*
Session 2 Recording: Training Video*
Q&A Platform: Miro Board

*To access the recordings, you must log in to the Microsoft Teams platform with your ITU account. If you haven’t created a Microsoft account with your ITU email yet, you can create one via this link.

Training Schedule and Content:

Session 1
Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Topic: Introduction and Interface Overview

• Installation of Microsoft Teams and supported devices
• General functions and features of the application
• Interface overview and basic usage information

Session 2
Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Topic: Advanced Usage and Hands-On Demonstration

• Detailed use of Teams menus
• Creating teams (e.g., classes)
• Scheduling meetings
• Demonstration of other in-app tools with examples

This training aims to improve the effective use of Microsoft Teams across the university and contribute to the development of digital work environments.

Click here to register for the training.

Our workshops are open to all ITU students, with a primary focus on third and fourth-year undergraduate students. 

Participants will receive a certificate of attendance after each workshop. 

Launched in collaboration with AWS Türkiye, the AWS Workshop Series will kick off on Wednesday, May 28, following the signing ceremony of the cooperation protocol attended by ITU Rector Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal and AWS Türkiye Country Manager Berrin Özselçuk. 

This series offers hands-on training delivered by AWS experts based on real-world scenarios, introducing students to the latest technology trends of the future. 

Workshop Topics: 

• Know-Your-Customer on AWS 
• Serving Static Applications on AWS 
• Serving Mobile Application Backend on AWS 
• Creating Knowledge Base Chatbot with Amazon Q 
• Creating GenAI RAG Application 
• Developing Container Applications on AWS 
• Developing AI Applications with Bedrock Agents 
• Developing Serverless Applications on AWS 

And finally: The Grand Hackathon! 

How to Participate? 

• A separate application is required for each workshop. 
• For more information and updates, visit our web page.
• Our trainings are free of charge. 

 First Workshop | Know-Your-Customer on AWS: 

Date: May 28, 2025 
Location & Time: Faculty of Computer and Informatics, Room Z01, 16:30–18:30 
Format: In-person 
Language: Turkish 
Quota: 40 participants 
*Participants are required to bring and use their own laptops. 

Due to limited availability, a confirmation form will be sent to those who fill out the pre-registration form below. Only those who positively respond to the confirmation form will be considered fully registered. 

For details and to apply: Pre-Registration Form 

* To participate, you must fill out the registration form before 23.59 on Friday, May 23.

Face-to-face sessions of the Learning Station titled “Basics of Disaster Awareness” developed within the ITU Center of Excellence in Education (CEE) were successfully delivered on Saturday, April 12, 2025.   

The Learning Station model, designed by Res. Asst. Sinem Yağmur from the Disaster Management Institute aimed to explain basic disaster concepts, define the disaster management cycle, apply its phases, and fulfill the risk and crisis management responsibilities in the disaster management wheel before, during, and after the disaster.   

Within the scope of the Learning Station, which was delivered in three different modules, the basic concepts such as disaster, emergency, risk, and hazard were explained. Participants were informed about ensuring their safety in the first 72 hours. In addition to the in-class training supported by various delivery modes such as videos, photographs, presentations, and discussion environments, a game was designed by the Res. Asst. Eren Mert Kaş from the Department of Emergency and Disaster Management and expert trainer Özgür Özaltun from AFAD Disaster and Emergency Training Center were also involved in the learning experience.   

In the first module, definitions of disaster and emergency, process management, and decision mechanisms before, during, and after the disaster were explained. In the second session, participants had the opportunity to apply the post-disaster crisis management knowledge they acquired in the first module with the game developed for the Learning Station. In the third session, Özgür Özaltun, an expert trainer from AFAD Disaster and Emergency Training Center, explained what individuals should do before, during, and after a disaster and drew attention to the critical importance of disaster preparedness. 

The Learning Station will continue with online scenario work. Undergraduate and graduate students who complete the Learning Station will be entitled to have 1 ECTS worth of extracurricular activities (microcredential) added to their diploma supplements. 

“Basics of Disaster Awareness”, designed by Sinem Yağmur, Research Assistant at Disaster Management Institute, aims to enable participants to define basic concepts such as disaster and emergency, and to improve their understanding of disaster management and work functioning. In addition, the training will focus on the behaviors that should be done before and after the disaster. Participants will improve their competence of disaster management in the face of disasters and emergencies and the behaviors to be performed during disasters.

You can access the Learning Station catalog here.

You can access the registration form for the training from the link. The registration form will remain open until 23:59 on April 4, 2025 Friday.

Due to the limited quota, our stakeholders who are included in the quota by filling out the registration form will be sent a “participation confirmation form” and will be asked to indicate their final participation status.

The language of education is Turkish.

We will be happy to see you among us.

Date: April 12, 2025
Place: ITU Faculty of Science and Letters – Meeting Hall

*Important information: for students participating in the training to be eligible for microcredit, it is important that they attend the online evaluation, which will take place 2 weeks later, for the evaluation and discussion of the scenario study that will be given as homework during the training.

**Footnote: This learning station was designed as part of the BAP project coded MÇAP-2023-44511, titled “Disaster Module of the Digital Platform for the Proper Use of Competencies in Natural Disasters.”.

Basic Disaster Awareness Learning Station Program Schedule

Following this valuable participation, a detailed report of the survey results was prepared. You can access the survey report via this link.

ITU CEE aims to improve the training series by evaluating the feedback obtained to provide a more effective and special experience for the participants. Thank you for your interest and contributions in this process.

We hope to meet you at the future events of ITU CEE.

• What is Platform Urbanism?
  
• How do digital platforms analyze and visualize big urban data?
  
• How do digital platforms use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to read the city and intervene in urban space?
  
• How does the rise of platforms affect urban socio-spatial practices and services?
  
• What implications do datafication, platformisation, and algorithms have for everyday urban life?

The Summer School offers a face-to-face learning environment for those who want to develop an innovative digital platform idea, turn it into an R&D project, formulate a commercialization strategy, and create a business model. The Summer School is uniquely designed based on the Innovative Learning Stations Model, which incorporates Active Learning, Crowdsource Learning, Co-Creating Learning, and Life-Long Learning methods.

Applications are open to MSc. / PhD students from the EELISA universities, Early Career Researchers (maximum of 10 years after obtaining their PhD) and Professionals from all over the world. 

Through this 3-day summer school, participants will:

• Understand the changing nature and logic of urban experience in the digital age from a sustainability perspective
• Be able to analyse how digital platforms read the city and interfere with urban space
• Evaluate the positive and negative reflections (risks and opportunities) of digitalization and automation on the city, society, nature, and economy
• Explore how to co-create an inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable society through digital platforms
• Be able to develop an innovative digital platform idea, turn it into an R&D project, formulate a commercialization strategy, and create a business model
• Experience Istanbul and become a member of ITU (Bee)

The working language of the Summer School is English.

WHEN: August 5-7, 2024

WHERE: Onsite at Istanbul Technical University Ayazaga Campus

APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 28, 2024

REGISTRATION FORM

How to apply

Applications will be received until June 28, 2024 (for the waiting list). You can apply for the summer school by filling out this registration form.

The following documentation must be attached to the enrolment application:

• Curriculum Vitae
• Letter of Intention/Motivation (up to 500 words)

A maximum of 30 applicants will be accepted to the summer school. The applicants’ CVs and Letters of Intention/Motivation will be reviewed to decide who will attend. Applicants accepted to the summer school will be notified by email on July 3, 2024.

Registration Fee

-> €300 for MSc. and PhD students from EELISA universities

-> €500 for Early Career Researchers (within 10 years of obtaining their PhD)

-> €700 for Professionals

Registration fees will be charged after July 3, 2024, when the final list of participants is confirmed. The deadline for payment will be announced later.

The fees do not include travel and accommodation. Lunch and tea/coffee will be provided during the event.

For EELISA participants, travel and accommodation may be supported by your EELISA institution. Please contact your local EELISA project coordinator beforehand.

Attendance and credentials

Participants who attend the 3 modules of the summer school and are successful in the assessments of each module will be awarded a Certificate of Attendance by ITU Center for Excellence in Education (ITU CEE).

Participants from EELISA institutions will also be eligible to receive EELISA Credentials.

Students who receive the Certificate of Attendance will obtain 6 ECTS.

This summer school has been designed according to the ITU Learning Station model. You can access the Learning Station of the summer school from this link. Further information on the Learning Station model is available through this link.

For further inquiries, please contact us at <eelisa@itu.edu.tr>.