The details and main resources of the orientation program, which will help you start teaching at MEF University and support you in integrating the Flipped Learning approach into your courses, are provided below.

The Orientation Program

An orientation program is organized for our new academics before each semester. This program is designed to help you adopt our university’s innovative educational approach. You can access the details of the program here. Below, you will find information about the key steps of the orientation program.

Welcome Meeting: Organized by CELT (Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching), this meeting introduces new faculty members to MEF University’s educational philosophy, teaching processes, and available resources.
Flipped Learning (FL) Workshops: Two alternative FL workshop options will be available:
- Essentials Track (1 hour): Covers the fundamentals of Flipped Learning.
- Mastery Track (3 hours): Explores FL in depth and introduces FL standards through a sample course.

(The Mastery Track is especially recommended for newly hired full-time faculty members.)

Blackboard Fundamentals Workshop (1 hour): A CELT Instructional Design Specialist will demonstrate the most essential features and functions of Blackboard.
MEF University AI Policy Workshop (1 hour): This workshop reviews MEF University’s AI policy and focuses on integrating generative AI into teaching and learning.
One-to-One Meetings (1 hour): Throughout the semester, one-to-one meetings are available for faculty members. Before the semester begins, you will be invited to a one-to-one Instructional Design Meeting to discuss and develop your courses with an instructional designer. In addition, approximately one week after classes begin, a Blackboard Design Meeting will be held, during which the instructional designer and the faculty member will work together to review and organize the Blackboard course page(s).

Key Resources

Handbook for New Instructors

This handbook, revised at the start of each academic year, offers solutions to many of the questions you might have.

Teaching Resource Hub

It is a platform where academics at our university can learn about and access various resources such as Adaptive Learning Platforms, ChatGPT, Padlet, Mentimeter, and Flipped Studio.

MEF Support Page

It is a platform where help articles prepared for the most frequently asked questions by our university’s academics and students can be accessed collectively.

Books

The Impact of ChatGPT in Higher Education: Exploring the AI Revolution
Fell Kurban & Şahin, 2024

The New University Model
Şahin & Fell Kurban, 2019

To access the books, you can reach out to us via the CELT email address (celt@mef.edu.tr) or visit our office on the 5th floor of Block A.

CELT Bulletins

It is a platform where you can access newsletter content prepared and published by the CELT team, covering various topics such as current educational technologies, AI, educational models, and Flipped Learning.

Blackboard (Learning Management System)

We add you to a course on how to use Blackboard on Blackboard. Also, you can start learning how to use Blackboard right away from this Blackboard YouTube playlist. Here are a few key videos to get you started from this playlist:

Your MEFEDU Account

At MEF University, we use Single Sign-On account technology which we call "MEFEDU Account". With this account, you can log into all of the software we use at MEF, including:

MEFEDU hesabınız hakkında en güncel ve detaylı bilgi için lütfen MEF IT'nin web sitesini ziyaret edin.

Your account will be available once our HR Team (hr@mef.edu.tr) finalizes your employment process, and our IT Team (itsupport@mef.edu.tr) creates your MEFEDU account. You will receive an SMS notification once your account is created. Please check your messages regularly for your account details.