Tulay Goru Dogan graduated from the department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies at the Faculty of Education at Anadolu University in Turkey in 2007. Between 2008 and 2009, she was an exchange student at the Faculty of Communication and Media at Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden in the Netherlands. She holds an MA degree in the field of Visual Communication Design and a PhD degree in the field of Open and Distance Education from the Graduate School of Social Sciences at Anadolu University. She currently works as an assistant professor and department head of New Media and Communication Department at the Faculty of Communication at Yasar University. Her researches focuses on digital communication, social media and open and distance learning.