Magazine Special Issue

Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Journal of Faculty of Education, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Faculty of Education 7-9 May 2026 to be organised in Burdur between the dates IV. International Congress of 21st Century Educational Research (INER CONGRESS 2026) for the studies to be selected from the papers presented within the scope of special issue will publish it.

Scope and Purpose of the Special Issue

The main theme of the 4th INER CONGRESS 2026 “Artificial Intelligence and Education: Designing the Learning Ecosystems of the Future” as a special issue. This special issue; educational theory and applications of artificial intelligence-based transformations, teacher training, learning environments, assessment and evaluation processes and the effects on education policies from a scientific point of view. aims to bring together studies.

In this context, the papers presented at the congress will be evaluated in accordance with the publication policy of the journal and in accordance with the spelling rules converted into article format It is foreseen to be evaluated for the special issue.

Application and Evaluation Process

• The special issue is only available Presented at INER CONGRESS 2026 and accepted by the congress scientific committee papers will be eligible to apply.
• The proceedings will be published after the congress. extended, deepened and qualified as an article must be uploaded to the journal system as it is.
• All articles submitted to the special issue, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Journal of Faculty of Education standard refereeing process will be subjected to.
• Each article, at least two field expert referees by double blind refereeing will be evaluated within the framework of the principle corrections may be requested from the authors when deemed necessary.
• Studies found appropriate as a result of referee evaluations, will be accepted for publication as an article. Presentation at the congress does not mean that the article will be published.

Ethics Committee Approval and Research Authorisations

• Research conducted with human participants (questionnaires, scales, interviews, focus group, observation, experimental/semi-experimental applications etc.) and for studies involving personal data ethics committee approval and/or necessary institutional permissions must be obtained.
• Studies requiring ethics committee approval, ethics committee decision document (with date-number information) upload to the system during the application and in the text of the article Ethics Committee Approval clearly in the section of the report.
• Studies that require ethics committee approval or permission but are not documented, may be returned at the preliminary examination stage and may not be included in the evaluation process.

Language and Spelling Rules

• Articles must be submitted current spelling rules, ethical principles and citation standards should be prepared accordingly.
• In accordance with the journal's editorial policy, all articles to be submitted to the special issue English will be accepted as. In case a publication decision is made for studies submitted in Turkish, from writers English final version will be requested.
• Authors are requested to submit their manuscripts to the journal's website. author directory on the basis of the following.

Thematic Areas

Special issue, including but not limited to the following titles, artificial intelligence in the field of educational sciences and focussing on the learning ecosystems of the future is open to all original and scientific studies:

• Artificial intelligence supported learning environments
• Teacher education and artificial intelligence literacy
• Artificial intelligence applications in measurement and evaluation
• Artificial intelligence in open and distance learning
• Ethics, data security and artificial intelligence in education
• Learning analytics and adaptive learning systems
• Education policies and artificial intelligence perspective