Professor Akkoyunlu holds a Ph.D. in Educational Technology from the University of Leicester. She is currently Dean of the Faculty of Education and also working as a professor at the Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies at Hacettepe University. She is teaching and supervising e-learning and instructional technology related courses both at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Her main research areas include information literacy, web based learning, multi media learning, instructional design. She has conducted research and published articles and books in the field of educational technology, web based learning and multimedia learning.

Arif Altun holds an Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Cincinnati with the main emphasis on Technology and Learning. He is currently working as an associate professor at the Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies at Hacettepe University. He is teaching and supervising e-learning and instructional technology related courses both at the graduate and undergraduate levels. His main research areas include e-literacy, hypertext theory, socio-cognitive processes in hypertext reading process, and e-learning. He has conducted research and published articles and books in the field of educational technology and e-literacy.

Jos van Helvoort graduated from the Department of Dutch Language & Literature in 1981. He worked as a teacher in secondary education and as course developer in the disciplines of library science and records management. Since 2001 he is a senior lecturer at the Department of Library & Information Studies of The Hague University. His interests include information research, Web 2.0 and information literacy. As the chairman of the Board of Examiners of the faculty of ICT & Media he is strongly involved with assessment issues in Dutch higher education. He is working on a thesis about information literacy assessment.

Professor Kurbanoğlu received her doctorate in Information Management from Sheffield University in 1992. She is currently working as a professor at the Department of Information Management of Hacettepe University, where she graduated and also earned her masters degree. Information literacy is among her main research interests. She has published and lectured on systems analysis, project management, information technology as well as information literacy. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the JeLit (International Journal of eLiteracy).

Orçun Madran, received his undergraduate degree in Information Management in 1999 and MA in Management Information Sciences in 2005. He is currently working as an instructor at the Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies at Baskent University. He is teaching e-learning and instructional technology related courses both at the graduate and undergraduate levels. He is also working on a thesis about Educational Technology. His main research areas include distance education and e-learning.

Ms Pejova holds MA in Library and Information Sciences from the University of Zagreb, Croatia. She is a librarian and information professional with rich experience in international cooperation. She had worked in the Library of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts and later at the National Research Council of Macedonia, where she headed the Commission for Scientific and Technical Information. Since 1984 she has been living and working in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where for many years she headed the information and library service of an international, development, research, training and consultancy organization – ICPE. Information literacy and issues related to the capacity and skills for acquisition and use of information and knowledge have been in the focus of her professional and research interest through all her jobs. In 2006 she edited the publication Achieving an Information Society and a Knowledge-based Economy through Information Literacy: Proposal for an Information Literacy Platform and Action Plan for Central and South-East European Countries. Presently she is collaborating on a project on Introducing Information Literacy Programs at the Universities in Slovenia.