Soner Yıldırım received his B.A. from Hacettepe University in Curriculum & Instruction in 1990. Respectively, he received his M.A. in Instructional Technology from Michigan State University in 1993, and his PhD from the University of Southern California in 1997. He has been working as an instructor at the Department of Education at Middle East Technical University since 1998.

Prof. Soner Yıldırım has been an international expert in instructional technology projects at various international foundations. He has involved in World Bank since 1988, European Council in Strasbourg between 2002-2006, and in various projects of European Union Education Foundation since 2004.

His research interest mainly focuses on Social Media Usage in Education, Electronic Performance Support Systems, Social Network Analysis and Nomophobia