TURKISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ CONSIDERATIONS, EXPECTATIONS AND AWARENESS ON DISTANCE EDUCATION

KARAKUŞ YILMAZ, TÜRKAN; cagiltay, kursat; İNAL, Yavuz

TURKISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ CONSIDERATIONS, EXPECTATIONS AND AWARENESS ON DISTANCE EDUCATION

Yavuz İNAL, (Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Ankara, Türkiye)

TÜRKAN KARAKUŞ YILMAZ, (Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Ankara, Türkiye)

Kürşat ÇAĞILTAY (Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Ankara, Türkiye)

The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education

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Yıl: 2008 Cilt: 9 Sayı: 4 Sayfa Aralığı: 63 - 76 Metin Dili: İngilizce İndeks Tarihi: 29-07-2022

TURKISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ CONSIDERATIONS, EXPECTATIONS AND AWARENESS ON DISTANCE EDUCATION

Öz:

Quality of distance education has been improving by technological developments, experiences of educators and feedbacks of learners. In order to improve the quality issues in distance education, considerations of target audiences are important to understand their expectations that might be clue for developers. Therefore, the purpose of this descriptive study was to investigate Turkish high school students’ considerations, expectations and awareness related to distance education, especially e-learning, and its implementations. Totally, 1224 students studying at 8 different high schools from 6 cities in 4 different regions Turkey participated to the study. Majority of the students were from computer departments of Vocational High Schools. Researchers attempted to collect data representatively in order to draw a framework about the research questions for Turkish case. Results of the study showed that students associated distance education to elearning. Additionally, although students have technological competencies which are critical factors for e-learning applications, they did not prefer taking their university education distance education programs. However, they have huge tendency in terms of taking some courses via the Internet.

Anahtar Kelime:

Konular: Eğitim, Eğitim Araştırmaları

Belge Türü: Makale Makale Türü: Araştırma Makalesi Erişim Türü: Erişime Açık

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APA	İNAL Y, KARAKUŞ YILMAZ T, cagiltay k (2008). TURKISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ CONSIDERATIONS, EXPECTATIONS AND AWARENESS ON DISTANCE EDUCATION. , 63 - 76.
Chicago	İNAL Yavuz,KARAKUŞ YILMAZ TÜRKAN,cagiltay kursat TURKISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ CONSIDERATIONS, EXPECTATIONS AND AWARENESS ON DISTANCE EDUCATION. (2008): 63 - 76.
MLA	İNAL Yavuz,KARAKUŞ YILMAZ TÜRKAN,cagiltay kursat TURKISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ CONSIDERATIONS, EXPECTATIONS AND AWARENESS ON DISTANCE EDUCATION. , 2008, ss.63 - 76.
AMA	İNAL Y,KARAKUŞ YILMAZ T,cagiltay k TURKISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ CONSIDERATIONS, EXPECTATIONS AND AWARENESS ON DISTANCE EDUCATION. . 2008; 63 - 76.
Vancouver	İNAL Y,KARAKUŞ YILMAZ T,cagiltay k TURKISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ CONSIDERATIONS, EXPECTATIONS AND AWARENESS ON DISTANCE EDUCATION. . 2008; 63 - 76.
IEEE	İNAL Y,KARAKUŞ YILMAZ T,cagiltay k "TURKISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ CONSIDERATIONS, EXPECTATIONS AND AWARENESS ON DISTANCE EDUCATION." , ss.63 - 76, 2008.
ISNAD	İNAL, Yavuz vd. "TURKISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ CONSIDERATIONS, EXPECTATIONS AND AWARENESS ON DISTANCE EDUCATION". (2008), 63-76.

APA	İNAL Y, KARAKUŞ YILMAZ T, cagiltay k (2008). TURKISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ CONSIDERATIONS, EXPECTATIONS AND AWARENESS ON DISTANCE EDUCATION. The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 9(4), 63 - 76.
Chicago	İNAL Yavuz,KARAKUŞ YILMAZ TÜRKAN,cagiltay kursat TURKISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ CONSIDERATIONS, EXPECTATIONS AND AWARENESS ON DISTANCE EDUCATION. The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education 9, no.4 (2008): 63 - 76.
MLA	İNAL Yavuz,KARAKUŞ YILMAZ TÜRKAN,cagiltay kursat TURKISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ CONSIDERATIONS, EXPECTATIONS AND AWARENESS ON DISTANCE EDUCATION. The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, vol.9, no.4, 2008, ss.63 - 76.
AMA	İNAL Y,KARAKUŞ YILMAZ T,cagiltay k TURKISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ CONSIDERATIONS, EXPECTATIONS AND AWARENESS ON DISTANCE EDUCATION. The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education. 2008; 9(4): 63 - 76.
Vancouver	İNAL Y,KARAKUŞ YILMAZ T,cagiltay k TURKISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ CONSIDERATIONS, EXPECTATIONS AND AWARENESS ON DISTANCE EDUCATION. The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education. 2008; 9(4): 63 - 76.
IEEE	İNAL Y,KARAKUŞ YILMAZ T,cagiltay k "TURKISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ CONSIDERATIONS, EXPECTATIONS AND AWARENESS ON DISTANCE EDUCATION." The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 9, ss.63 - 76, 2008.
ISNAD	İNAL, Yavuz vd. "TURKISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ CONSIDERATIONS, EXPECTATIONS AND AWARENESS ON DISTANCE EDUCATION". The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education 9/4 (2008), 63-76.