Examining the web pages of distance education centers in Turkey

Murat Artsın; Büşra Türkmenoğlu; Şaban Keskin

Makale detayları

Examining the web pages of distance education centers in Turkey

Yazarlar:

Murat Artsın | Büşra Türkmenoğlu | Şaban Keskin

Yayıncı:

Anadolu University

Ana Başlıklar:

Alan Eğitimleri

Dergi:

Açıköğretim Uygulamaları ve Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.9 Issue 1, pp.172-193

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001283606

pISSN:

2149-2360

Anahtar kelimeler:

Özet:

 With the Covid-19 pandemic, the importance and the number of opened centers of Distance Education Centers DEC have increased. The institutional structuring, goals and stakeholders of the DECs, whose number has increased with the pandemic, may be different from each other. In this study, the institutional web pages of DECs in the Turkish higher education system were examined. Within the scope of this study, the names used by DECs, the guides they prepared for students and lecturers, the support services they provided, the technologies they used and the vision and mission statements of them were examined. The data of the study, which was designed as a qualitative case study, were obtained by visiting the institutional web pages between 28.03.2022 and 20.05.2022. As a result of the study, it was determined that DECs mostly used the name Distance Education Application and Research Center, they offered 139 guides for students and 135 guides for lecturers. It was seen that the most used support services by DECs are e-mail, institutional phone number, form and support system. It was also detected that the most widely used technologies were ALMS, Microsoft Teams, Moodle, Zoom, BigBlueButton and Perculus. It was revealed that the vision texts of DECs was focused on the clusters named target, background and focus, while the mission texts was focused on the clusters named environment, education and process. As a result, a more detailed review can be done in order to evaluate the usability of DECs institutional web pages.

 With the Covid-19 pandemic, the importance and the number of opened centers of Distance Education Centers DEC have increased. The institutional structuring, goals and stakeholders of the DECs, whose number has increased with the pandemic, may be different from each other. In this study, the institutional web pages of DECs in the Turkish higher education system were examined. Within the scope of this study, the names used by DECs, the guides they prepared for students and lecturers, the support services they provided, the technologies they used and the vision and mission statements of them were examined. The data of the study, which was designed as a qualitative case study, were obtained by visiting the institutional web pages between 28.03.2022 and 20.05.2022. As a result of the study, it was determined that DECs mostly used the name Distance Education Application and Research Center, they offered 139 guides for students and 135 guides for lecturers. It was seen that the most used support services by DECs are e-mail, institutional phone number, form and support system. It was also detected that the most widely used technologies were ALMS, Microsoft Teams, Moodle, Zoom, BigBlueButton and Perculus. It was revealed that the vision texts of DECs was focused on the clusters named target, background and focus, while the mission texts was focused on the clusters named environment, education and process. As a result, a more detailed review can be done in order to evaluate the usability of DECs institutional web pages.

 With the Covid-19 pandemic, the importance and the number of opened centers of Distance Education Centers DEC have increased. The institutional structuring, goals and stakeholders of the DECs, whose number has increased with the pandemic, may be different from each other. In this study, the institutional web pages of DECs in the Turkish higher education system were examined. Within the scope of this study, the names used by DECs, the guides they prepared for students and lecturers, the support services they provided, the technologies they used and the vision and mission statements of them were examined. The data of the study, which was designed as a qualitative case study, were obtained by visiting the institutional web pages between 28.03.2022 and 20.05.2022. As a result of the study, it was determined that DECs mostly used the name Distance Education Application and Research Center, they offered 139 guides for students and 135 guides for lecturers. It was seen that the most used support services by DECs are e-mail, institutional phone number, form and support system. It was also detected that the most widely used technologies were ALMS, Microsoft Teams, Moodle, Zoom, BigBlueButton and Perculus. It was revealed that the vision texts of DECs was focused on the clusters named target, background and focus, while the mission texts was focused on the clusters named environment, education and process. As a result, a more detailed review can be done in order to evaluate the usability of DECs institutional web pages.

 Covid-19 pandemisi ile birlikte yükseköğretimde uzaktan eğitim merkezlerinin UZEM önemi ve açılan merkezlerin sayısı artmıştır. Pandeminin beraberinde sayısı artan UZEMlerin kurumsal yapılanması, hedefleri ve paydaşları birbirlerinden farklı olabilmektedir. Bu çalışmada Türkiye yükseköğretim sistemindeki UZEMlerin kurumsal web sayfalarının incelenmesi gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bu çalışma kapsamında UZEMlerin kullandıkları isimler, öğrenci ve öğretim elemanlarına yönelik yayımladıkları kılavuzlar, sundukları destek hizmetleri, kullandıkları teknolojiler, vizyon ve misyon cümleleri incelenmiştir. Nitel bir durum çalışması olarak tasarlanan çalışmanın verileri 28.03.2022 ve 20.05.2022 tarihleri arasında kurumsal ana sayfalar ziyaret edilerek elde edilmiştir. Çalışma sonucunda UZEMlerin en çok Uzaktan Eğitim Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi ismini kullandıkları, öğrencilere yönelik 139 adet kullanım kılavuzu, öğretim elemanlarına yönelik ise 135 adet kullanım kılavuzu sundukları tespit edilmiştir. UZEMlerin en çok kullandığı destek hizmetlerinin e-posta, kurumsal telefon, form, destek sistemi olduğu ve en yaygın kullanılan teknolojilerin ise ALMS, Microsoft Teams, Moodle, Zoom, BigBlueButton ve Perculus olduğu görülmüştür. UZEMlerin vizyon metinlerinin hedef, arka plan ve odak isimli kümelere odaklandığı, misyon metinlerinin ise ortam, eğitim ve süreç isimli kümelere odaklandığı ortaya çıkmıştır. Sonuç olarak UZEMlerin kurumsal web sayfalarının kullanılabilirliklerinin değerlendirilmesi amacıyla daha detaylı bir inceleme yapılabilir.

Makale detayları

Examining the web pages of distance education centers in Turkey

Yazarlar:

Murat Artsın | Büşra Türkmenoğlu | Şaban Keskin

Yayıncı:

Anadolu University

Ana Başlıklar:

Alan Eğitimleri

Dergi:

Açıköğretim Uygulamaları ve Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.9 Issue 1, pp.172-193

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001283606

pISSN:

2149-2360

distance education

institutional web pages

research

Uzaktan eğitim

kurumsal web sayfaları

araştırma

Sayı

Makale detayları

Examining the web pages of distance education centers in Turkey

Yazarlar: Murat Artsın | Büşra Türkmenoğlu | Şaban Keskin

Yayıncı: Anadolu University

Ana Başlıklar: Alan Eğitimleri

Dergi: Açıköğretim Uygulamaları ve Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.9 Issue 1, pp.172-193

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 1/2023

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001283606

pISSN: 2149-2360

distance education

institutional web pages

research

Uzaktan eğitim

kurumsal web sayfaları

araştırma

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Murat Artsın | Büşra Türkmenoğlu | Şaban Keskin

Yayıncı:

Anadolu University

Ana Başlıklar:

Alan Eğitimleri

Dergi:

Açıköğretim Uygulamaları ve Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.9 Issue 1, pp.172-193

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001283606

pISSN:

2149-2360