At the end of this course, the students; 1) Understand basic concepts related to distance education, 2) Relate known learning theories and instructional methods with distance education, 3) Gain knowledge about the history of distance education in Turkey and in the world, together with some specific projects of several countries, 4) Learn the techniques and methods to deliver a course via distance education technologies, 5) Learn organizational and classroom management issues in open and distance education applications, 6) Gain knowledge about the features of learning and content management systems used for delivering content through internet-based technologies, 7) Use related software/systems to prepare interactive content for e-delivery, 8) Create course materials by using distance education software,
MODE OF DELIVERY
E-Learning
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
-
COURSE DEFINITION
This course covers the philosophy of open and distance learning with developments in the world and in Turkey regarding the changing roles of teachers and learners. In this course, students determine strategies for different learning situations by seeing classroom management and educational practices used in distance education, as opposed to in-class, depending on the technologies used in distance education. By examining the developing open learning resources, personalized learning environments and learning the student support services to be provided to these environments, students gain experience in preparing individual teaching materials and discover the problems and solutions related to distance education through existing research and evaluation methods, together with case studies.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
1st Week Introduction to Open and Distance Education
2nd Week
2nd Week Context of open Distance Education
3rd Week
3rd Week History and Theories of DE
4th Week
4th Week Open and Distance Education Technologies (Software, Systems and Tools)
5th Week
5th Week Open And Distance Education Applications Today-and Copyright Issues
6th Week
6th Week Instructional Design for Open and DE.
7th Week
7th Week Instructional Design and Applications for Open and DE.
8th Week
8th Week Mid-term exam
9th Week
9th Week Learnera and ınstructors/Guidance in Open and DE
10th Week
10th Week Management of Organizations and classroom in Open and and DE
11th Week
11th Week Development of Open And Distance Education Materials
12th Week
12th Week Web and Internetsystems in Open and DE
13th Week
13th Week Open and DE Applications such as MOOCs-Massive Open online Courses and theories behind
14th Week
14th Week Evaluation of Open and DE
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Garrison, D. R. & Anderson, T. (2003). E-Learning in the 21st Century. USA: Routledge. Gülbahar, Y. (2017). e-öğrenme. Ankara: Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık. Kalelioğlu, F., Cabı E., Yalçınalp S., Ersoy H., Avcı Ü. ve Ergün E. (2015). Öğretim Teknolojileri ve Materyal Tasarımı. Ankara: Pegem. Moore, M. G. (2013). Handbook of Distance Education (3rd ed.). USA: Lawrence Erlbaum. Simonson M. R., Smaldino, S. E. & Zvacek, S. (2002). Teaching and Learning at a Distance: Foundations of Distance Education (2nd Edition). Prentice Hall, USA.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Mid-term
1
30
Assignment
1
10
Project
1
20
Total(%)
60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
40
Total(%)
100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities
Number
Hours
Workload
Midterm exam
1
1
1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam
1
25
25
Course hours
14
2
28
Preparation for Midterm exam
1
10
10
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
1
2
2
Homework
2
14
28
Total Workload
94
Total Workload / 30
3,13
ECTS Credits of the Course
3
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
