Administrative-Related Evaluation for Distance Education Institutions in Turkey

This chapter intends to determine the existing status of distance education at higher education level in Turkey. Recently, there are various institutions in Turkey which provide distance education such as distance education research and application centers, information departments, continuing education centers, head of IT departments etc. However, little is known about their administrative related structuring. This chapter provides a qualitative research which aims to answer following issues: (1) to determine the existing distance learning programs and compulsory joint courses being provided in distance mode, (2) to identify varying titles given to the institutions or units which provide compulsory joint courses or programs in higher education, (3) to determine the LMSs used to provide distance education, (4) to determine e-learning activities in distance education institutions, (5) to identify the roles of administrative staff in distance education institutions.

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Evaluating Distance Education and E-Learning

Online and Distance Learning ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-935-9.ch056 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 654-663

Author(s):

Som Naidu

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

United States ◽

Information Technology ◽

Distance Education ◽

National Survey ◽

The United States ◽

Information And Communications Technology ◽

Communications Technology ◽

Learning Programs ◽

E Learning

The number of distance education and e-learning programs has been on the rise for some time now (Hannan & Silver, 2000). In the United States, the National Survey of Information Technology in Higher Education, as part of its Campus Computing Project, carries out regular surveys of the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in higher education (USA-DOE, 2000).

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Evaluating Distance Education and E-Learning

Encyclopedia of Distance Learning ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-555-9.ch123 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 857-864 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Som Naidu

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

United States ◽

Information Technology ◽

Distance Education ◽

National Survey ◽

The United States ◽

Information And Communications Technology ◽

Communications Technology ◽

Learning Programs ◽

E Learning

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DISTANCE LEARNING AS AN ALTERNATIVE FORM OF CONTINUING EDUCATION: PROBLEMS AND TERMS OF REALISATION

Vestnik Samarskogo iuridicheskogo instituta ◽

10.37523/sui.2020.40.4.014 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 87-92

Author(s):

Сергей Александрович Грязнов

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Distance Education ◽

Distance Learning ◽

Continuing Education ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Educational Technologies ◽

Alternative Form ◽

The Internet ◽

Classical Training ◽

Teaching In Higher Education

Технологии меняют образ жизни и деятельность человека. Глобальная сеть Интернет облегчает быстрый доступ к полезной информации. Социальная, культурная и образовательная конкурентоспособность находятся под влиянием образовательных технологий, которые положительно влияют на стиль, продолжительность и метод обучения в высших учебных заведениях. Дистанционное образование возможно применять и как полноценную самодостаточную форму, и как дополнение к классическому обучению в аудиториях. Автор рассматривает в статье дистанционную форму обучения как альтернативу традиционной форме преподавания в вузах на время периодов самоизоляции (пандемии, сезонные карантины), а также как дополнение к традиционным формам обучения. Анализируются проблемные и положительные аспекты применения данной формы. Указаны возможные форматы обучения в условиях дистанционного образования. Выделены сильные и слабые стороны использования некоторых технологий. Technologies alter the way of living and work of a person. The Internet world network makes it easier to quickly access useful information. Social, cultural and educational competitiveness are influenced by educational technologies that positively influence the style, duration and method of education in higher education institutions. Distance education can be used as a full-fledged self-sufficient form, or as a Supplement to classical training in classrooms. The author considers distance learning as an alternative to the traditional form of teaching in higher education institutions during periods of self-isolation (pandemics, seasonal quarantines), as well as as an addition to traditional forms of education. The problem and positive aspects of using this form are analyzed. Possible formats of training in the conditions of distance education are specified. The strengths and weaknesses of the use of certain technologies are highlighted.

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Preferences of Students towards Conducting Qualitative Research in Social Sciences at Higher Education Level

Organization Theory Review ◽

10.29145/otr/11/010106 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 56-64

Author(s):

Atif Khalil ◽

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Muhammad Saeed ◽

Kanwal Tauheed ◽

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...

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Higher Education ◽

Qualitative Research ◽

Education Level

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Understanding Different Categories of Attrition in Distance Education Program

Encyclopedia of Distance Learning ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-555-9.ch291 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1917-1925

Author(s):

Seung Youn (Yonnie) Chung

Keyword(s):

Distance Education ◽

Distance Learning ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Or Education ◽

Internet Technologies ◽

Service Companies ◽

Learning Programs ◽

E Learning ◽

Research Findings ◽

The U.S

Distance learning is often referred to as taking training or education courses that are either synchronously or asynchronously delivered via various media such as audio, video, or computer, especially Internet technologies in recent years. The number of corporate training programs delivered via Internet technologies (a.k.a., e-learning) has dramatically increased over the last several years. According to ASTD reports (2002, 2003), the percentage of e-learning programs delivered in the Benchmark Service companies in the U.S. increased from 8.8% of total training hours in 2000 to 10.5% in 2001. The number of distance programs offered at degree-granting educational institutions in the U.S. has also gradually increased each year. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (2003), 56% of two-year or four-year degree-granting educational institutions offered distance education (DE) courses during the 12-month 2000-2001 academic year, and during the time period, about 2.8 million students were enrolled in college-level credit-granting DE courses, the majority of which were Internet-based courses. Internet-delivered instruction has gained credibility during recent years as well. Research has shown that there seems to be no significant difference in terms of the effectiveness of instruction delivered in traditional classroom settings and the effectiveness of instruction delivered via the Internet (van Schaik, Barker & Beckstrand, 2003). Such research findings, coupled with potential benefits such as cost-effectiveness and convenience, have likely contributed to the increasing popularity of Internet-delivered distance learning programs.

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Mapeamento das tendências de investigação em Educação a Distância e Elearning, na década 2004-2013: estudo exploratório no contexto português

Revista Brasileira de Política e Administração da Educação - Periódico científico editado pela ANPAE ◽

10.21573/vol34n12018.81245 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 53

Author(s):

Lina Morgado ◽

Angelina Costa

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Distance Education ◽

Research Process ◽

Academic Community ◽

Construction Of Knowledge ◽

Enseñanza Superior ◽

Educación A Distancia ◽

New Public ◽

E Learning ◽

The Relationship

Resumo: O ensino superior vive complexos momentos de mudança à escala mundial. O desenvolvimento exponencial das tecnologias e, consequentemente, da educação a distância e do elearning, os novos públicos que têm acesso a este nível de ensino, o facto de ser, pela sua natureza, um espaço de inovação na relação e construção do conhecimento, os desenvolvimentos científicos, concretamente na área da educação e das tecnologias, são fatores que têm feito emergir necessidades de análise, de avaliação e de reflexão da produção científica, tornando-as tarefas substanciais da comunidade académica. Com este artigo pretende-se esboçar alguns cenários de futuro na educação a distância e elearning, no ensino superior, olhando para a situação de Portugal no contexto europeu. Foram definidos três momentos de investigação. Num primeiro momento, pretende-se delinear o estado da arte da investigação sobre educação a distância e elearning, no ensino superior, mas ir para além dele, num segundo momento, convocando a discussão e a reflexão dos protagonistas no processo. Num terceiro momento, pretende-se confrontar as perspetivas nacionais com as perspetivas de especialistas europeus neste domínio. Os resultados que agora se apresentam constituem ainda um trabalho em progresso e por isso com resultados preliminares e parciais da primeira fase de investigação.Palavras-chave: educação a distância, elearning, ensino superior, investigação, gestão, inovação Abstract: Higher education experiments complex moments of change to a worldwide extent. With the exponential development of technology and, therefore, the distance education and learning, where a new public has access to this level of education. Other factors like being, by its nature, a space for innovation in the relationship and construction of knowledge, scientific developments, particularly in education and technology, contribute to emerging needs analysis, evaluation and reflection of the scientific production, making it the substantial tasks of the academic community. This study aims to outline scenarios of future in distance education and e-learning, in higher education, looking at Portugal's position in the European context. It has been defined three stages of the investigation. Initially, it is intended to outline the state of the art of research on distance education and e-learning, in higher education, but go beyond, in a second moment, summoning discussion and reflection of the protagonists in the process. Thirdly, the prospects of national and European perspectives of specialists in this field will be faced up. Still, in the research process, we present here the global design of the study and preliminary and partial results of phase one of the research.Keywords: distance education, e-learning, higher education, research projects, management, innovation Resumen: La enseñanza superior vive complejos momentos de cambio a escala mundial. El desarrollo exponencial de las tecnologías y, por consiguiente, de la educación a distancia y del elearning, los nuevos públicos que tienen acceso a este nivel de enseñanza, el hecho de ser, por su naturaleza, un espacio de innovación en la relación y la construcción del conocimiento, los desarrollos científicos, concretamente en el ámbito de la educación y de las tecnologías, son factores que han hecho emerger necesidades de análisis, de evaluación y de reflexión de la producción científica, haciéndolas tareas sustanciales de la comunidad académica. Con este artículo se pretende esbozar algunos escenarios de futuro en la educación a distancia y e-learning en la educación superior, mirando la situación de Portugal en el contexto europeo. Se definieron tres momentos de investigación. En un primer momento, se pretende delinear el estado del arte de la investigación sobre educación a distancia y elearning, en la enseñanza superior, pero ir más allá de él, en un segundo momento, convocando la discusión y la reflexión de los protagonistas en el proceso. En un tercer momento, se pretende confrontar las perspectivas nacionales con las perspectivas de expertos europeos en este ámbito. Los resultados que ahora se presentan constituyen todavía un trabajo en progreso y por ello con resultados preliminares y parciales de la primera fase de investigación.Palabras-clave: educación a distancia, elearning, enseñanza superior, investigación, gestión, innovación

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Consórcio Cederj: A História da Construção do Projeto

EAD em FOCO ◽

10.18264/eadf.v7i2.652 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Carlos Eduardo Bielschowsky

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Distance Education ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

New Technologies ◽

Historical Context ◽

The Public ◽

History Of ◽

E Learning ◽

Traditional Institutions ◽

Education In Brazil

O Estado do Rio de Janeiro, juntamente com as universidades públicas (federais e estaduais) sediadas neste estado, iniciou no período 1999-2000 a construção do consórcio Cederj. Neste artigo são apresentados alguns aspectos importantes que influenciaram decisivamente no planejamento inicial desse projeto, tais como o contexto histórico da Educação a Distância no Brasil e em outros países, a situação do ensino superior no Brasil à época, mostrando que a metodologia de Educação a Distância passava por uma transição entre instituições tradicionais? e instituições que iniciavam oferta de cursos com e-learning sob influência das novas tecnologias. É também descrito o desenho acadêmico do projeto inicial, com a distribuição de oferta de cursos semipresenciais no ensino superior nas instituições públicas e os resultados da implementação dos primeiros cursos, que geraram grandes desafios para a continuidade do projeto, considerado um dos casos mais bem-sucedidos dos dias atuais.Palavras-chave: Consórcio Cederj, Fundação Cecierj, História da EaD no Brasil, Darcy Ribeiro, e-learning, Ensino superior, Educação pública. Cederj Consortium: The History of Project ConstructionAbstractThe State of Rio de Janeiro, together with the public universities (federal and state ones) in this referred state, began in 1999-2000 the construction of the Cederj consortium. This article presents some important aspects that influenced decisively the initial planning of this project, such as the historical context of Distance Education in Brazil and in other countries, the situation of higher education in Brazil at the time, showing that the methodology of Distance Education went through a transition between "traditional" institutions and institutions that started offering e-learning courses under the influence of new technologies. It is also described the academic design of the initial project, with the distribution of the offer of blended courses in higher education in public institutions and the results of the implementation of the first courses, which generated great challenges for the continuity of the project, considered one of the most well case nowadays.Palavras-chave: Cederj consortium, Cecierj Foundation, History of EaD in Brazil, Darcy Ribeiro, e-learning, Higher education, Public education.

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Efetividade das Estratégias de Ensino no Desenvolvimento das Competências de Estudantes do Curso de Administração

REVISTA PLURI ◽

10.26843/rpv112018p293-304 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 293

Author(s):

Katia Maria Rocha de Lima

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Distance Education ◽

Online Learning ◽

Learning Style ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

The World ◽

E Learning ◽

On Line ◽

Different Levels

O objetivo desta investigação é estruturar um modelo que avalie a efetividade das estratégias de ensino (tradicional, online e hibrido) utilizadas para o desenvolvimento das competências dos estudantes de graduação em administração, observando o perfil do estudante e o estilo de aprendizagem. A aprendizagem online, baseada no e-learning, tem desempenhado um papel fundamental no ensino e aprendizagem, que se torna cada vez mais popular não apenas em diferentes níveis escolares, mas também em várias instituições de educação superior em todo o mundo (Nedungadi & Raman, 2012). Nesse contexto, a educação a distância emerge como uma oportunidade que pode ampliar as possibilidades de aprendizagem do estudante, implementando ensino totalmente a distância ou no modelo híbrido.Palavras-Chave: Modelos de aprendizagem, e-learning, tradicional, on-line, híbrido.Abstract:The objective of this research is to structure a model that evaluates the effectiveness of teaching strategies (traditional, online and hybrid) used for the development of Administration course undergraduate students’ skills, observing student’s profile and his/her learning style. Online learning, based on e-learning, has played a key role in teaching and learning, which is becoming increasingly popular not only at different levels of education but also in several higher education institutions around the world (Nedungadi & Raman, 2012). In this context, distance education emerges as an opportunity that can broaden students’ learning possibilities, implementing distance education or the hybrid model.

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Elementary EFL Students’ Errors: How Does the Teacher Correct Students’ Errors?

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan ◽

10.17977/jptpp.v5i4.13350 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 459

Author(s):

Baiq Raudatul Jannah ◽

Furaidah Furaidah ◽

Sri Rachmajanti

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Qualitative Research ◽

Elementary Students ◽

First Language ◽

Corrective Feedback ◽

Education Level ◽

Research Subjects ◽

English Class ◽

Efl Students

Abstract: Teacher’s corrective feedback on in English class has been studied many times in secondary or higher education level. However, how a teacher deliver corrective feedback in non-English subjects for students in elementary students rarely become the focus of studies. Therefore, this qualitative research studied the elementary students of International Class Program of SD Laboratorium UM. The second grader and the teachers contributed as the research subjects. There were five corrective feedback types used by the teacher, translation, first language, conversational recast, clarification, and explicit. Those feedbacks were considered as effective feedbacks since the students mostly responded to it.Abstrak: Penelitian tentang feedback korektif guru seringkali diteliti di pendidikan menengah atau di tingkat perguruan tinggi. Namun, bagaimana guru menyampaikan feedback korektif untuk siswa sekolah dasar pada pelajaran non-bahasa Inggris sangat jarang dijadikan fokus penelitian. Maka dari itu, penelitian ini mengkaji bagaimana guru memberikan korektif feedback pada siswa Program Kelas Internasional SD Laboratorium UM. Siswa kelas dua beserta gurunya menjadi subjek penelitian ini. Ada lima jenis feedback korektif yang diberikan guru, yaitu translation, first language, conversational recast, clarification, dan explicit. Feedback tersebut direspons oleh siswa.

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Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Distance Education Programs in Vietnam: Rationale and Future Directions

VNU Journal of Science Education Research ◽

10.25073/2588-1159/vnuer.4176 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Nguyen Huu Cuong ◽

Le My Phong

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Distance Education ◽

Quality Assurance ◽

Distance Learning ◽

Online Education ◽

Education Programs ◽

Future Directions ◽

The World ◽

E Learning ◽

Open And Distance Learning

Distance and online education are popular training modes in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and open education. Accreditation is one of the approaches that many countries across the world have implemented to assure the quality of higher education, including distance learning programs. This study investigates the rationale and future directions for quality assurance and accreditation of distance education programs in Vietnam. First, the paper presents concepts of distance education, and quality assurance and accreditation of distance education. Second, the research reviews experiences of implementing quality assurance and accreditation for distance education from several countries in the world. Next, the paper analyses the rationale for conducting accreditation of distance education programs in our country. Finally, the study proposes three groups of recommendations for the national quality assurance organization, accreditation agencies and higher education institutions to be able to implement the quality assurance and accreditation of distance education in Vietnam successfully. Keywords Quality assurance; Accreditation; Distance education; Online learning; Higher education References [1] UNESCO, Distance education in Asia and the Pacific: country papers, Volume III (Singapore - Vietnam), 2009. www.unesco.org/education/pdf/53-23c.pdf.[2] UNESCO, Open and distance learning: trends, policy and strategy considerations, 2002. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001284/128463e.pdf.[3] Owusu-Boampong, A. & Holmberg, C., Distance education in European higher education – the potential, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, International Council for Open and Distance Education and Study Portals B.V, 2015.[4] Australian University, Distance learning Australia, 2018. http://www.australianuniversities.com.au/distance-learning/.[5] Darojat, O., Nilson, M. & Kaufman, D., Quality assurance in Asian open and distance learning: policies and implementation, Journal of Learning for Development, Vol. 2, No. 2 (2015) 1. [6] Jung, I. & Latchem, C., Quality assurance and accreditation in distance education and e-learning: models, policies and research, Routledge, London, 2012.[7] Wang, Qi., Quality assurance - best practices for assessing online programs, International Journal on Elearning, Vol. 5, No. 2 (2006) 265. [8] Friedman, J., 10 facts about accreditation in online degree programs, U.S.News & World Report, February 9, 2017. https://www.usnews.com.[9] U.S. Department of Education., Accrediting agencies recognized for distance education and correspondence education, 2018. https://www2.ed.gov. [10] The Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-learning (ACODE), Benchmarks for technology enhanced learning, ACODE, Canberra, 2014.[11] Bollaert, L., NVAO’s accreditation of online education in a nutshell, 2015. https://www.nvao.net.[12] Henderikx, P. & Ubachs, G., Quality assurance and accreditation of online and distance higher education, 2017. https://www.unic.ac.cy.[13] Stella A. & Gnanam, A., Quality assurance in distance education: The challenges to be addressed, Higher Education, Vol. 47, No. 2 (2004) 143.[14] Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA), Code of practices for open and distance learning, MQA, Kuala Lumpur, 2013.[15] COL, DEMP & UNESCO, Quality assurance toolkit for distance higher education institutions and programmes, COL, Vancouver, 2009.[16] Vietnamnet, Mở đào tạo từ xa sẽ không cần cấp phép, 2017. http://vietnamnet.vn. [17] Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), Quality assurance of online learning: discussion paper, TEQSA, Melbourne, 2017. [18] Nhân dân Điện tử, Phát triển đào tạo từ xa đúng hướng, 2017. http://www.nhandan.com.vn.[19] Nguyễn Hữu Cương, Một số kết quả đạt được của kiểm định chất lượng giáo dục đại học Việt Nam và hướng triển khai trong tương lai, Tạp chí Quản lý giáo dục, Tập 9 Số 8 (2017) 7.[20] Cục QLCL - Bộ GD-ĐT, Danh sách các CSGD đại học; các trường cao đẳng, trung cấp sư phạm, đã hoàn thành báo cáo tự đánh giá, được kiểm định, 2018 (dữ liệu cập nhật đến ngày 31/8/2018).[21] Cục QLCL - Bộ GD-ĐT, Danh sách các chương trình đào tạo được đánh giá/công nhận, 2018 (dữ liệu cập nhật đến ngày 31/8/2018).

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