Distance education activities in sakarya university for associate, undergraduate and post-graduate degrees

Ilyas S., Ilyas G., Evirgen H.

5th International Multi-Conference on Complexity, Informatics and Cybernetics, IMCIC 2014 and 5th International Conference on Society and Information Technologies, ICSIT 2014, Florida, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, 4 - 07 Mart 2014, ss.72-75 identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Florida
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.72-75
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Associate degree, Distance education, Learning managementsystem, Post-graduate degree, Undergraduate degree
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

In Turkey, the application of distance education was first started m Law Faculty of Ankara University in 1958. As open learning program, distance education was started by Anadolu University in 1981. By time, other universities started their own distance education programs. As a consequence of the improvement of internet infrastructure in Turkey, a new distance education type, internet based distance education gained recognition by universities. Today, Sakarya University has I distance education background for granting both certificates and university degrees. The distance education activities is being performed by Distance Education Center in Sakarya University which provides technical support for programs and supplies the infrastructure for distance education system. Nowadays, printed materials, broadcasting and visual tools are the most common instruments used in distance education. Students can access these materials both synchronously and asynchronously ftrough internet.