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Makale Özeti:
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Traditional education systems can sometimes become inadequate in the face of
technological developments. Individuals, whose educational needs cannot be met by
traditional education systems, can tend to search for alternatives and can have different
demands in order to meet with these needs. These demands of the individuals can be
reciprocated by managements and internet-based education methods, which remove
limitations of time and space, provide facilities and equal opportunities, comply with
student-centered educational approach and use computer and internet technologies, can
be put into practice. Appearing before us sometimes as an alternative to the traditional
education and sometimes as a support, these applications began to occupy an important
place in the education systems of our era.
This study, which was conducted by general survey method in view of this importance,
aims to learn opinions of “masters’ students on the efficiency of distance education
applications.” Survey of “Distant Education and Technologies Assessment,” developed by
Aktas (2008) and adapted to Istanbul sampling by the researcher, was used in order to
determine opinions. University students, who are doing masters without thesis at Social
Sciences Institute Educational Administration Supervision Planning and Economics
Department of Fatih University in 2013-2014 academic years, constitute the study group
of the research. All of the students in the study group were reached. As a result of the
study, masters’ students believe that “distance education applications” fills a very
important void for individuals that experience difficulties especially in time management
despite some of its inconveniencies. By looking at the results of the study, it is suggested
that measures, which provide further dissemination of distance education application by
will improve their technical competencies, should be taken.
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