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Depending on the evolving technological possibilities, distance and online education
applications have gradually gained more significance in the education system. Regarding
the issues, such as advancements in the server services, disc capacity, cloud computing
opportunities resulting from the increase in the number of the broadband internet users,
web design applications; and increase in the number of mobile device and social media
users and the time spent on the internet, traditional reading and working habits as well
as the preferred information resources of man have considerably changed. In accordance
with these changes, it has become an inevitable necessity to improve the higher
education courses and learning materials. Any higher education system, which fails to
keep up with these requirements, will inevitably have difficulties in providing the
students with the necessary knowledge and skills within an appropriate workload frame.
Within this context, one of the fields to benefit from distance and online education
opportunities is undoubtedly “architecture and design education”. Although the use of
computer technologies is inevasible and highly intensive in this field, the speed of
conformance with the rapid technological changes and the adoption of the advancements
is considerably slow compared to others. However, it is still among the fields where the
technological opportunities are utilized at most. Thereby, distance and online education
technologies present an essential potential to help students achieve the required
planning and architectural knowledge and skills. In this respect, this article evaluates the
distance and online education opportunities for design and planning education through
the experience of Anadolu University.
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