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Makale Özeti:
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This article intended to reveal the results of a survey study in which the students’
attitudes toward online communication in open and distance learning were investigated.
In the study, affects of the students’ gender and computer experience on their attitudes
were also examined.
A total of 626 subjects participated in the study and ‘Online Communication Attitude
Scale’, developed by Ledbetter, was adapted as the data collection instrument. Mean,
standard deviation, independent t-test, one-way analysis of variance and Tukey HSD
tests were used to analyze the data gathered. The results of the study indicated that
students have in general positive attitudes toward online communication in ODL. Also, it
showed that there is a significant difference in ‘miscommunication’, ‘social connection’
and ‘ease’ dimensions of online communication between the males and the female
students.
The female students see online environments as open to communication errors. On the
other hand, the study supported the literature about the affect of the students’ computer
experience and their attitudes toward online communication in ODL.
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