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Makale Özeti:
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As the ―Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education‖ approaches its tenth year, it
seemed appropriate to assess to what extent its original goals had been achieved by
conducting a content analysis of the Notes for Editors1
and articles in the issues of
appearing between January 2000 and October 2008. The analysis involved
determining the articles‘ countries of origin, sectors represented, and focus and
frequency of the topics covered. It was found that the majority of articles were from
Asian countries, with Turkey providing the greatest number of contributions. There
were also many papers from the Middle East, Africa, South America, USA, Eastern and
Western Europe, and Australia. These articles covered a very wide range of topics and
while the quality varied, there has been a appreciable improvement in the research
and reporting since the journal‘s inception. Some of the papers, presenting nonWestern
perspectives, are particularly illuminating. The earlier articles tended to be
descriptive or theoretical, but the more recent papers have been quantitativeexperimental
and qualitative-descriptive studies into distance education and elearning
needs, policies, procedures, practices and outcomes. Overall, the papers
reveal a greater concern for teaching and learning than the technology per se. Some
conclusions were drawn on the achievements of TOJDE and some possible future
directions for the journal.
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