GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Distance Education/BL305A
Course Title: Distance Education
Credits 3 ECTS 6
Semester 5 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc.Prof.Dr. Serçin KARATAŞ, Assist.Prof.Dr. Aslıhan TÜFEKÇİ, Assist.Prof.Dr. Hüseyin ÇAKIR
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/sercin, http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/asli, http://www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/hcakir
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  sercin@gazi.edu.tr, sercinkaratas@gmail.com, asli@gazi.edu.tr, hcakir@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Students will have opinion about
distance education progress,
reflection of technology to distance education,
reflection of this development and change.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Introduction to lesson, Basic concepts
2. Week  Historical development
3. Week  Possibilities of distance education
4. Week  Distance education technologies and environments
5. Week  Instructional design
6. Week  The role of instructor and teaching
7. Week  Distance student
8. Week  Midterm week
9. Week  Internet and distance education Administration and politics
10. Week  Distance education theories
11. Week  Distance education applications in Turkiye and in the world
12. Week  Evaluating distance education and learning
13. Week  New approaches to distance education
14. Week  General evaluation of the semester
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  • Distance Education A Systems View. Micheal G. Moore, Greg Kearsley. Thomson Wadsworth. 2005. • Uzaktan Eğitim. Zeki Kaya.PegemA Yayıncılık. 2002. • Theory and Practice of Distance Education. Börje Holmberg.Routledge. 1989. • Teaching and Learning at a Distance Foundations of Distance Education. Micheal Simonson, Sharon Smaldino, Micheal Albright, Susan Zvacek. Merill. 2000. • Foundations of Distance Education. Desmond Keegan. Routledge.1996.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  -
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
18
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
1
22
 Projects
1
60
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
2
28
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
14
2
28
 Reading
10
3
30
 Searching in Internet and Library
10
2
20
 Designing and Applying Materials
3
2
6
 Preparing Reports
3
2
6
 Preparing Presentation
3
2
6
 Presentation
3
1
3
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
7
1
7
 Final and Studying for Final
7
1
7
 Other
0
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
141
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
5.64
 ECTS: 
6
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Know up-to-date information and communication technologies and related concepts.X
2Discuss methods of science.X
3Know effective use of information and communication technologies to maximize learning.X
4Know theories, methods, models and contemporary approaches to instructional technologies.X
5Know developmental and cognitive characteristics and individula differences of learners.X
6Know scientific base of information and communication technologiesX
7Know general and special instructional principles and methods.X
8Know theoretical and technological base of distance education.X
9Know how to plan and organize educational settings tecnologically.X
10Know the development of information and communication Technologies historically and culturally.X
11Know educational material design and development principles.X
12Know print and electronic resources in the field.X
13Use the ways of accessing knowledge.X
14Plan and carry out social responsibility activities and plan and implement professional projects.X
15Follow and implement innovative approaches in the field.X
16Use knowledge and skills in the field to generate creative solutions to educational problems.X
17Design and develop educational materials through information and communication Technologies.X
18Use the professional knowledge and skills in the software development.X
19take responsibility and fulfills the task effectively in individual and group works.X
20Use history, foreign language, world knowledge and general teaching competencies