COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DISTANCE EDUCATION: THEORY, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BTÖ 5002 DISTANCE EDUCATION: THEORY, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE COMPULSORY 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Computer Education and Instructional Technology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BAHAR BARAN

Offered to

Computer Education and Instructional Technology

Course Objective

Distance education is a teaching system in which teachers and students are in different locations. E-learning is a kind of distance education. In this course, fundamental issues of e-learning will be discussed. These are; history of distance education, design of e-learning, learning theories influencing e-learning, e-learner, e-teacher and future of e-learning.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Compare distance education with e-learning
2   Use the fundamental e-learning concepts
3   Understand learning theories and instructional method and strategies used in e-learning
4   Set up and use Technologies used in e-learning
5   Assert and understand the role and responsibilities of students in e-learning
6   Assert and understand the role and responsibilities of teacher in e-learning
7   Understand the design process of e-learning environments

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Fundamentals of e-learning
2 History of e-learning Discussion group (asynchronous learning)
3 Theories in e-learning
4 Facebook, twitter ,etc in education
5 Scientific Research findings in E-learning
6 Technology in E-learning
7 Second Life
8 Internet, Web, content of e-learning
9 Learning management system in E-learning
10 Course Design in e-learning
11 E-learner
12 E-teacher
13 Change and transformation in e-learning
14 E-evaluation
15 End-of-term exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Işman, A. (2011). Uzaktan eğitim. Pegem. Ankara.
Gülbahar, Y. (2009). E- öğrenme. Pegem. Ankara.
Uşun, S. (2006). Uzaktan eğitim. Pegem. Ankara.
Diğer ders materyalleri: Öğretim üyesi sunuları, ve rehber materyalleri

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRS PRESENTATION
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.40 + ASG * 0.40 + PRS * 0.20


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Yrd.Doç.Dr. Bahar BARAN
Dokuz Eylül Üniversity
Buca Education Faculty
Hasan Ali Yücel Binası, Kat:3, Oda:308
35160 Buca/Izmir/ TURKEY

Office Hours

Friday 13.00-15.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparing assignments 2 60 120
Preparing presentations 1 25 25
Project Assignment 1 40 40
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 211

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.15222
LO.252
LO.352
LO.45231154
LO.55222
LO.65222
LO.752

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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