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Anadolu University · Department of Distance Education

Online surveys are widely used in social science research as well as in empirical studies of open, online, and distance education. However, students' responses are likely to be at odds with their actual behavior. In this context, we examined the discrepancies between self-reported use and actual use (i.e., learning analytics data) among 20,646 stud...

Açık ve uzaktan öğrenme ortamlarında başarı için gerek şart olarak kabul edilen eylem yeterliği faktörü, öğrenme motivasyonunun önemli bir parçası ve öğrenen başarısının tamamlayıcısı olarak kabul edilmektedir. Bu bakış açısıyla açık ve uzaktan öğrenenlerin eylem yeterliklerinin incelenmesi önem taşımaktadır. Bu bağlamda bu çalışmanın amacı, Anadol...

The literature is considerably rich about engagement and academic achievement in the context of open and distance learning. However, there is limited research that investigates these variables with large scale participants. In this regard, the aim of this research was to investigate causal correlations between e-learning engagement time and academi...

Support services are very significant elements for all educational institutions in general; however, for distance learners, these services are more essential than traditional (face-to-face) counterparts. One of the most important reasons for this is that learners and instructors do not share the same physical environment and that distance learning...

One of the basic challenges in distance education is motivational issues that distance learners encounter because of the factors such as separation in time and space from teachers, other learners, and learning sources. In an effort to minimize this drawback and increase learners’ participation into learning processes by motivating distant learners,...

One of the basic challenges in distance education is motivational issues that distance learners encounter because of the factors such as separation in time and space from teachers, other learners, and learning sources. In an effort to minimize this drawback and increase learners’ participation into learning processes by motivating distant learners,...

Anadolu University Open Education System has been providing educational services both in Turkey and abroad since 1982 in order to provide equal opportunity in higher education. With its 35 years of experience, the Open Education System, which supports learners' lifelong learning process, offers both online and face-to-face learning and support serv...

In this study, it was aimed to determine the number and level of use of the 10 learning materials most frequently used in Beta eLearning Portal by the registered students in Anadolu University Open Education System in the 2015-2016 Fall semester and to investigate the difference in the academic achievement of the learners regarding the different le...

One of the basic challenges in distance education is motivational issues that distance learners encounter because of the factors such as separation in time and space from teachers, other learners, and learning sources. In an effort to minimize this drawback and increase learners’ participation into learning processes by motivating distant learners,...

Bölümlendirme (segmentasyon), verilerin benzer özelliklerine göre homojen alt gruplara bölünmesidir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Anadolu Üniversitesi Açıköğretim Sistemine kayıtlı öğrenenleri benzerlik ve farklılıklarına göre kümelere ayırmaktır. Yapılacak bölümlendirme ile öğrenenlerin özelliklerine uygun hizmet sunulması için bir bilgi altyapısı elde ed...

The objective of this study is to analyze mobile learning studies that use activity theory as a theoretical framework. Activity theory attempts to understand unity of the consciousness and activity, and is a powerful instrument that involves the concepts of object-orientedness, history, mediating, collaboration and development in constructing consc...

Segmentation means dividing explained entities into homogeneous subgroups by benefiting from the similar features. Segmentation is generally used in marketing. It is used education area in particular to higher education. Segmentation studies may contribute to rendering customized services to similar learners, specification of the students that may...