Mehmet Emin Mutlu

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Professor at Anadolu University

Internet paved the way for educational technologies which have gradually gained importance in the field of education and has passed the learning responsibility to the student. Succeeding this phase, Personal Learning Environments has gained a significance to support students’ active role of in organizing their own learning within online platforms....

Exocortex is a hypothetical technology where the human brain can connect to a brain implant or a computational environment which is in the state of a wearable device, using two-way brain-computer interface, in order to augment the cognitive powers of the human brain such as perception, storage, recollection and processing. Exocortex is expected to...

Bu çalışma uzaktan eğitim ve bununla ilişkili temel teknolojik gelişim durumu dikkate alınarak alanyazın taraması ile elde edilen bulgular doğrultusunda uzaktan eğitimin gelecekteki durumuna ilişkin çıkarımlarda bulunmaktadır. Bu doğrultuda çeşitli veritabanlarında, çalışmada belirlenen anahtar kelimeleri içeren ve belirlenen kriterleri karşılayan,...

Exocortex is a hypothetical technology where the human brain can connect to a brain implant or a computational environment which is in the state of a wearable device, using two-way brain-computer interface, in order to augment the cognitive powers of the human brain such as perception, storage, recollection and processing. Exocortex is expected to...

In a technology dominated world, useful and timely information can be accessed quickly via Intelligent Personal Assistants (IPAs). By the use of these assistants built into mobile operating systems, daily electronic tasks of a user can be accomplished 24/7. Such tasks like taking dictation, getting turn-by-turn directions, vocalizing email messages...

In this study, applicability of a digital lifelog system developed for managing lifelong learning experiences has been investigated. System is designed and developed by the first author of this study and evaluated independently by the other three authors by using action research method. Because of the fact that, life logging applications produce lo...

In this study, record, evaluation and planning of knowledge work experiences in personal research environments is applied via a life logging system, which has ability to capture screen shots and camera shots continuously for a month and then observations of this study are discussed. The life logging system is individually applied by first author fo...

In this study, a life logging system is designed, developed and tested for management of the lifelong learning experiences. In the first stage, theoretical foundations of lifelong learning experiences have been searched and then an applicable and expanded approach is acquired by putting together major informal learning theories. After that, a life...

In this study, process of obtainment and management of learning experiences by using a life kogging system, that captures camera shots and screenshots spontaneously and continuously, is applied and evaluated in scope of a software developer's informal learning experiences. Life logging system is applied for a month by the first author of this paper...

The management of distance education programs in an academic institution is realized in the management processes of the academic institution. This study will present a case in which the coordination and management system of the certificate program and also the use of resources are performed effectively. Turkish Language Certificate Program(TCP) was...

ELBEP (Eliminating Language Barriers in European Prisons Through Open and Distance Education Technology) is a multilateral project funded by the European Union (EU) Lifelong Learning, Grundtvig (Adult Education) Programme. It aims to overcome language/communication problems between prison staff and foreign inmates at European prisons via online lan...

This study will present an Internet-based distance language learning model at Anadolu University and will try to find out students' views about distance language learning. Firstly, the positive and negative aspects of using ICT in distance language learning will be mentioned briefly. Then, Turkish Language Certificate Programme (TSP), which can be...

Avrupa‟da yaşayan Türklerin anadillerinde yüksek öğretim ihtiyaçlarının karşılamaları için ülkemizdeki eğitim/öğretim kurumlarının açtıkları programlardan uzaktan eğitim teknolojileri aracılığı ile yararlanmaları mümkün olacaktır. Özellikle 2. 3. ve 4. kuşak Türkler yaşadıkları ülkede anadil sorunlarını maddi ya da siyasi nedenlerden dolayı çözümle...

In the twenty first centuries information age to obtain information and learning environment diversification leads to change learning process. Information obtained at the end of school in traditional education process meets a part of lifelong learning needs of learners. Increase at the level of individual information in different areas led to incre...

This study discusses online support in the Distance English Language Teaching (DELT) Program within the open education system at Anadolu University and whether the frequency of online support use has an effect on student grades. The DELT Program is a blended program in that it has both face-to-face and distance education components. The first two y...

This study analyzes the open and distance learning opportunities at various levels starting from primary education to bachelor's education offered to individuals having needs for education and tries to determine the potential for using e-Learning in the Turkish open education system as a whole evaluating the e-learning experiences at Anadolu Univer...

Anadolu University in Turkey is one of the world's largest and least known mega-universities. Well over one million students in Turkey, the European Union and Northern Cyprus are enrolled in its Open Education System and yet few accounts of this dual-mode provider appear in the international literature. This article describes the evolution of the A...

In Turkey, the open education opportunities for higher education are provided by Anadolu University. The basic instructional materials were books, TV programs and face-to-face tutorials when the Open Education System was first established in 1982. In the 2000s, as the number of students began approaching one million, and with the advancement in edu...

This study proposes a multiphase road map including steps such as e-Exam, e- Facilitator, e-Book, e-Television, e-Audio Book, e-Practice and e-Course for transition to very large scale e-learning applications in open universities taking e-learning experiences gained at Anadolu University between 1999-2006 as the starting point. The suggested road m...

Bu çalışmada Açıköğretim Fakültesi İngilizce Öğretmenliği Lisans Programı‘nda uygulanan “internet destekli açıköğretim modeli” tanıtılarak, modelin uygulanmasında elde edilen deneyimler aktarılmaktadır. Açıköğretim Fakültesi İngilizce Öğretmenliği Lisans Programı (İÖLP), ilk ve orta öğretimde giderek aratan yabancı dil öğretmeni talebini karşılamad...

This chapter describes how a traditional distance education provider, Anadolu University of Turkey, integrated computer-supported learning into its traditional distance courses. Anadolu University has been struggling with offering quality education to their large body of distance learners (approximately 1 million). To do so, the university tries to...

This chapter describes how a traditional distance education provider, Anadolu University of Turkey, integrated computer-supported learning into its traditional distance courses. Anadolu University has been struggling with offering quality education to their large body of distance learners (approximately 1 million). To do so, the university tries to...

The design and development of the traditional instructional materials used in the open education system of Anadolu University is achieved by the units specialized in their own subject area using the organization and infrastructure of the university. E-learning systems are designed and developed with the collaboration of the units developing the tra...

The creation of social interaction possibilities for distance learning will help decrease the isolation of those learners. It is also necessary to facilitate the social interaction of learners doing team work. Thus, more learners will be willing for participation. One of the ways of achieving this aim is to use discussion boards. This CMC method ca...

Anadolu University is among the top ten universities of the world in terms of the number of students in the Open Education System. Learning environments based on information technologies is getting more important day by day in the Open Education System which was based on learning via textbook, TV and face-to-face academic advisory in its early year...

Internet-based self tests, drill & practices and tutorials are commonly produced for the students at the Open Education System in Anadolu University. The Open Education System is a candidate as the biggest institution in Turkey that performs the publishing of educational content on the Internet when the target audience is considered as a main facto...

This presentation intends to introduce the first undergraduate level Internet-based distance education program of Turkey. The presentation provides details about different aspects of the program such as characteristics of learners enrolled, instructional strategies employed, media used, evaluation system administered, and legal issues considered. I...

ZET Anadolu Üniversitesi Açıköğretim sisteminin temel bileşenleri başlangıçta, uzaktan öğretim tekniklerine göre tasarlanmış ders kitapları, televizyonda yayınlanan eğitim programları, diğer üniversitelerde akşamları ve hafta sonları düzenlenen yüzyüze akademik danışmanlık dersleri ve tüm yurtta aynı anda düzenlenen merkezi örgün sınavlardan oluşma...

RÉSUMÉ : Cet article est à propos de formation des candidats de professeurs d'anglais via l'enseignement à distance à l'Université Anadolu en Turquie. Il décrit également quel rôle l'enseignement à distance, particulièrement l'e-learning, joue dans la mise en œuvre du droit à l'éducation. Le programme contribue d'une part à trouver des solutions au...

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Özet. Anadolu Üniversitesi Açiköğretim Sistemi öğrenci Sayisi açisindan dünyanin ilk on üniversitesi arasinda bulunmaktadir. Başlangiçta kitap, televizyon ve yüz yüze akademik danişmanlik bileşenlerine dayali olarak tasarlanan açiköğretim sisteminde, bilgi teknolojilerine dayali öğrenme ortamlari giderek önem kazanmaya başlamiştir. Bu çalişmada 200...

In the twenty first centuries information age to obtain information and learning environment diversification leads to change learning process. Information obtained at the end of school in traditional education process meets a part of lifelong learning needs of learners. Increase at the level of individual information in different areas led to incre...

The number of students using the e-learning services provided by the central open education system at Anadolu University has been increasing day by day. More than 200 thousand students used the e-Book, e-Practice, e-Exam, e-Facilitator Service, e-Television, and e-Audio Book that are available in the Open Education e-Learning Portal in the 2004-200...

In the 2000s, the variety of the open education services provided in the Internet and the number of students using these services in the central high open education system executed by Anadolu University have increased substantially. The central Open Education e-Support Service was planned and has been implemented for 22 open education service sites...

In order to support the studies of the students at Anadolu University Open Education System with the most up-to-date information and communication technologies, an e-Course environment was designed and the development of 24 courses in this format began in 2006. The origin of the e-Course structure is based on practice software developed for the Ope...