ugur - Demiray

Anadolu University · Faculty of Communication Sciences

This chapter intends to determine the existing status of distance education at higher education level in Turkey. Recently, there are various institutions in Turkey which provide distance education such as distance education research and application centers, information departments, continuing education centers, head of IT departments etc. However,...

Today, distance education institutions are different from other traditional organizational structures because they require a virtual structuring. Therefore, the concept and practice of educational leadership is considered as a special area in distance education management process. As a requirement of 21st century, distance education leadership has...

化，然而，惩教机构却经常限制或者禁止犯人上网。澳大利亚、英国、土耳其和尼日利亚4 国各有 一所主要从事远程教育的大学在不同程度运用技术手段向监狱提供高等教育。本文旨在研究它们在如 何（尤其是运用技术手段） 向监狱提供远程教育方面的地区性差异。这4 个国家惩教机构的囚犯在使 用计算机、个人设备和因特网等方面都存在显著差异。本文通过分析向囚犯提供远程教育的相关学习 项目和从中汲取的经验教训，研究这些差异对远程教育进监狱的影响。 【关键词】矫正教育；数字融合；数字鸿沟；高等教育；数字公平

IN THE FRAME of NEO-LIBERAL APPROACH FOR MOBILITY (WESTERNIZATION) OF UDEEEWANA MEMBER COUNTRIES DISTANCE EDUCATION SYSTEMS Prof. Dr. Ugur DEMIRAY Anadolu University Eskisehir, TURKEY ABSRACT Understanding and movement of the UDEEEWANA (United Distance Education for Eastern Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa) creation is getting bigger an...

Uluslararası Uzaktan Eğitim Araştırmaları Konferansı “Türk Dünyası ve Uzaktan Eğitim” IDERC 2016, Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi. 26-28 Mayıs, 2016, İstanbul, Turkey UDEEEWANA’NIN OLUŞUMUNDA ANADOLU ÜNİVERSİTESİ’NİN LİDERLİK ROLÜ ve TÜRK DÜNYASINDA UZAKTAN EĞİTİME KATKI BOYUTLARI Uğur DEMİRAY UDEEEWANA Kurucu Başkanı Anadolu Üniversitesi Eskişehir,...

ABSTRACT As a result of improvements in computer and communication technologies, there has been a remarkable increase in new approaches, methods and techniques aiming to achieve more effective and efficient educational experiences. As today’s digital era highly requires limitless, rapid flow in sharing and obtaining the information, new ways of ed...

As a result of improvements in computer and communication technologies, there has been a remarkable increase in new approaches, methods and techniques aiming to achieve more effective and efficient educational experiences. As today’s digital era highly requires limitless, rapid flow in sharing and obtaining the information, new ways of education ge...

Around the world, various correctional jurisdictions are struggling to enable the delivery of higher education into prisons. At a time when universities are moving increasingly online, very often access to the internet is restricted or disallowed in correctional environments. Four universities, all leading distance education providers in the countr...

Around the world, various correctional jurisdictions are struggling to enable the delivery of higher education into prisons. At a time when universities are moving increasingly online, very often access to the internet is restricted or disallowed in correctional environments. Four universities, all leading distance education providers in the countr...

Around the world, various correctional jurisdictions are struggling to enable the delivery of higher education into prisons. At a time when universities are moving increasingly online, very often access to the internet is restricted or disallowed in correctional environments. Four universities, all leading distance education providers in the countr...

POSSIBILITIES FOR FEATURES OF WORK WITH GIFTED STUDENTS IN DISTANCE EDUCATION Prof. Dr. Ugur DEMIRAY Anadolu Universit, Turkey Faculty of Communication Sciences udemiray@anadolu.edu.tr Lect. Utku KOSE Usak University, Turkey Computer Sciences App. and Res. Center utku.kose@usak.edu.tr ABSTRACT As a result of improvements in computer and communi...

ABSTRACT Rapidly developments are gaining more attention on our planet and our daily life than ever before. We have newer and more complex questions as well as greater challenges and vast new opportunities. Today’s institutions, policy makers, scholars and students of traditional and distance education in higher education are different than the org...

Rapidly developments are getting much more important our planet and our daily life than ever before. We have had newer and complexes questions and greater challenges as well as vast new opportunities. Today’s institutions, policy makers, scholars and students of the traditional and distance education in higher education are different than the organ...

Today, distance education institutions are different from other traditional organizational structures because they require a virtual structuring. Therefore, the concept and practice of educational leadership is considered as a special area in distance education management process. As a requirement of 21st century, distance education leadership has...

Mobile learning has been one of the reflections of the widespread adoption of wireless technology and Internet access from any place and anytime if requested. Technology and pedagogy are two main elements in mobile learning platform to identify in terms of educational process. Technology defines the platform and pedagogy defines the learning approa...

Wide-scale implementation of technology-enhanced learning in schools and higher education has been supported by national and institutional level strategies and policies. In this paper for the first time we compare and contrast the strategic development of technology enhanced learning on the national and institutional levels in Estonia and Turkey, r...

As we know communication is vital and essential concept for our life which it is start before we birth. It is with us up to we die. According to some opinion, it carries on also after our dying period also too. As the same our educational background and its process is parallel to the communication life. Both of them look likes such as each part of...

The aim of the book is to depict both the political and educational policy of European Countries from media education point of view. Turkiye is also added with her situational profile, organized by Nurdan Oncel Taskiran at the end of the chapters.

This paper will mention the distance education practices in Turkey, and will examine and discuss the role of leadership which should be undertaken by Turkey in the region of Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Baltic, Turkic, Caucasian, the Middle East and North Africa regions. International distance education organizations in the world are not well organ...

The main objective of this study was to determine to what extent the students in the two Balkan countries are interested in starting their own business after graduating from institutions of higher education in the field of economics and business. Of key importance is exploring the opinion of students whether it is necessary the formal education to...

This review examines The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education (TOJDE) over a ten years period from 2000-2010. The study provides an opportunity to examine publishing activities such as number of published articles, authors, research topics and methods, and analyses of TOJDE’s website such as time users stay on site and user profiles. After...

This paper will mention the distance education practices in Turkey, and will examine and discuss the role of leadership which should be undertaken by Turkey in the region of Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Baltic, Turkic, Caucasian, the Middle East and North Africa regions. International distance education organizations in the world are not well organ...

Meta communication plays a key role in foreign language learning and teaching. Broadly speaking, meta communication is communication about communication. Meta communication is something that goes beyond communication and all language learners and teachers should be familiar with its existence. It should be stressed that meta communication which acc...

Gutenberg‟in matbaayı icat etmesinden sonra geçmiş 500 yüzyıl içinde doğrusal olarak gelişen klasik eğitim son yıllardaki teknolojik değişimlerle yerini yavaş yavaş e-öğrenme konusuna bırakmaktadır. Bunlar biçimsel ya da biçimsel olmayan farklı form ve formatlarda değişik yöntemlerle ortaya konmaya başlamıştır. Geçmişten günümüze gelen eski uygulam...

This chapter examines and focuses on some issues and questions relating to how the use of meta communication concept should be functional and how it could influence knowledge building process. In addition to this, the role of mass communication and the mass communication tools which can be regarded as vital for distance learning, primarily the Inte...

Online discussion has become one of the most effective teaching tools in recent years in terms of its power to promote students' critical thinking skills in educational contexts. This chapter aims at presenting an overview of recently conducted research studies on critical thinking and online discussions, explaining online discussion as a pedagogic...

One of the ways in which distance education is capable of reaching online learners is the basis and method of meta-communication. Therefore, it is important to understand how to design reflective online conversations and how to implement a diverse milieu for prospective online learners so that they are able to transfer their information, knowledge,...

In this chapter, results of European studies and projects coordinated also by authors i.e. ARIEL (Analysing and Reporting on the Implementation of Electronic Learning in Europe) and SIMPEL are presented showing that IT-based online learning activities in companies often face a series of problems. Secondly, some issues related to the design of new w...

Mobile learning is a new way of learning in contemporary education, and it is one of the latest stages information society has reached. Cell phones/PDA’s, which are launched as the most enhanced instruments of mobile systems, posses certain peculiar characteristics compared to existing computers in terms of accessing, sharing, and creating informat...

All distance education institutions need inform their target audience (in this case, target students) about their education programs. In order to do this, distance education institutions apply some marketing communication activities including advertising. Distance education institutions have to use media to send their messages to target audiences....

The main aim of this descriptive study is to review the marketing strategies and applications of English Language Teaching (ELT) programs via distance education. The study, firstly, introduces the role of English as a global language in the 21st century and the importance of marketing of English Language Teaching (ELT) programs, examines using ways...

This section of the book is going to provide discussion on the utilisation of the knowledge economy in the information age has been promoted by various tools both for communication and marketing purposes. ICTs have proven their propensity to influence the flow, acquisition, and dissemination of information across the globe. The business and educati...

In our times, many educational institutions are providing online degree programs for learners by supplementing their traditional offline class with web-based online educational devices. This chapter aims at stressing important issues in online education with reference to e-pedagogy and marketing of online education programs. It defines online learn...

This chapter aims to open a discussion on how tertiary level students of 21st century transform from passive receivers of courses to producer – consumers. The chapter brings up a new term that is “prodsumer.” The term explains that students assume two roles simultaneously. By designing the learning programs, deciding the technology, and by choosing...

Exchange agreements between universities and new technologies are influencing the education-learning process during the past few years. E-learning has become an educational tool with several applications and the main aim of facilitating student learning process and adapting it to the social and professional reality. In this study, the authors prese...

Sustainable development of a country largely depends on education, which is one of the most important dimensions of development. Open and distance learning (ODL) means working towards achieving sustainability in human development by providing educational opportunities to people all across the country. Many significant measures have been initiated b...

In any marketing campaign, whether it is for soap, financial services, or online education, there are a range of important issues to consider. Any educator will have their own list, but this chapter will suggest that an online education marketeer will need to consider at least the following: The e-learning product itself – its strengths, weaknesses...

This chapter attempts to put forward the customer orientation in designing online education (OE) services. The study also tries to reflect an in-depth understanding about the vital role of marketing practices on the online education programs (OEPs) and to show the online education administrators, coordinators, and practitioners the significance of...

It can be seen that due to increasing importance of public relation efforts, mega universities started to assign more place to corporate identity elements in their web pages. Those universities also include visual corporate identity in their web pages. Those institutions may differentiate themselves from other universities only via their corporate...

A growing number of colleges and universities are using social media as an integral component of their marketing strategy, because they realize marketing is not a marketer-led, one-way form of communication, but a student-led, two-way dialogue. By becoming part of this conversation, educational institutions can learn about how to incorporate social...

This chapter examines the marketing of e-learning and challenges facing distance education in Africa. While discussing the growing trend in distance education, this chapter also examines the socio-political and economic factors limiting its effectiveness on the continent. The conclusion of this chapter is that the crisis within the African state co...

To serve a significant portion of the student population, adult learners, in the academy in the 21st century, this chapter argues that online education (e.g., e-learning) has the potential to open wider the door to greater access and advancement for learners across their life spans than the traditional, four walled classroom teaching. Some of the m...

Like in all areas, virtual communities make their presence felt in the area of healthcare. Virtual communities play an important role in healthcare in terms of gathering information on healthcare, sharing of personal interests, and providing social support. Virtual communities provide a way for a group of peers to communicate with each other. In th...

This chapter discusses considerations for marketing select distance education courses in health education. Five questions and answers are provided regarding: (a) implementing feasibility analyses for course development; (b) course augmentation strategies using distance education offerings; and (c) identifying important developmental aspects of prop...

With student population on the rise globally, colleges and universities face daunting new challenges to accommodate the increased demand for services (Marginson, 2006). The historic threshold of 100 million students worldwide has been crossed and the prospect of reaching the figure of 125 million students will be attained before 2020 (NCES, 1993)....

This section of the book is going to provide a definition and the role of online education in today’s world. In this section, online education is going to be used interchangeably with similar-minded terms as e-learning, Internet, e-pedagogy, and the application of technology in education and the corporate world. The author will go beyond the role o...

This chapter examines marketing messages that may persuade older adult learners to enroll in online higher education programs. It builds on a theoretical framework of the factors in adults’ decisions to enroll in higher education programs. A demographic shift has been occurring that will influence the population targeted for academic online educati...

This chapter presents a marketing model for four-year higher education institutions that may be appropriate for engaging aging Baby Boomers in lifelong learning. Baby Boomers will challenge higher education institutions to rethink their customer base and respond to a different set of needs from that exhibited by traditional students and by adult le...

Nowadays, the concept of ‘brand’ is getting more important for organizations because of the developments on information communication technologies, the increase of the competition, and the changes of the consumer behaviors, needs, and wants. So the organizations strive to have a strong brand to differentiate from their competitors and to position t...

Distance learning programs have influenced nearly all aspects of higher education. Extended campus locations at many colleges and universities have been assigned administrative responsibility for distance learning programs. The merger of these highly visible programs creates an educational leadership paradigm shift that draws attention to itself. T...

Türkiye'de E-Öğrenme, E-Öğrenme Paradigma Değişimi ve Ekonomik Boyutu, E-Öğrenme Tasarımlanması, Türkiye'den E- Öğrenme Örnekleri, E- Öğrenme Bilgi Hizmetleri, E- Öğrenme Açılımları, E- Öğrenmeden Mobil Öğrenmeye

"Meta Communication" is the process between message designers when they are talking about the learning process, as distinguished from their articulation of the "substantive" learning, itself. To understand knowledge building it is essential to distinguish learning-"the process through which the cultural capital of a society is made available to suc...

Open and distance learning systems (ODLS) brought about immeasurable advancement in the delivery of education. Albeit all the benefits ODLS offers, there are some issues that need to be addressed. One of the most prevalent issues is the problem of persistent academic dishonesty. Much research effort has been devoted to explain why students commit a...

The changing dimensions of distance education methodologies, new roles of distance teachers, and learners and use of modern communication technologies have necessitated putting ethics on the top of agenda of educational administrators, thinkers and practitioners. This chapter highlights major outcomes emerged from the research, theory, practice and...

In an era when the distance teaching institution, irrespective of their type, namely single mode, dual mode, mixed mode and consortium, is involved in distance education, for the benefit of the aspirants targeted for each programme of study, which are on offer, this chapter discusses the ethics in the ambit of distance education. After citing reaso...

Today, e-learning and various online education applications are used in more countries and educational institutions than ever before. However, as the industry grows, so do issues of ethical concern such as plagiarism, electronic voyeurism, and licensing. Ethical Practices and Implications in Distance Learning outlines a systems approach as the fram...

In an era when the distance teaching institution, irrespective of their type, namely single mode, dual mode, mixed mode and consortium, is involved in distance education, for the benefit of the aspirants targeted for each programme of study, which are on offer, this chapter discusses the ethics in the ambit of distance education. After citing reaso...

Education is intimately connected with ethics, because holistically speaking education is more than simply passing examinations and acquiring degrees. Education is character building and life long learning. Savants and philosophers throughout the history of humankind have borne testimony to this aspect of education. Today there is a great deal of e...

Education is intimately connected with ethics, because holistically speaking education is more than simply passing examinations and acquiring degrees. Education is character building and life long learning. Savants and philosophers throughout the history of humankind have borne testimony to this aspect of education. Today there is a great deal of e...

The changing dimensions of distance education methodologies, new roles of distance teachers, and learners and use of modern communication technologies have necessitated putting ethics on the top of agenda of educational administrators, thinkers and practitioners. This chapter highlights major outcomes emerged from the research, theory, practice and...

Education is now a global product with institutions worldwide competing for students and finding ever more creative ways to satisfy student needs and preferences. With the continuing rise in the preference for flexible distance learning, educational institutions are finding that when students and faculty have significantly different cultural backgr...

Researchesto have very important role in the procesess for deep reading to reaching of knowledge, evaluation of knowledge and social system and occuring of the societies. Besides of the traditional education systems, distance education systems applications are taking a place in Turkish society as being very important educational institute. One and...

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This paper describes two teacher training programmes offered through Anadolu University's Open Education Faculty (OEF). The first programme, which began in 1985‐1986, is a pre‐bachelor certificate for 130,000 primary school teachers. The second programme, started in 1990, offers a university degree to 54,000 secondary school teachers. Pedagogy, cou...

This article describes the distance education program at Anadolu University in Turkey and compares its problems and solutions with similar distance education programs in other Asian countries. A brief history is presented, enrollment figures are given and future directions are described. Conclusions suggest that open education is accomplishing the...