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MBS 001 - Open and Distance Learning

Faculty of Education · Primary School Teaching · Undergraduate

ECTS: 4 T+P+L: 2+0+0 Vocational Informations Elective
Coordinator: Doç. Dr. Kamil Arif KIRKIÇ

Course Objective

Basic concepts and philosophy of open and distance learning; 

Course Content

Basic concepts and philosophy of open and distance learning; development of distance education in the world; development of distance education in Turkey; learner and guide roles in distance education; technologies used in distance education; management of open and distance education; classroom management and its components in open and distance learning; open educational resources and trends around the world; massive open online lessons; personalized learning environments; problems related to open and distance education and their solutions; open and distance education applications in teacher training; individual teaching material development and student support services in open and distance education; determining teaching strategies for different learning situations; research and evaluation in distance education.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Basic concepts and philosophy of open and distance learning;

Core Area Distribution

(14) Teacher Training and Education Science%80 (31) Social and Behavioural Science%20

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionExercise and PracticeGroup StudyCase StudySelf studyProblem SolvingProject Based Learning (Including Field Work)

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkPerformance Assignment ( Lab / Workshop / Field Work / Seminar / Presentation / Completion Study / ThesisPortfolioProject / DesignTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)13226
Out of Class Study Period13226
Midterm188
Quiz000
Assignment188
Practice000
Final11212

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Basic concepts and principles of research methodsbook
2Basic concepts and principles of research methodsbook
3General features of data collection toolsbook
4General features of data collection toolsbook
5features of data collection toolsbook
6Data collection toolsBook
7Data collection toolsRev
8midtermreview
9Research models and types; basic paradigms in scientific research; quantitative and qualitative researchbook
10Research models and types; basic paradigms in scientific research; quantitative and qualitative researchbook
11quantitative and qualitative researchbook
12qualitative researchbook
13Qualitative researchbook
14Qualitative researchbook
15eview, evaluation and presentation of the article or thesis; appropriate to research principles and ethics preparing a research report; action (action) research in educationbook
16Final examRev