Are We There Yet? A Progress Report from Three Turkish University Pioneers in Distance Education and E-Learning


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Latchem C., ŞİMŞEK N., Balta Ö., TORKUL O., CEDİMOĞLU İ. H., Altunkopru A.

INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF RESEARCH IN OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING, cilt.10, sa.2, 2009 (SSCI) identifier identifier

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The international literature provides little in-depth analysis of distance education and e-learning activities, achievements, and challenges in Turkish higher education other than the country's mega-university, Anadolu. This paper examines the development of, and lessons to be learned from, such undertakings by three pioneers - two regular state universities, Ankara University and Sakarya University, and the private, non-profit Turkish-Kazakhstan Ahmet Yesevi University. Drawing on the collective experience of the authors, the paper reaches some overall conclusions about embarking on distance education and e-learning, which may apply in other Turkish universities and similar economies.