Academic Women's Online Learning Experiences during COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkish Higher Education Institutions

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Atay Ö., Ilgaz H.

European Conference on Politics and Gender, Ghent, Belçika, 8 - 10 Temmuz 2024, ss.9-10, (Tam Metin Bildiri)

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Ghent
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Belçika
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.9-10
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The purpose of this paper is to explore academic women's online learning experiences during COVID-19 pandemic in Turkish Higher Education Institutions (HEI). In this study, the traditional literature review method has been used to put an overview of the current situation (see Baumester and Leary, 1997). Traditional literature review provide a comprehensive, critical, and objective analysis of the current knowledge or facts on a specific topic. In exploring the academic women's online learning experience also, document analysis using the Success Case Method (SCM) (see Yin, 2018) has been undertaken in this study. First, the situation of academic women in Turkish universities is examined. Then, the Case Study University (CSU) is chosen as the research site because it had made great progress in online learning experience during COVID-19 pandemic. The case study university has a supportive organizational climate for open and distance education.  An online questionnaire was sent to all instructors in Ankara University to understand the instructors’ experience during COVID-19 pandemic. As a conclusion, major initiatives that effect the effective online learning experience are explained. Higher education institutions need to reshape, revise and integrate new learning models, and new technologies into the current programs and curriculums.

Keywords: Academic Women, Turkish Higher Education Institutions, Gender Equality, Online Learning Experience, COVID-19 Pandemic