COURSE SYLLABUS

FOUNDATIONS OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

1	Course Title:	FOUNDATIONS OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
2	Course Code:	BIL3013
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	5
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	2
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	-
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Yrd.Doç.Dr. ŞEHNAZ BALTACI GÖKTALAY
16	Course Lecturers:	Öğr.Gör. Neşe ERSES
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	sehnazbg@uludag.edu.tr 224 2942216 UÜ Eğitim Fakültesi A Blok-412
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Explain the history of distance education, learning environments and technologies used distance education: Internet, Computer, TV, video, radio and printed materials. Teach the planning, preparation and application of distance education techniques and methods
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	Knows the fundamentals of distance education ;
2	Knows the history of distance education;
3	Applies technologies in distance education Applies technologies in distance education ;
4	Follows the recent developments pf distance education applications in turkey and in the world. ;
5	Develops instructional design for distance education environment;
6	Knows distance education theories;
7	Uses distance education software;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Course introduction What is distance education	Describe distance education by synthesizing the references
2	Basics terminology of distance education	Finding basic terminology and create a concept map
3	History of distance education	Analyze different distance education methods through history
4	Technologies and environment in distance education	Analyze different distance education technologies
5	Distance education in Turkey	Determine the universities providing distance education in Turkey and prepare a presentation
6	Distance education in the world	Determine the universities providing distance education in the world and prepare a presentation
7	Instructional design for distance education	Develop one unit distance education course for a target audience
8	Instructional design for distance education	Presentation of distance course design
9	Teachers and students role in distance education	Create a concept map for teachers and students role in distance education
10	Theories of distance education	Search for theories of distance education and present one
11	Research on distance education	Analyze research articles on distance education
12	Internet and distance education	Analyze research articles on distance education
13	Examples of distance education software	Examine different distance education software and find differences
14	Assessment of distance education	Examine assessment techniques and presentation of one

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	İşman, A. (2008). Uzaktan Eğitim. Pegem, Ankara. Kaya, Z. (2002). Uzaktan Eğitim. Pegem, Ankara. Simonson, M., Smaldino, S., Albright, M, Zvacek, S. (2006). Pearson Education, USA.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High