Teachers’ Opinions about, and Needs for In-Service Training for the Movement of Enhancing Opportunities and Improving Technology Project in Turkey

Ali Gok; Zahide Yildirim

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 1654–1657

The purpose of this study was to determine the teachers’ opinions about and needs for in-service training about the Movement of Enhancing Opportunities and Improving Technology Project that aims to integrate interactive and mobile technologies into...

Topics: Policy Issues

Strengths and Weaknesses of a New Distance Course Design in Vocational Higher Education

Erman Uzun; M. Yasar Ozden; Ali Yildirim

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 483–489

Vocational education should have a dynamic structure to satisfy the needs of the developing technologies, production methods and business life. Today employees are expected to see not only job related skills, but also 21st century learning skills in ...

Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Distance/Flexible Education, Information Technology Diffusion/Integration

Cyber Bullying @ Schools: What Do Turkish Adolescents Think?

Cigdem Topcu; Ali Yildirim; Ozgur Erdur-Baker

International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling Vol. 35, No. 2 (June 2013) pp. 139–151

Cyber bullying is an emerging form of peer bullying, becoming prominent especially over the past decade. The aim of this study was to investigate through interviews the perceptions of Turkish high school students about cyber bullying. The sample...

Communicating Science to Impact Learning? A Phenomenological Inquiry into 4th and 5th Graders' Perceptions of Science Information Sources

Sevinc Gelmez Burakgazi; Ali Yildirim; Noah Weeth Feinstein

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 25, No. 2 (2016) pp. 244–262

Rooted in science education and science communication studies, this study examines 4th and 5th grade students' perceptions of science information sources (SIS) and their use in communicating science to students. It combines situated learning theory...

Students’ 99 Suggestions about Technology Integration in Higher Education

Ismahan Arslan Ari; Ali Gok; Erman Uzun; Ismail Yildiz; Kursat Cagiltay; Soner Yildirim

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 6236–6240

This study examined the university students’ expectations about technology integration in higher education. Data were collected from 867 students of the Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey during the 2006-2007 fall semester. Content...

Topics: Students, Teaching Methods, Instructional Materials, Internet, Educational Technology