You are here:

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

, Mersin University, Turkey ; , Bahcesehir University, Turkey ; , Middle East Technical University, Turkey

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in Jacksonville, Florida, United States ISBN 978-1-939797-07-0 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA

Full Text

Abstract

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 their employers. In order to achieve this, educational resources and approaches needs to be critically investigated to improve its existing capabilities. The main purpose of the study was to evaluate a new distance web design course for the needs of students in a vocational higher education institution. In this qualitative case study, researcher focused on the analysis of a distance course to mitigate its problems for future studies. Then, accomplishments and insufficiencies of the new design were investigated. Qualitative data were collected with interviews and observations. Then it was analyzed with constant comparison data analysis technique to better understand what the accomplishments of the new course, and what aspects of the new cour

Citation

Uzun, E., Ozden, M.Y. & Yildirim, A. (2014). Strengths and Weaknesses of a New Distance Course Design in Vocational Higher Education. In M. Searson & M. Ochoa (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2014--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 483-489). Jacksonville, Florida, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved May 22, 2022 from .

© 2014 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)

References

View References & Citations Map
  1. Barnett, K and Ryan, R. (2005). Vocational education and training in Australian schools: Issues for practitioners. International Education Journal, 5(5), 89-104.
  2. Buğday, H. (2007). The Political Implications of Vocational Education and Training Policy Of The European Union: A Case Study Of Svet Project. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, İstanbul: Marmara University.
  3. Charmaz, K. (2006). Constructing grounded theory: A practical guide through qualitative analysis. London: Sage.
  4. Corbin, J., & Strauss, A. (2008). Basics of qualitative research: Techniques to developing grounded theory (3rd Ed.). Los Angeles, CA: Sage.
  5. Davis, F.D., Bagozzi, R.P., and Warshaw, P.R. (1989), User acceptance of computer technology: A comparison of two theoretical models, Management Science, 35, 982–1003
  6. Develioğlu, M. (2008). Mesleki Eğitimin Etkinleştirilmesinde Sivil Toplum Kuruluşlarinin Rolü: İto Örneği. Retrieved from http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/sempozyum/sunumlar/profdrmehmetdeveli.pdf Göktaş, Y., Yıldırım, S., and Yıldırım, Z. (2009). Main barriers and possible enablers of ICT integration into preservice teacher education programs. Journal of Educational Technology& Society, 12 (1), 193–204.
  7. Gülbahar, Y. And Güven, İ. (2008). A survey on ICT usage and the perceptions of social studies teachers in Turkey. Educational Technology& Society, 11 (3), 37–51.
  8. Keleşoğlu, Ö., and Aksoy, U. (2006). Öğrencilerin Teknik Eğitim Fakültelerinde verilern öğretime uyum sorunları: (F.Ü. Teknik Eğitim Fakültesi örneği). Fırat University Journal of Social Science, 16(2), 147-157.
  9. Özden, M.Y. (2004). Law of the minimum in learning. Journal of Educational Technology& Society, 7(3), 5–8.
  10. Özden, M.Y., Gedik, N., Kocaman-Karoğlu, N. (2012). A Web-based Training Experience in Turkey: A University-National Police Collaboration. Yang H.H. And Yuen, C.S. (Ed.). Handbook of Research on Practices and Outcomes in Virtual Worlds and Environments. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  11. Patton, M.Q. (1990). Qualitative Evaluation and Research Methods (2nd ed.). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
  12. Patton, M.Q. (2002). Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
  13. Prensky, M (2012). From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom: Hopeful Essays for the 21 st Century Learning. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin. UNESCO & ILO (2002). Technical and vocational education and training for the twenty-first century. Paris: UNESCO and ILO.

These references have been extracted automatically and may have some errors. Signed in users can suggest corrections to these mistakes.

Suggest Corrections to References