INTERNET SUPPORTED LEARNING MODEL IN DISTANCE ELT PROGRAM AT ANADOLU UNIVERSITY

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INTERNET SUPPORTED LEARNING MODEL IN DISTANCE ELT
PROGRAM AT ANADOLU UNIVERSITY

• Handan KOPKALLI-YAVUZ
• Mehmet Emin MUTLU
• Anadolu University

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Distance ELT Education Program

• Initiated as a joint project with the Ministry of
  Education in 2000 to meet the demand for
  qualified English teachers needed in the primary
  and secondary schools

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Distance ELT Education Program

• Blended program
• 1st and 2nd year face to face
• 2nd and 3rd year distance education

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Distance ELT Education ProgramDistance
education component

• In distance education component
• (3rd and 4th year)
• Course material
• Textbooks
• study guides
• online support (10 courses)

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Online support Design and development stages

• Preparation of the project calender
• Design of the educational medium
• Forming teams
• Development of the software
• Development of course specific educational design
• Regular meetings
• Implementation

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Online support Design and development

• Teams
• Course coordinators
• Field specialist/Subject matter experts
• Educational designers
• Producer/developer
• Graphics specialists
• Audio specialists
• Computer programmers
• Project Coordinator
• More than 100 people

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Online support Implementation

• In 2004-2005 academic year
• between November 2004 and June 2005
• one unit/week
• Continuing in 2005-2006 academic year

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Implementation Results

• Expected number of students 5,407
• Number of students who logged in 3,430
• 3,430 students logged in 142,419 times, 41
  log-ins/student
• Students can access one or more courses per
  connection

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Frequency of Log-ins

• 2004 December 2005 September

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Average grades
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Correlation between grades and number of log-ins
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Conclusion

• The number of log-ins have a significant effect
  on students grades

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