The Opinions of Academic Staff of Yuzuncu Yil University on Distance Education

Abstract

It is important to consider the point of views and the willing of the academicians to be involved in the distance education courses, which have been started to be offered in most universities of Turkey in the recent years, as well as their readiness to these applications. It is also significant to identify the problems correctly to take measures in order to eliminate these existing problems. In this study, the perspectives of faculty members, working at the University of YuzuncuYil, on distance education programs were investigated. In, the research, already developed scale was used to collect data. In this study, the sampling method was not employed, instead the entire population was tried to be reached. However, the study was conducted with 540 faculty members. At the stage of data analysis, factor analysis, cluster analysis and descriptive statistical methods were Used. In this study, the perspectives of faculty members on distance education were found to be relatively positive.