Berrin ÖZKANAL, Elif TOPRAK, Seçil BANAR

Opportunities of Information & Communication Technologies for Palestinian women: Media and distance education

Bu çalışmada, Bilgi ve İletişim Teknolojilerinin Filistinli kadınlara sunduğu sosyokültürel olanaklar üzerinde durulmaktadır. Bilgi İletişim Teknolojilerinin eğitim alanında kullanılması Internet üzerinden uzaktan öğretimi, yeni bir öğrenme ortamı olarak geliştirmiştir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, yeni iletişim teknolojilerinin Filistinli kadınların mücadelesindeki yerini, alanyazını ve istatistikleri uzaktan öğretim örneği için inceleyerek değerlendirmektir.

Bilgi ve İletişim Teknolojilerinin Filistinli kadınlara sunduğu olanaklar: Medya ve uzaktan öğretim

In this paper, the sociocultural opportunities provided by the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Palestinian women are dwelled on. The utilization of the ICT in education has led to the development of online distance education as a new learning environment. The aim of the paper is to elaborate and discuss the status of new communication technologies in the quest of Palestinian women via reviewing literature and evaluating statistics for the case of distance education.

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