Examining the academic counseling courses as a support service İn distance learning

Öğrenen desteğinin yüz yüze ortamda gerçekleştildiği akaemik danışmanlık dersleri Anadolu Üniversitesinde uzaktan eğitim sisteminin başlangıcından beri sürekliliğini ve önemini korumaktadır. Türkiye’deki çeşitli üniversitelerden alınan destekle gerçekleştirilen akademik danışmanlık dersleri 74 şehir merkezindeki önceden ayarlanmış dersliklerde, çalışma saatleri dışında (hafta içi akşamları veya hafta sonları) öğretim elemanları ve öğrenenlerin bir araya gelmesiyle yürütülmektedir. Öğrenenler, öğretim elemanına danışarak, tartışarak, anlamadıkları konulara ilişkin sorular sorarak bu hizmetten yararlanmaktadırlar. Bu çalışmada, akademik danışmanlıkta öğreticiye ve öğrenme ortamına ilişkin öğrenen tutumları araştırılmıştır. Bulgular, akademik danışmanlık derslerine katılanların, öğretim elemanı ve ortama ilişkin pozitif tutumlara sahip olduklarını göstermektedir.

Uzaktan öğrenmede bir destek hizmet olarak akademik danışmanlık derslerinin incelenmesi

Academic counseling courses, in which learner support is provided in a face-to-face environment, maintain their importance and continuity since the beginning of the distance education system in Anadolu University. Academic counseling courses, which are carried out by getting support from various universities, are conducted by bringing the instructors that are experts in their fields and learners together in pre-arranged places out of working hours (in the evening on weekdays and at weekends) in 74 town center. Learners could make use of this service by asking questions about the content they haven’t understood, discussing it, and consulting the instructor. In this study, it is examined learners’ attitudes towards learning environment and the instructors’ behaviors in academic counseling. The findings indicate that those who tend to academic counseling courses have positive attitudes towards both the instructor and the environment.

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