TY  - JOUR
T1  - Views of High School Students About Distance Education
AU  - Ergün, Ertuğrul
AU  - Görhan, Meryem Fulya
PY  - 2017
DA  - December
Y2  - 2016
JF  - Participatory Educational Research
JO  - PER
PB  - Özgen KORKMAZ
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2148-6123
SP  - 204
EP  - 211
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
LA  - en
AB  - In recent years with the developments ininformation technologies, use of distance education at higher educationinstitutions has expanded. Learners can choose a specific higher educationinstitution due to several reasons. Research states that such a preference isbased on several factors, including status of the institution, geographicalstatus of the university, recommendations by individuals (family members,teachers, peers, etc.), interest of learners, future job opportunities, successof university, social opportunities of the city and availability of eveningeducation courses. The major factor in successful distance education islearners. More specifically, the demographical qualities, interests andattitudes of students play a major role in distance education. The views of thehigh school graduates preparing for university entrance examination about distanceeducation have not been analysed. This study aims at uncovering the views ofhigh school students preparing for university entrance examination aboutdistance education and their motivations for choosing distance educationinstitutions. The data of the study were collected through a survey consistingof 36 likert scale questions. It was administered to 223 high school students.The findings state that most of the students don’t want to choose a program indistance education. Nearly half of the participants reported that instead ofchoosing a distance education program in a high-quality institution, they mightprefer the same program in an ordinary university. Another finding shows thatonly 22% of  the participants planned toenrol for a two-year higher education. However, in Turkey distance educationprograms are vastly common in these institutions. Nearly half of theparticipants reported that major advantages of distance education (efficienttime management, easy communication, low cost, courses by specialists, etc.)were not beneficial for them. Nearly 60% of the students reported that theirchoice over distance education would not be supported by guidance teachers,family members and friends. Therefore, these key -groups should be taken intoconsideration by distance education institutions in their promotional andadvertising activities.
KW  - distance education
KW  - choosing course
KW  - choosing university
KW  - university entrance examination
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