DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF A HIGHER EDUCATION DISTANCE EAP COURSE BY USING THE ADDIE MODEL

Abstract

Due to inadequate support, most university students have difficulty with writing academic texts, such as research articles and dissertations. Therefore, the aim of this research is to design a web-based academic writing course for university students by using the ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation) model, which is supported by individual instructional and socio-cultural theories on the design of online instruction. The first group of participants in the study included undergraduate and graduate students studying in a variety of departments at a state university in Turkey. The second group of participants included university instructors. To diagnose the needs of the students, semi-structured questions were asked in interview sessions. Additionally, a questionnaire was used. After diagnosis of the students’ academic writing needs, course content and materials were designed for topics such as formality, paraphrasing, and the IMRaD (Introduction, Method Results and Discussion) model. The data collected with the questionnaire were analysed through item analysis. The frequencies and percentages of responses to each item in the questionnaire were calculated. Content analysis was used to analyse the transcribed interview data. The findings elucidate how the current academic online courses can be implemented more efficiently.

Keywords

• academic writing,distance,university students

YÜKSEK ÖĞRETİMDE UZAKTAN EĞİTİM YOLUYLA AKADEMİK AMAÇLARA YÖNELİK KURSUN ADDIE MODELİ KULLANILARAK HAZIRLANMASI VE DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

Abstract

Üniversite öğrencilerinin bir çoğu yeterli desteği alamadıkları için araştırma makalesi, araştırma önerisi, makale, ve tez gibi akademik textlerin hazımında zorlanmaktadır.  Bu çalışmanın amacı ADDIE ( İhtiyaçAnalizi, Dizayn, Geliştirme, Uygulama, değerlendirme)  modelini kullanarak üniversite öğrencilerinin akademik yazım  bilgi ve becerilerini geliştirmeye yönelik geliştirilen web-tabanlı  akademik yazım   kursunun geliştirme, uygulama ve değerlendirme süreçlerini  açıklamaktir..  Çalışmanın birinci grup katılımcılarını Turkiyedeki bir devlet üniversitesinde kursa kayıt olan lisans ve lisansüstü öğrenciler oluşturmaktadır...  Diğer katılımcı grup is bu  üniversite öğretim elemanlarını kapsamaktadır. Çalışmanın ilk aşaması olan ‘ihtiyac analizi’ safhasında, öğrencilere yarı yapılandıırlmış sorular sorularak akademik yazım ile ilgili ihtiyaçları belirlenmiştir.  Veriler içerik analizi ile analiz edilmiştir. Bunun yanında araştırmacı tarafından geliştirilen bir anket hem öğrenci hem de öğretim elemanları grubundaki katılımcılara uygulanmıştır. Öğrencilerin ihtiyacları belirlendikten sonra program içeriği ve kullanılacak ders materyallari geliştirilmiş ,program uzaktan öğretim formatında uygulanmış,ve program sonrası katılımcılarla yüzyüz görüşmeler yapılarak programın etkililiği değerlendirilmiştir. Sonuçlar katılımcıların  bir çoğunun  programla ilgili positif dönüt verdiğini göstermiştir.  Ayrıca,  programın  daha etkili olabilmesi için katılımcıların önerilerini de belirtilmiştir.

Keywords

• : akademik yazım,uzaktan öğrenim,üniversite öğrencileri

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