NOTE FOR EDITOR: Online Learning Programs as Learning Organizations: A Case Study of Information Management Programs at Anadolu University, Turkey

Year 2006, Volume: 7 Issue: 3, 10 - 18, 01.09.2006

Deniz Tascı

Abstract

This study consists of the results of a study in which facilitators’ attitudes toward effectiveness of various media used in the Information Management Associate Degree Program (IMP) of Anadolu University, Turkey. The study has shown that textbooks are not viewed as efficient as multimedia programs and web environments by facilitators although they indicate that textbooks should still be used in online courses. The participants also found multimedia programs distributed on CDs more effective than the web environments.

Keywords

Online learning program/s; learning organization/s; Anadolu University; Open Education Faculty; Turkey.

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