Share Paper: Strengths and Weaknesses of a New Distance Course Design in Vocational Higher Education

  1. Erman Uzun, Mersin University, Turkey
  2. M. Yasar Ozden, Bahcesehir University, Turkey
  3. Ali Yildirim, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Tuesday, March 18 3:00 PM-4:00 PM River Terrace 2

Abstract: Vocational education should have a dynamic structure to satisfy the needs of the developing technologies, production methods and business life. Today employees are expected to see not only job related skills, but also 21st century learning skills in their employers. In order to achieve this, educational resources and approaches needs to be critically investigated to improve its existing capabilities. The main purpose of the study was to evaluate a new distance web design course for the needs of students in a vocational higher education institution. In this qualitative case study, researcher focused on the analysis of a distance course to ...