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Article Citation - WoS: 3Evaluation of Students' Opinions Regarding Distance Learning Practices in Turkish Universities During the Covid-19 Pandemic(Tuba-turkish Acad Sciences, 2021) Isik, Oguz; Tengilimoglu, Dilaver; Tekin, Perihan Senel; Tosun, Nurperihan; Zekioglu, AysuThe purpose of this study is to identify hether students at Turkish universities are having difficulties in the distance learning process and to reveal their opinions regarding the system. Using a cross-cultural survey design, data were collected from 5052 students. Based on the collected data, 58.5% of the students have asynchronous distance learning classes in their universities. Access to distance learning classes is one of the problems, and it is attributed to computers, internet, and connectivity issues as well as with starting the lessons too early or late. A majority of participants (73.7%) found class materials uploaded by lecturers to distance learning systems to be sufficient or partially sufficient, and 36.7% stated that they had problems accessing resources regarding their homework. Students' satisfaction level with the distance learning system scored 4.4 out of 10. According to the evaluation regarding whether the level of satisfaction of participants varied across the type of university, the satisfaction level of students in public universities is generally low (score of 4.3 out of 10) compared to satisfaction in foundation universities (4.9 out of 10).Article Citation - WoS: 2Citation - Scopus: 3Predictors and Mediators of Pressure/Tension in University Students' Distance Learning During the Covid-19 Pandemic: a Self-Determination Theory Perspective(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2024) Manuoglu, Elif; Gungor, ElisDue to the global restrictions to decrease the risk of infection in classrooms, the transition from face-to-face education to distance learning was a necessity during the Covid-19 pandemic. Grounded in Self-Determination Theory, the present research sought to explore how the pandemic affects university students during distance learning. Specifically, the study examined the predictors of pressure/tension and attempted to identify the unique and mediator roles of correlates of pressure/tension of university students. This cross-sectional study was conducted with 432 university students from different departments of different universities in Turkey. The online survey was administered between the last week of October and the second week of December 2020. Our findings revealed that there is a positive association between pressure/tension and Covid-specific worry. Also, there is a negative association between learning climate and pressure/tension and between perceived competence and pressure/tension. Further, learning climate mediated the link between Covid-specific worry and pressure/tension. The data of the present study depends on students' academic (learning climate) and also non-academic (Covid worry) experiences during the pandemic. Methodological limitations concerning the research design are discussed.Article Citation - WoS: 27Citation - Scopus: 29Open Source Learning Management Systems in Distance Learning(Turkish online Journal Educational Tech-tojet, 2010) Aydin, Cansu Cigdem; Tirkes, Guzin; Computer EngineeringThis paper presents the major findings from evaluation the most widely used open source learning management systems and identify the most suitable open source e-learning platform. In this study, some analyses and comparisons were made about open source learning management systems the outcome of which was that Moodle was found to be outstanding with many features more than other LMS since it aims to improve the educational quality and include the tools that an e-learning system should have.
