DISTANCE EDUCATION BASED ON A COMBINATION SYSTEM OF INTERNET AND TELEVISION Abstract

Thanks to the rapid development of information and communication technology, new tools are being used by educational institutions. Using modern technological tools changes teaching methodology. Formerly, teachers dominated a big part of their courses while now students play a much more active role, either through centralized learning or self-learning methods. Distance education is a method commonly used because of the advantages of time and place independency. There are various ways to give a lecture from a distance. Satellites, fiber optics, modems, routers, radio, television, computers, etc are the components of distance learning systems. Depending on the tools that are used, distance education can be renamed as Web Based Education, Videoconferencing, Teleconferencing, Radio-TV Based Education, and Distance Learning via Satellite etc. The tools that are used are very important but the usage efficiency of the tools is questionable. It is important to remember that better usage of the tool does not mean that a perfect lecture can be given over a distance. We will discuss various factors of change in the combination of internet and television based distance education used at Firat University since 1992. A course is held on th