VISIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF ADMINISTRATIONS OF SCHOOLS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES ON TECHNOLOGY PLANNING

The aim of this paper is to unfold the perspectives of the administrators currently working or have recently given up their posts in the schools of foreign languages in seven Turkish Universities on technology planning and integration. The data were gathered via a questionnaire. In general, the results of the study revealed that none of the schools of which data were gathered has precisely been planning technology as defined in the relevant literature. Besides, there is a significant gap between the state and foundation universities’ visions and applications on the planning and integration of technology and professional development activities. While foundation universities gradually keep track of innovative applications and trends, state universities have fiscal, personnal, and bureaucratic problems to catch the technology train in order to plan their technology visions. One of the many problems nearly all of the participant institutions have with technology planning and integration is the lack of informed decisions and adequate guidance of technology expertise.