General view on the notion of distant education in Turkey

Education is a long-term investment that is made for the future and planned in accordance with the needs of a country. The need in our country for qualified labor force that comes along the improvements in the world increases the desire for giving quality education to more and more students gradually. Especially, the innovations in information Technologies and rapid developments in communication make distant education applications increase and become widespread in harmony with the said developments. For education to lead to positive behavioral changes and meet its targets, the persons and educational institutes that perform education should have a certain experience and proper infrastructure. The increasing number of students demanding higher education in our country and the innovations in modern-day information technologies bring out some new pursuits in education. The attention and the need in distant education which is expanding and accepted worldwide are also increasing rapidly. The tools and technologies used in distant education and all other files about it ease the learning conditions occurring in normal education [4]. Computer-backed education is used in fields such as; visual notes, revisions, education and intensive testing. In time, computers have taken the place of lecturers eliminating boring tasks and giving students materials and assignments when they feel for it. In this article, besides giving general information about the universities conducting distant education in our country, the advantages and disadvantages of distant education and its progress in our country and in the world will be evaluated.