a Record control number 000299159800218

a ISSN 1877-0509

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number QA76.9

b Item number .D43 2011

a Personal name Yengin, Ilker.

h Medium Electronic Document

a Title Deciding which technology is the best for distance education: Issues in media/technology comparisons studies

c Statement of responsibility, etc Ilker Yengin, Adem Karahoca, Dilek Karahoca, Huseyin Uzunboylu.

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2011.

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Elsevier,

a Summary, etc Distance education decision makers; who will be shaping the future of distance education; should understand the role of different technologies and their unique attributes closely. In order to achieve this task accurately, they also need to know the superiorities of different technologies to each other. Media comparison studies have been conducted to see these superiorities and to help deciding "which technology is better?" In some studies researchers make some fundamental errors and flaws in media comparison studies for distance learning. Hence, there is a need to determine these issues in order to make decision process work better. In this review study, issues on media comparison studies in distance education discussed with theoretical backgrounds. Also in this study, reader could find what kind of flaws can occur in media comparisons studies and what cause to these flaws as well as some suggestions to avoid these flaws. In this study, five of the most significant errors scholars have made in writing and discussing distance education research in technology/media comparisons studies are determined. This study aims to help distance education policy makers, distance education researchers and instructors by making them aware of these issues in comparison studies. Hence, they could make a more accurate decision when implementing distance learning solutions in their institutions. (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of the Guest Editor.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Computer science

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Near East University Article

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Makale

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Theory & Methods

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Electrical & Electronic

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Distance Education

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Media comparison

g Relationship information 2011, Vol 3.

t Title World Conference On Informatıon Technology (Wcıt-2010)

x International Standard Serial Number 18770509

u Uniform Resource Identifier http://library.neu.edu.tr:2048/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2011.01.020