Investigation of Mechanical Engineering Academicians’ Use of Distance Education Technologies

Semih Caliskan,Alfia M Ishmuradova,Liudmila V Shukshina,Aigul Y Niyazova,Nina N Kulakova,Maria L Kunitsyna

doi:10.3991/ijep.v12i2.29331

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the use of distance education technologies, conditions of use and how often they use various computer applications, and also to investigate the use of these applications by academicians who teach in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. In the research carried out with the scanning model, there were 370 volunteers from various universities in Russia, consisting of academicians who teach in the field of mechanical engineering. The research was carried out in the spring term of 2020–2021; before the research, a 6-week online training was given to mechanical engineer academicians. In the study, the ‘distance education technologies’ measurement tool developed by the researchers and compiled by experts in the field was used. The measurement tool was delivered to the academicians via the online method and collected. The analysis of the data was carried out by using the SPSS programme, frequency analysis, t-test and ANOVA test, and the results were added to the research with tables. Accord-ing to the results obtained from the research, although the distance education technologies of the academicians who teach in the field of mechanical engineering are satisfactory, the rate of academicians never using new technologies in the teaching process is quite low and the rate of using them very often is quite high.

Highlights

It is seen that the need for continuous education and developing technology has revealed the concept of university-taught distance education; it is defined as an educational institution where basic activities, such as distance education and research that should be found in a university, are carried out on the Internet to a large extent [13]
When we look at the historical development process of distance education, it is seen that it started with letter teaching and continued as one-way radio and television period, two-way radio and television period and satellite and modern technologies period [8]
While it is seen that the opinions of the academicians about distance education are quite high, another finding is that ‘It is very easy to create an assignment for the distance education system’, with a mean of M=4.70

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Introduction

It is seen that the need for continuous education and developing technology has revealed the concept of university-taught distance education; it is defined as an educational institution where basic activities, such as distance education and research that should be found in a university, are carried out on the Internet to a large extent [13]. With this interpretation, it is thought that a well-designed distance education project iJEP ‒ Vol 12, No 2, 2022. In relation to the literature mentioned above, in this research, it is aimed to learn the views of the faculty members who are educators on education over the Internet, to determine their current situation regarding the use of technology in their lessons and to reveal their online course development experiences

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