DISTANCE EDUCATION DURING THE COVID-19 PROCESS IN TURKEY: IMPLICATIONS OF WEB CONFERENCING FOR OPEN SCHOOLING

ABSTRACT

In this information age, the Covid-19 pandemic surrounding the whole world and the limitations brought by its consequences have made the importance of distance education more aware. In this connection, distance education has gained a very crucial role, especially in the Covid-19 process. The reason for this is that with distance education applications, the restrictions in face-to-face education are eliminated and the education continues uninterruptedly. In this study, by referring to the historical development of distance education, the point where distance education has reached today with technological developments, distance education applications, and opinions on Zoom video conferencing system, which is the most used application among web conferencing systems in the Covid-19 pandemic and Open Schooling will be tried to be explained through literature reviews and personal experiences.