INTERNET SUPPORTED LEARNING MODEL IN DISTANCE ELT PROGRAM AT ANADOLU UNIVERSITY Handan KOPKALLI-YAVUZ Mehmet Emin MUTLU Anadolu University 9th METU International ELT Convention Ankara, May

Distance ELT Education Program  Initiated as a joint project with the Ministry of Education in 2000 to meet the demand for qualified English teachers needed in the primary and secondary schools 9th METU International ELT Convention Ankara, May

Distance ELT Education Program  Blended program 1st and 2nd year: face to face 2nd and 3rd year: distance education 9th METU International ELT Convention Ankara, May

Distance ELT Education Program: Distance education component  In distance education component (3rd and 4th year) Course material  Textbooks  study guides  online support (10 courses) 9th METU International ELT Convention Ankara, May

Online support: Design and development stages  Preparation of the project calender  Design of the educational medium  Forming teams  Development of the software  Development of course specific educational design  Regular meetings  Implementation 9th METU International ELT Convention Ankara, May

Online support: Design and development  Teams Course coordinators Field specialist/Subject matter experts Educational designers Producer/developer Graphics specialists Audio specialists Computer programmers Project Coordinator More than 100 people 9th METU International ELT Convention Ankara, May

Online support: Implementation  In academic year between November 2004 and June 2005 one unit/week  Continuing in academic year 9th METU International ELT Convention Ankara, May

Implementation Results  Expected number of students: 5,407  Number of students who logged in: 3,430  3,430 students logged in 142,419 times, 41 log-ins/student  Students can access one or more courses per connection 9th METU International ELT Convention Ankara, May

Frequency of Log-ins  2004 December – 2005 September 9th METU International ELT Convention Ankara, May

Average grades 9th METU International ELT Convention Ankara, May Descriptive Statistics NMinimumMaximumMeanStd. Deviation Average Grades Valid N (listwise)5407

Correlation between grades and number of log-ins 9th METU International ELT Convention Ankara, May ONEWAY Average Grades NMeanStd. DeviationStd. Error 95% Confidence Interval for Mean MinimumMaximum Lower BoundUpper Bound Total

Conclusion  The number of log-ins have a significant effect on students’ grades 9th METU International ELT Convention Ankara, May