Journal Name:
- Journal of Educational and Instructional Studies in the World
| Author Name | University of Author | Faculty of Author |
|---|---|---|
Abstract (2. Language):
Video hosting and sharing website YouTube that was founded in 2005 is one of the social networking websites
reaching a very high number of users. It is a sharing medium open to everyone, and users can upload contents.
It is possible to open various channels whether official or personal from different themes in YouTube, and
these channels can be reached directly or through membership. In addition to the channels classified under
the categories of music, comedy, sports and technology, there are channels with educative contents as well.
Almost half of the higher education students in Turkey are enrolled in institutions that provide education
through distance education system. There are channels for the students who are enrolled in this system as well
among YouTube channels. Among the 600 results found as a result of searching with “Açıköğretim-AÖF” (Open
Education-OEF) key words, 11 channels were directly for the students in the system, and they provided open
access with numerous videos. These channels will be examined particularly in terms of the characteristics of
the videos they shared and their ratings, and will be evaluated in terms of the contributions they provided
students in this study.
Bookmark/Search this post with
FULL TEXT (PDF):
- 4