The document describes Anadolu University's distance English language teaching program, which uses an internet-supported learning model. It began in 2000 as a joint project between the university and the Ministry of Education. The program has both face-to-face and distance components, with the latter relying on online course materials and support delivered through a custom-built online platform. Over 100 people were involved in developing the online content and platform. Evaluation found that while over 5,000 students enrolled, only around 3,400 actively participated by logging in over 140,000 times. Higher levels of participation through more frequent log-ins were found to correlate with better exam grades.

1. INTERNET SUPPORTED
LEARNING MODEL IN
DISTANCE ELT PROGRAM AT
ANADOLU UNIVERSITY
Handan KOPKALLI-YAVUZ
Mehmet Emin MUTLU
Anadolu University
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2. 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
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3. Distance
ELT Education Program
 Blended program
 1st and 2nd year: face to face
 2nd and 3rd year: distance education
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4. Distance ELT Education Program:
Distance education component
 In distance education component
(3rd and 4th year)
 Course material
 Textbooks
 study guides
 online support (10 courses)
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5. 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
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6. 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
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7. Online support: Implementation
 In 2004-2005 academic year
 between November 2004 and June 2005
 one unit/week
 Continuing in 2005-2006 academic
year
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8. 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
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9. Frequency of Log-ins
 2004 December – 2005 September
Monthly Distribution
30000
25000
20000
Login Number
Total
15000
10000
5000
0
Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Months
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10. Average grades
Descriptive Statistics
N Minimum Maximum Mean Std. Deviation
Average Grades 5407 1.00 91.20 64.8432 14.94659
Valid N (listwise) 5407
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11. Correlation between grades and
number of log-ins
ONEWAY
Average Grades
95% Confidence Interval for Mean
N Mean Std. Deviation Std. Error Minimum Maximum
Lower Bound Upper Bound
0 1977 65.0003 17.46285 .39275 64.2301 65.7705 3.60 90.00
1 256 61.5362 17.04101 1.06506 59.4387 63.6336 8.60 87.00
2-4 442 61.9444 15.30035 .72776 60.5141 63.3747 1.00 85.80
5-12 585 62.3922 15.25200 .63059 61.1537 63.6307 11.60 90.60
13-23 530 64.5459 12.48817 .54245 63.4803 65.6116 12.80 88.80
24-39 522 66.4387 11.53584 .50491 65.4468 67.4306 3.40 87.40
40-74 550 66.8483 10.62306 .45297 65.9585 67.7381 18.60 88.00
75+ 545 67.5463 10.54978 .45190 66.6586 68.4339 14.60 91.20
Total 5407 64.8432 14.94659 .20327 64.4447 65.2417 1.00 91.20
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12. Conclusion
 The number of log-ins have a
significant effect on students’ grades
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