Satisfaction Level of Teacher Candidates in Online Learning: Case Study of Eastern Mediterranean University

Tez Türü: Yüksek Lisans

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi, Bilgisayar Ve Öğretim Teknolojileri Eğitimi Bölümü, Kıbrıs (Kktc)

Tez Danışmanı: Prof. Dr. Ersun İşçioğlu

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2015

Tezin Dili: İngilizce

Özet:

In recent years, online learning environment has become popular since it provides flexibility in terms of time and place. The aim of the current study is to assess the level of satisfaction of teacher candidates. This study is formed as a “case study” by employing both qualitative and quantitative data collection methods to collect data from the respondents. Teacher candidates who are studying 2013-2014 Summer Semester Pedagogical formation certificate programs were chosen as a sample for the current study and sample size was determined as 291 respondents at EMU. The quantitative data were collected by appointing the “E-Learning Student Satisfaction Questionnaire” which proposed by Kantoglu et al., (2013). Furthermore, qualitative data was gathered by employing a semi-structured interview form. Current study has revealed that level of of satisfaction of teacher candidates were high for online learning environment. Moreover, results indicated that level of satisfaction of female teacher candidates were higher than the level of satisfaction of male teacher candidates in terms of quality of support services. Results also expressed that students in 29-36 age interval were having higher satisfaction level on online learning when compared with teacher candidates in 23-28 age interval in terms of the material usefulness and actuality of materials.