Higher Education In Turkey During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Study On Communication Problems Experienced During Online Distance Education

The aim of this study is the communicative barriers experienced by the lecturers working at a university in the south of Turkey during the distance education process, by evaluating Claude Elwood Shannon and Warren Weaver's Information Theory and Melvin DeFleur's communication model who re...

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Main Authors: Hasan Cem Çelik, Pelin Oduncu, İsmail Ayşad Güdekli, Eda Doğankaya
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Language:English
Published: Forum XXI 2022-09-01
Series:Vivat Academia
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Online Access:https://www.vivatacademia.net/index.php/vivat/article/view/1440
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author Hasan Cem Çelik
Pelin Oduncu
İsmail Ayşad Güdekli
Eda Doğankaya
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İsmail Ayşad Güdekli
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description The aim of this study is the communicative barriers experienced by the lecturers working at a university in the south of Turkey during the distance education process, by evaluating Claude Elwood Shannon and Warren Weaver's Information Theory and Melvin DeFleur's communication model who revised this theory, due diligence on distance education of higher education in Turkey. In this study, which was designed using the phenomenology pattern, which is one of the qualitative research methods, an in-depth interview was conducted with a study group consisting of sixteen lecturers who had experience in distance education in the past and were currently teaching distance education, determined by the snowball sampling method. The data obtained from the interviews were transferred to the NVivo 10 program and twelve main themes that hindered the effective communication of lecturers were determined. The determined themes were analyzed with thematic. As a result of the analyzes, it was found that the lecturers were mainly exposed to the legislation-based communicative noise and feedback problem during the distance education process, and this situation negatively affected their job satisfaction and productivity.
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spelling doaj.art-311cb4f1b34a4c238a8effe25999b3872023-12-03T04:51:41ZengForum XXIVivat Academia1575-28442022-09-0115610.15178/va.2023.156.e1440Higher Education In Turkey During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Study On Communication Problems Experienced During Online Distance EducationHasan Cem ÇelikPelin Oduncu0İsmail Ayşad GüdekliEda DoğankayaAkdeniz University Faculty of Communication The aim of this study is the communicative barriers experienced by the lecturers working at a university in the south of Turkey during the distance education process, by evaluating Claude Elwood Shannon and Warren Weaver's Information Theory and Melvin DeFleur's communication model who revised this theory, due diligence on distance education of higher education in Turkey. In this study, which was designed using the phenomenology pattern, which is one of the qualitative research methods, an in-depth interview was conducted with a study group consisting of sixteen lecturers who had experience in distance education in the past and were currently teaching distance education, determined by the snowball sampling method. The data obtained from the interviews were transferred to the NVivo 10 program and twelve main themes that hindered the effective communication of lecturers were determined. The determined themes were analyzed with thematic. As a result of the analyzes, it was found that the lecturers were mainly exposed to the legislation-based communicative noise and feedback problem during the distance education process, and this situation negatively affected their job satisfaction and productivity. https://www.vivatacademia.net/index.php/vivat/article/view/1440Communication BarriersCommunication SciencesCommunication TheoriesCommunicative FeedbackCommunicative NoiseDistance Education
spellingShingle Hasan Cem Çelik
Pelin Oduncu
İsmail Ayşad Güdekli
Eda Doğankaya
Higher Education In Turkey During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Study On Communication Problems Experienced During Online Distance Education
Vivat Academia
Communication Barriers
Communication Sciences
Communication Theories
Communicative Feedback
Communicative Noise
Distance Education
title Higher Education In Turkey During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Study On Communication Problems Experienced During Online Distance Education
title_full Higher Education In Turkey During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Study On Communication Problems Experienced During Online Distance Education
title_fullStr Higher Education In Turkey During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Study On Communication Problems Experienced During Online Distance Education
title_full_unstemmed Higher Education In Turkey During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Study On Communication Problems Experienced During Online Distance Education
title_short Higher Education In Turkey During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Study On Communication Problems Experienced During Online Distance Education
title_sort higher education in turkey during covid 19 pandemic a study on communication problems experienced during online distance education
topic Communication Barriers
Communication Sciences
Communication Theories
Communicative Feedback
Communicative Noise
Distance Education
url https://www.vivatacademia.net/index.php/vivat/article/view/1440
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