Kurum Yazarı "Fırat, Mehmet" Makale Koleksiyonu İçin Listeleme
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Analysis of internet metaphors: Case for information technology students
Fırat, Mehmet; Yurdakul, Kabakçı Işıl (Asian Research Publishing Network (ARPN), 2012)The purpose of this study is to determine the Internet-related metaphors used by Information Technology students and examine these metaphors in terms of their class, gender, daily internet use, internet use experiences and ... -
Comparing the Internet Usage of Pre-service Language Teachers With Teachers of Other Subjects: Distance Learning vs. On-Campus Learning
Fırat, Mehmet; Serpil, Harun (University Nacional Colombia, Facultad Ciencias Humanas, 2017)Teachers play a crucial role in helping individuals gain adequate Internet competency, which requires teachers themselves to be Internet-literate. The purpose of this study is to investigate the Internet use of the distance ... -
Continuous Partial Attention as a problematic technology use: A case of educators
Fırat, Mehmet (Matt Elbeck, 2013)Continuous Partial Attention is a current concept open to research which, besides multitasking, intensely occupies the agenda of education, communication and cognitive psychology. The purpose of the present study was to ... -
Determining Open Education Related Social Media Usage Trends in Turkey Using a Holistic Social Network Analysis
Fırat, Mehmet; Altınpulluk, Hakan; Kılınç, Hakan; Büyük, Köksal (EDAM, 2017)The aim of this study is to reveal Open Education related social media usage in Turkey through social network analyses. To this end, the most widely used social media network in Turkey, Facebook, was chosen. All the pages ... -
Determining the Effects of LMS Learning Behaviors on Academic Achievement in a Learning Analytic Perspective
Fırat, Mehmet (Informing Science Inst, 2016)Two of the most important outcomes of learning analytics are predicting students' learning and providing effective feedback. Learning Management Systems (LMS), which are widely used to support online and face-to-face ... -
The development of Hyper-MNP: Hyper-media navigational performance scale
Fırat, Mehmet; Yurdakul, Kabakçı Işıl (Springer, 2016)The present study aimed at developing a scale to evaluate navigational performance as a whole, which is one of the factors influencing learning in hyper media. In line with this purpose, depending on the related literature, ... -
Examination of Scientific Research Motivation and Methodological Paradigms of ICT Oriented Young Education Researchers
Fırat, Mehmet (Turkish Education Assoc, 2016)Methodological paradigms and scientific research motivations of ICT oriented young education researchers was examined in this study. "Scientific Research Motivations and Methodological Paradigms Survey" was used as the ... -
Growing misconception of technology: investigation of elementary students' recognition of and reasoning about technological artifacts
Fırat, Mehmet (Springer, 2017)Knowledge of technology is an educational goal of science education. A primary way of increasing technology literacy in a society is to develop students' conception of technology starting from their elementary school years. ... -
How real and model visuals affect the test performance of elementary students
Fırat, Mehmet (Pergamon-Elsevier Science LTD, 2017)Previous studies have provided evidence that multimedia support is an important factor in test performance. However, few studies have compared the effects of real visual and model visual on test performance. The purpose ... -
Level of intrinsic motivation of distance education students in e-learning environments
Fırat, Mehmet; Kılınç, Hakan; Yüzer, Tevfik Volkan (Wiley, 2018)According to researches, motivation that initiates and sustains behaviour is one of the most significant components of learning in any environment. Accordingly, level of intrinsic motivation triggers and sustains the ... -
Multitasking or continuous partial attention: A critical bottleneck for digital natives
Fırat, Mehmet (2013)With the beginning of the second half of the past century, advances in Information and Communication Technologies had unprecedented influence deeply felt in all social structures. The effects were so much widespread that ... -
Opinions of Expert Academicians on Online Data Collection and Voluntary Participation in Social Sciences Research
Kılınç, Hakan; Fırat, Mehmet (EDAM, 2017)This study aims to determine the opinions of academicians who teach scientific research methods courses in the field of social sciences on collecting data through online surveys, on the "voluntary basis" of academic research, ... -
Reflections from dual-mode alumni on the differences between distance and F2F education
Fırat, Mehmet (Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis LTD, 2017)The relevant literature is rich enough about the differences between distance and face to face education. However, the number of studies examining these differences from the viewpoint of dual-mode alumni, those graduated ... -
Relationship between Self-control and Facebook Use: Case of CEIT Students
Fırat, Mehmet (EDAM, 2017)This is an explanatory mixed-method study that analyzes the relationship between the variables of students' self-control and Facebook usage. TIME's online Facebook calculator and the Brief Self-Control Scale are used for ... -
Türkiye Ulusal Eğitim Düzeylerinin 2010-2015 Yılları Arasındaki Değişiminin İncelenmesi
Eğitim düzeylerindeki gelişimin bireysel ve toplumsal gelişime tartışmasız katkıları bulunmaktadır. Ancak literatürde eğitim düzeylerindeki değişimi büyük veri analizleriyle inceleyen yeterli çalışma bulunmamaktadır. Bu ... -
Understanding Turkish students' preferences for distance education depending on financial circumstances: A large-scale CHAID analysis
Fırat, Mehmet (Springer, 2017)In the past, distance education was used as a method to meet the educational needs of citizens with limited options to attend an institution of higher education. Nowadays, it has become irreplaceable in higher education ... -
Web Interface Design Principles for Adults' Self-Directed Learning
Fırat, Mehmet; Sakar, Nurhan; Kabakçı Yurdakul, Işıl (Anadolu University, 2016)One of the most important features which e-learning tools and environments must possess within the scope of lifelong learning is self-directed learning, which can be considered as a form of self-learning. The aim of this ... -
What educators have to know on cyber behaviors of 21st century learners?
Fırat, Mehmet (Sakarya University, 2016)Growing impacts of Internet and computer technologies on learning process of nowadays’ students led to a rediscussion of teachers' skills. Cognitive overload, disorientation, hyper-connectivity, internet addiction and ...