OPEN EDUCATION FACULTY

General Information

Distance education is a contemporary practice that "allows students to learn via communication technologies". Distance education, offered in many developing and developed countries, enables people from different age groups, occupational backgrounds and income groups to pursue studies without losing their productivity and to arrange their studies based on their own capacity and pace. Distance education has recourse to education models that bring together students, instructors, and educational resources from different locations thanks to communication technologies. It is an educational philosophy that makes use of the technology of the age.

Anadolu University Open and Distance Education System is the first institution in Turkey that offers higher education through contemporary distance education model.

Articles 5 and 12 of the Law no. 2547, regulating the Turkish Higher Education and adopted on November 6, 1981, allowed Turkish universities to offer continuous and open education. In 1982, the Faculty of Open Education of Anadolu University was officially appointed by the Higher Education Council as the institution responsible for offering continuous and open education. The Open Education Model, which started with two distance education programs in the field of Economics and Business Administration, has expanded since then, now offering many undergraduate and associate degree programs as well as certificate programs for students.

The Open Education Faculty, where printed materials and television broadcasting have been used, continuously endeavors to find ways of integrating advanced technologies like the Internet, computer-assisted teaching and videoconferencing into learning processes to help students get accustomed to these technologies and build technological interaction. Besides, to fulfill students’ needs, the faculty offers face-to-face academic guidance and practical services in selected areas.