Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning , cilt.18, sa.2, ss.85-100, 2022 (Hakemli Dergi)
This study aims to examine the online teaching processes of instructors in
higher education in detail and reveal their online teaching competencies.
The study employed a convergent parallel mixed method design, where the
comparative method was used in the quantitative part of the research and
the qualitative part was designed as a descriptive case study. The data were
collected from 490 online instructors in various departments of a state
university in Turkey. A questionnaire was used to reveal the instructors'
practices, experiences, opinions, and online teaching competencies in the
emergency remote teaching process. The results indicated that instructors
mostly preferred Zoom for synchronous and Canvas for asynchronous
applications in online education. The online teaching competencies of
instructors in pedagogy, technology, and facilitation dimensions were
found to be quite high, while course administration competencies were
intermediate. According to the qualitative dimension of the research, most
of the instructors reported a significant increase in workload due to online
education. They also cited the advantages of online education as well as
the pedagogical and technical difficulties encountered.