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The Applications And Problems On The Distance Teacher Training in Turkey - Salih USUN, Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education

Introduction: Educational technology has changed the definition of classroom in terms of location, size, composition, learning environment, and teacher role. Educational technology in developing nations helps accommodate people in poor and rural areas. The Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) officially adopted and approved the following definition of instructional technology: "Instructional (educational) technology is the theory and practice of design, utilization, management and evaluation of processes and resources for learning" (Seels & Richey, 1994, p.1). Interestingly, the words "technology" or "technological" are never used in this definition. Distance education,which is a very important instructional technology, through open universities has increased in several countries. It includes two-way communication media that allow for direct interactions between teachers and remote students. It conquers restraints imposed on conventional education by time and space, and offers higher quality instructional design.

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