The aim of this course is to provide students with the basic concepts of distance education, to comprehend the fundamentals of distance education and to make planning-design related to distance education systems and to make evaluations about distance education.

Fundamentals of distance education, definitions, history and concepts: individualization, industrialization, interaction and communication, flexibility, distance education systems, planning and evaluation of distance education systems, distance education research, online course preparation, usability, learning objects and standards, learning management systems