To learn the application areas of distance education which eliminates time and space constraints and the effective use of communication tools that provide bilateral information transfer in Distance Education

Basic concepts and philosophy of open and distance learning; the development of distance education in the world; development of distance education in Turkey; learner and mentor roles in distance education; technologies used in distance education; management of open and distance education; classroom management and its components in open and distance learning; open educational resources and trends in the world; mass open online courses; personalized learning environments; open and distance education problems and their solutions; open and distance education applications in teacher training; developing individual teaching materials in open and distance education and student support services; identifying teaching strategies for different learning situations; research and evaluation in distance education.