Volume Two - Academic Conferences

Nazime Tuncay and Hüseyin Uzunboylu
Figure 2: Stages of an Action Research (Martler, 2008)
The portal was developed according to the following theories:
Constructivist Learning theory,
Intrinsic motivation theory,
Theory of reasoned action,
Simulative reality theory,
Neurophysiological theory,
Theory of multiple intelligences
2.3 Process of data collection
“Syllabus Evaluation” Online Survey was first distributed online in January 2011, second remark was
distributed in February 2011 and later third time it was distributed in March. By April, a total of 114
questionnaires were collected. “Environment Evaluation” Online Survey was first distributed on April
and after a second remark was made on May, a total of 78 questionnaires were collected. “E-Learning
Education and M anagement E xpectations” Online S urvey is s till be ing c arried on; u ntil n ow 56
teachers’ questionnaires were collected. The last survey was very challenging. Since teachers
summer hol iday has s tarted, t hey are not r eading t heir em ails regularly; t he e-questionnaires ar e
distributed via SMS to their mobile phones. And, second remarks are taking place now.
2.4 Data analysis
Descriptive statistics were used to analyze and to report the data gained from the questionnaires. The
frequencies and percentages were used for data analysis. Also, SPSS 17 was used.
3. Results and Conclusion
This section will b e ex plained in six sub-sections: Training N eeds, SL Meetings, Online S yllabus,
Course Content, E-Learning Education and Management Expectations Online Survey, Measurement
Tool and Some of the First Impressions about VirtualNeu.
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