AIRCC's International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology

Ozlem Cakir ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology, Ankara University, Ankara, TR

Abstract

In Turkey, resting homes are opened increasing number day by day, by years in accordance with the requirement of increasing old age population. Information and communication technology are so important for these old people for communicating to other people, learning, and hobbies, … etc. In this study, accessibility conditions of elderly people to information and communication technologies in these resting homes. For this reason, answered the questions: For the individuals who live in the resting homes in Turkey: a) Is there a computer lab that they can access?, b) How many computers are there that they can access?, c) Do they have internet access?. When it is checked whether there are computer rooms in resting homes, it is seen that there is a computer room in 28 (13.93 %) homes out of 201 resting homes. When the number of computer per resting home is checked (201/137), it is found out that this number does not refer to even 2 computers. As a result, it can be said that there are very few computers in resting homes, which elderly people can access. 28 resting homes, which have a computer room, have also internet access. However, there is internet access in all resting homes because of official proceedings. Only 110 resting homes allow elderly people living there use the internet (54.73 %).

Keywords

Resting Home, Computer Accessibility, Internet Accessibility.

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Murat Kayri ¹, Ozlem Cakir ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Computer and Instructional Technology, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, TR
2 Department of Computer and Instructional Technology, Ankara University, Ankara, TR

Abstract

The main aim of the research was to examine educational use of Facebook. The Computer Networks and Communication lesson was taken as the sample and the attitudes of the students included in the study group towards Facebook were measured in a semi-experimental setup. The students on Facebook platform were examined for about three months and they continued their education interactively in that virtual environment. After the-three-month-education period, observations for the students were reported and the attitudes of the students towards Facebook were measured by three different measurement tools. As a result, the attitudes of the students towards educational use of Facebook and their views were heterogeneous. When the average values of the group were examined, it was reported that the attitudes towards educational use of Facebook was above a moderate level. Therefore, it might be suggested that social networks in virtual environments provide continuity in life long learning.

Keywords

Social Networks, Facebook, Web 2.0 Tools, Education.

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