Abstract
During the corona epidemic in Turkey, there have been many institutions that have moved their education activities online. In this process, the examining the education and training activities of a institution that prefers online education to improve the professional competence of its employees of the opinions of the participants is the aim of this study. The participants of the research were comprised of 122 technicians and customer representatives’ employee in Turkey affiliated to the local authorized service organizations of a global technological company. The participants were selected among candidates who completed the online training offered by the main company, which operates in Turkey as well as many other countries. The study was carried out in survey model, and the data were collected with an online questionnaire consisting of open-ended questions. Collected data were analyzed through content analysis. It was found out that despite the applied nature of vocational education online education is consolidating its place in this area. There seems to exist consensus that an online vocational education activity designed properly in terms of teacher, student, infrastructure and instructional materials is most likely to be successful.
Publisher
Abant Izzet Baysal Universitesi Egitim Fakultesi Dergisi
Subject
Applied Mathematics,General Mathematics
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