The effect of scenario based teaching programme through different communication media on the achievement of students in information technology class

The main purpose of this research was to determine the effects of the scenario based teaching programme through two different communication media on the prospective elementary education teachers? academic success scores of the information technology and compare the communication media according to effective teaching. For this purpose, in the research, mixed method including quantitative and qualitative data collecting techniques was applied. For the quantitative part of the research, static group comparison design was implemented as one of the quasi- experimental designs.As quantitative data collection tools, an achievement test developed by the researcher and ``The Scale of Effective Teaching?? adapted to Turkish from ?Evaluating the quality of e-learning at the degree level in the student experience of blended learning? of Ginns and Ellis (2009) were applied. For the quantitative part of the research, two different methods were used to collect the data. Firstly, 6 students from each group were interviewed. Secondly, focus group interview involving two different groups of 6 participants was carried out. In addition, a research diary was written by the researcher in order to monitor the process of face to face and online meetings. The research diary was used during the interpretation of the findings.The population of the research consists of all prospective teachers attending Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Education during the fall term of 2011- 2012 academic year. The study group composed of junior class students attending Elementary Education Programme. One of the classes was divided into two. While Information Technology classes were conducted via Facebook in one group, the other group studied Information Technology via Adobe Connect.As a result of the research, there is no statistically significant difference between the groups of prospective teachers? academic success posttest scores obtained from the whole subdimensions of The Scale of Effective Teaching. According to the prospective teachers? views, as Facebook needs to have 3rd Party Software in teaching and learning process. In addition, the study groups should consist of less students.