Investigation of university students' ready for online learning in the context of self-regulated learning skills

In this study, it is aimed to determine the relationship between students' readiness for online learning and self-regulated learning skills in online distance education applications, which have gained importance in recent years and have become compulsory in universities during the pandemic period. The sample of the research is to reach approximately 500 students studying at Necmettin Erbakan University, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities in the 2020-2021 academic year. However, within the scope of the research, 445 university students were reached. In order to achieve the objectives of the research, the Readiness for Online Learning Scale (ÇÖHBÖ) adapted to Turkish by İlhan and Çetin (2013), whose permissions were obtained before the research, and the Self-Regulated Learning Skills Assessment Scale prepared by Velipaşaoğlu and Musal (2017) for the Evaluation of Students' Self-Regulated Learning Skills (ÖDÖB) was used. The data obtained in the research were analyzed using the SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) program. The relationship between these two scales was analyzed by considering socio-demographic factors. Thanks to the findings obtained from these analyzes, some conclusions were reached. According to these results, it was revealed that the status of receiving distance education before the pandemic was effective on the readiness of university students for online learning. However, when the results of the self-regulated learning scale for distance education before the pandemic were examined, it was concluded that there was no effective variable on university students. When the results showing the relationship between the readiness scale for online learning and the self-regulated learning skills scale were examined, a positive and significant relationship was found. This means; As the readiness for online learning increases, self-regulated learning skills also increase, and as self-regulated learning skills develop, it can be said that there will be a change in the level of readiness for online learning. For this research, it was also among the suggestions to conduct a study in which the opinions of the students were included. Keywords: Online Distance Education, Readiness, Self-regulated Learning, Relationship