Development of an WEB based platform for distance education and application tomechanics courses

viDEVELOPMENT OF AN WEB BASED PLATFORM FOR DISTANCEEDUCATION AND APPLICATION TO MECHANICS COURSES(M. Sc. Thesis)Cihangir COŞGUNGAZİ UNIVERSITYINSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYJanuary 2007ABSTRACTIn this study, an internet based distance education platform is developed inorder to teach graduate level mechanics lessons which are thought in theuniversities. Visual Studio.Net programming language, Macromedia Studio andTechSmith Camtasia were used in the platform. The developed platform can beeasily used by the lecturers. The lecturers can add or remove their courses.Different Learning Management Systems (LMS) which are used by differenteducation institutions were analyzed before developing the platform. Propertiesof developed LMS, interactive learning objects and communicationenvironments are defined and shown by web pages. The purpose of this study,to built an automation system which capable of face to face education by usingdistance learning techniques. The courses can be taken, homework?s andexaminations can be evaluated by the developed system. Therefore, majority ofthe courses which are thought in mechanics and machine elements departmentby formal education can be taken by this platform. Communication applicationssuch as Forums, story boards, chat, e-mail and surveys are used in the system.Science Code : 912.1.080Key Words : Web Based Distance Education, Learning ManagementSystem, Internet Assisted Education, E-Learning, OnlineLearning, Web Based Asynchronous LearningPage Number : 104Adviser : Dr. Ahmet TAŞKESEN