A survey on usage of the web based distance education at vocational and technical education

In this study, a survey has been implemented on the distance education program carried out over the internet and usage at vocational and technical education. In the research a set of question has been prepared for the vocational school students who take distance education at vocational and technical education area. At the questionnaire, several questions have been asked to the students about general evaluation of distance education, comparison with face to face education, advantage and disadvantage, importance of distance education and web based laboratory. The questionnaires answered by students have been transferred to the computer in which they have been analysed statistically by using SPSS data analyzing program. At assessment of the questionnaires t test method which is the popular statistic method used for hypothesis tests has been used. The developed questionnaires have been applied to 90 students at Department of Control and Automation at Gazi University Distance Education Vocational School. As a result, feed backs coming from the students have been evaluated and some recommendations have been proposed in order to eliminate stated weakness and to improve education quality.