USAGE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR PRISONER DISTANCE

International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications
April 2016 Volume: 7 Issue: 2 Article: 07 ISSN 1309-6249
USAGE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR PRISONER DISTANCE LEARNERS:
ANADOLU UNIVERSITY OEF CASE
Prof. Dr. Ugur DEMIRAY
Prof. Dr. Sezen UNLU
Prof. Dr. Serap SUGUR
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Incilay CANGOZ
Assist. Prof. Dr. Esra Pınar UCA GUNES
Anadolu University
Eskisehir- TURKEY
ABSTRACT
Around the world, various correctional jurisdictions are struggling to enable the delivery of higher education
into prisons. At a time when universities are moving increasingly online, very often access to the internet is
restricted or disallowed in correctional environments. Many universities, leading in distance education provide
in their countries in which they are based, are delivering higher education into prisons using technology to
varying extents.
This paper reports on distance education into prisons, particularly using technology, in Turkey, by Anadolu
University. In Open Education Faculty jurisdictions, in prisoner access to computer hardware, personal devices
and to the internet. How these differences impact on the delivery of distance education is explored with an
examination of various learning initiatives and lessons learned.
Keywords: Distance Education, prisoner, using technology, open education faculty, Turkey.
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