EXAMINING THE ACADEMIC COUNSELING COURSES AS A SUPPORT SERVICE IN DISTANCE LEARNING

Academic counseling courses, in which learner support is provided in a face-to-face environment, maintain their importance and continuity since the beginning of the distance education system in Anadolu University. Academic counseling courses, which are carried out by getting support from various universities, are conducted by bringing the instructors that are experts in their fields and learners together in pre-arranged places out of working hours (in the evening on weekdays and at weekends) in 74 town center. Learners could make use of this service by asking questions about the content they havenʹt understood, discussing it, and consulting the instructor. In this study, it is examined learnersʹ attitudes towards learning environment and the instructorsʹ behaviors in academic counseling. The findings indicate that those who tend to academic counseling courses have positive attitudes towards both the instructor and the environment.