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Item Open Access E-Öğrenme güncesi: dil öğreniminde öğrencinin inisiyatif kullanmasını arttırmaya yönelik bir araç(Türk Eğitim Derneği İktisadi İşletmesi, 2007) Yumuk-Şengül, AyşeThis study aims to explore the extent to which e-learning journals stimulate learner control over the language learning process through critical reflection on the process itself. The study involved 71 first-year non-native English-speaking students taking a two-semester “Text and Composition” course at the Department of Translation and Interpretation (English-French-Turkish) at a four-year English medium university in Turkey. The data were collected through e-learning journals, post-course interviews and post-course questionnaires. The results indicated that e-learning journals encouraged learners to reflect critically on their learning, resulting in increased learner control over the language learning process. Moreover, e-learning journals promoted positive change in the attitudes of the learners towards using more ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) in the language learning process.Item Open Access Exploring break-points and interaction effects among predictors of the international digital divide(Taylor & Francis Inc., 2006) Deichmann, J. I.; Eshghi, A.; Haughton, D.; Masnghetti, M.; Sayek, S.; Topi, H.The deepening of the digital divide between countries has prompted international organizations and governments to work together toward reducing the problem over the next 15 years. However, such efforts will likely succeed only if they are based on a firm grasp of the divide's underlying causes. In this paper we report the results of a comprehensive analysis of the determinants of the international digital divide. Our results confirm many findings of past research, but also extend existing knowledge in important ways. By employing Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS), we discover non-linearities and interaction effects among the predictors. We then articulate significant policy implications based upon these findings.Item Open Access Internet and social media uses, digital divides, and digitally mediated transnationalism in forced migration: Syrians in Turkey(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., 2021-08-27) Jauhiainen, J. S.; Özçürümez, Saime; Tursun, ÖzgünThis article studied Internet and social media uses, digital divides (access, use, and impact of the Internet and social media), and digitally mediated transnationalism in forced migration with the case of Syrians in Turkey. The mixed method analysis is based on surveys with 762 respondents, 52 interviews, and participant observations among Syrians in Gaziantep, Istanbul, and Izmir provinces in Turkey. Digitally mediated transnationalism became the everyday strategy, practice, and resilience of Syrians in Turkey. The first- and second-level digital divides, that is, the differences in their access to and use of the Internet and social media diminished while many third-level digital divides (impacts) remained. Syrians in Turkey used information and communication technologies, the Internet and social media for accessing basic needs and services, to enhance their challenging psycho-social well-being, to maintain transnational bonding and bridging connections to Syria, the European Union and elsewhere, and some also to implement their mobility plans.