An Assessment of Information and Records Management Department Students’ Perceptions Towards the Use of Distance Learning Tools: Example of Atatürk University

Rapid developments experienced in information and communication technologies affect the

educational field like any other field. One of these field is Information and Records Management

where technology must be used effectively. Technology has changed the education provision

manner and content considerably and revealed the technology-centered training tendency.

Students, enrolled at the Department of Information and Records Management, combine

technology literacy and information literacy in the education scope along with the curriculum

suggested by the department and are raised as individuals who can use information technologies

effectively in their profession Distance education tools are used effectively as educational

tools by both educators and students due to the fact that they ensure an opportunity to receive

education which is formed physically independent from the educational institution. In this

sense, this study aimed to measure the perceptions of The Atatürk University, Faculty of Letters,

Department of Information and Records Management students about the use of technologybased distance education tools and to assess how they contributed to their education. For this

reason, a survey consisting of 16 questions was applied to determine the perceptions of the

students of the Department of Information and Records Management about the use of distance

education tools and the results have been evaluated