Assoc. Prof. Alaattin PARLAKKILIC is a faculty member in Managemen Information System Department at Ufuk University in Ankara. He received a PhD in Computer and Instruction Technology at Ankara University. His research focus and teaching are in the area of information technology, health informatics, e-learning, information security, web programming, system and computer networks. He completed his post-doctoral education in the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2013
The role of e-learning technologies entirely depends on the acceptance and execution of required-... more The role of e-learning technologies entirely depends on the acceptance and execution of required-change in the thinking and behaviour of the users of institutions. The research are constantly reporting that many e-learning projects are falling short of their objectives due to many reasons but on the top is the user resistance to change according to the digital requirements of new era. It is argued that the suitable way for change management in e-learning environment is the training and persuading of users with a view to enhance their digital literacy and thus gradually changing the users’ attitude in positive direction. This paper discusses change management in transition to e-learning system considering pedagogical, cost and technical implications. It also discusses challenges and opportunities for integrating these technologies in higher learning institutions with examples from Turkey GATA (Gulhane Askeri Tip Akademisi-Gulhane Military Medical Academy).
Bu arastirma, ULAKBIM veri tabanlari tarafindan dizinlenen Turkiye adresli dergilerde yayimlanmis... more Bu arastirma, ULAKBIM veri tabanlari tarafindan dizinlenen Turkiye adresli dergilerde yayimlanmis egitim alanindaki eylem arastirmasi makalelerinin bir icerik analizidir. Bu amacla ulasilan 80 makale incelenmistir. Veriler, arastirmacilar tarafindan gelistirilen bir form ile toplanmistir. Makaleler formda yer alan tema ve kod listesine gore analiz edilmistir. Calisma kapsamindaki temalar: makalelerin yayimlandigi yil, dergi adi, dergi turu, tarandigi indeks, yayin dili, kaynagi; yazarlarinin sayisi, cinsiyeti, milliyeti, meslegi, arastirmadaki rolu; yapildigi yer, konu alani, konusu; arastirma yontemi, eylem arastirmasi turu ve dongusu; orneklem duzeyi, buyuklugu ve yontemi; uygulama suresi, veri toplama ve analiz yontemi; gecerlik ve guvenirlik yontemi, ve atif sayisidir. Calismada elde edilen veriler, yuzde ve frekansa dayali bir sekilde yorumlanmistir. Turkiye’de eylem arastirmasinin az tercih edilen bir arastirma turu olmasi, cogunlukla akademisyenler tarafindan yapilmasi, ve o...
The E-commerce Industry has many changes that affect both the industry and the scope of competiti... more The E-commerce Industry has many changes that affect both the industry and the scope of competition. In this study, online shopping was examined with the factors affecting customer evaluation in the Covid-19 pandemic. During Covid-19, shopping is mostly done online because people are at home. A quantitative method with a questionnaire was applied to 150 active online customers to determine customer evaluation for online shopping. Demographic characteristics, gender, age, marital status, and graduation impact analysis were found to affect online shopping. Minimizing the problems in shipping processes and increasing payment options are important findings. Social media was found to be a significant commercial potential for online shopping during the Covid-19 period. The effect of Trust, Cargo Tracking, Website Features, and Satisfaction was examined. It was determined that there was a negative relationship between Trust and Cargo-Tracking in the Covid-19 period. It was concluded that a...
Abstract The purpose of this study was to teach and evaluate the effectiveness of an Information ... more Abstract The purpose of this study was to teach and evaluate the effectiveness of an Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) course through translation to students in Afghanistan. First, an interview was conducted to determine students’ computer skills. It was concluded that the students had almost no computer skills. The course was delivered to two groups of first-year students for 14 weeks during one semester. In group one, students were taught by a Turkish instructor through a translator. The course was delivered to group 2 by a native-language speaking teacher. At the end of the semester, students of both groups were given a final exam and were asked to comment about teaching speed, overall satisfaction, teacher reactions, course materials and future improvements to the course. Statistically, there was no significant difference between the final performances of students in both groups. The students also declared that they wanted to greatly improve their computer skills and use the Internet to make use of digital ICT resources for other courses, too. An additional finding was that there was a 20-min time-delay between the Turkish and native groups due to the translation process throughout each course session.
Education portals are now used to disseminate learning content. However, many users are not aware... more Education portals are now used to disseminate learning content. However, many users are not aware of the different types of education portals. Some may consider a web portal as no different from a web site. In terms of educational health web portal it is sometime different. An effective educational health portal should be easy to use and understandable. An educational health portal should contain sufficient amount of educational and useful related contents. Moreover, there is need to improve portal in terms of dynamic design, contents and tools for building and accessing to information. The purpose of this study is to explore the dynamic design and efficient use of educational health web portal by students and teachers. In our study we found that dynamically designed web portals are the cost-effective, dynamic and a useful for up to date use of information and communications technologies in support to health education, knowledge and research.
This study investigates user perception and resistance against change in the Hospital Information... more This study investigates user perception and resistance against change in the Hospital Information System (HIS) change. A quantitative approach with a survey was applied to determine perception and resistance ofvgroups.The results were compared with each other: the percentage of innovators (32%), the percentage of early adopters (21%), the percentage of early majority (31%), and the percentage of late majority (12%), and the percentage of laggards (4%). Acceptance differs due to financial reasons. The resistance differs according to the employees’ status. IT developments, management supported security and privacy rules increase employee performance and acceptance. For resistance, there has been a significant difference feedback of employees is required, and functional needs reduce resistance. Hospitals need to use new and up-to-date information technology in order to serve effective patient care with valid standards.
The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is increasing in education. ICT teach... more The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is increasing in education. ICT teachers have important role and responsibilities in ICT world. In this study, the problems of ICT teachers and their suggested solutions that stated by them were evaluated by analyzing their messages and shared information in Internet and social media. Document analysis was used as qualitative data collection method for this study. The research group was consisting of the ICT teachers that have worked in secondary Turkish Schools from July 2012 to July 2013 who used social media. In the study, teachers' opinions and suggested solutions in social media (forums, blogs, Facebook and Twitter) had been obtained and categorized in six area as course compulsory, curriculum, personal rights, job definitions, Fatih Project, ICT infrastructure and innovative ideas. The data have been evaluated categorically in frequency and percentage. At the end of the study; it was evaluated that the solution s...
This research investigates e-learning readiness level of family medicine physicians (FM) in Turke... more This research investigates e-learning readiness level of family medicine physicians (FM) in Turkey. The study measures the level of e-learning readiness of Turkish FM physicians by an online e-learning readiness survey. According to results five areas are ready at Turkish FM physicians but need a few improvements: equipment/infrastructure, online learning style readiness, technological skills readiness, cultural readiness, financial readiness. Three areas are not ready and need some work to improve their readiness: Human resource readiness, attitude readiness, and environmental readiness. Finally, the outcomes of e-learning readiness indicate that the Turkish Family Medicine Physicians are ready for adopting e-learning. The overall results show that the e-learning readiness level at Turkish FM physicians has been 68,28 %, and ready but needs a few improvements for e-learning.
Generally it is not easy for an instructor to prepare and deliver electronic courses via e-learni... more Generally it is not easy for an instructor to prepare and deliver electronic courses via e-learning. Therefore it is necessary to work and develop an easy method to deliver e-learning courses. In this context rapid e-learning can be used to develop e-learning courses in a more quick and easy course development. Desktop virtualization works through a centralized computing process environment to offer computing services. In order to implement rapid e-learning, a desktop virtual environment was set up. Rapid e-learning building process, virtual desktop building process were explained. Rapid e-learning was used by teachers and students. Finally the overall hybrid system cost was calculated and reported. In implementation rapid e-learning and desktop virtualization were combined. It was seen that the hybrid method was acceptable by teachers and students and fit the requirements. The cost reduction was %41 comparing with traditional desktop computing and e-learning system.
Flip classes, teaching with the increasing use of technology in education has emerged as a new pe... more Flip classes, teaching with the increasing use of technology in education has emerged as a new pedagogical methods for providing effective teaching at a time when the increased public courses. Flip classes offer asynchronous video lessons, assignments, discussions, activities, problem solving and learning activities occure at classroom but offers to learn basic course topics at home. Flip classes has left behavioral learning environment to a constructivist environment. This study conducted a detailed investigation of the flip classroom and applicability of flip classroossm in ongoing Fatih ( Firsatlari Arttirma ve Teknolojiyi Iyilestirme Hareketi - Movement of Enhancing Opportunities and Improving Technology) Project. In this context, the course planning and research activities, the use of appropriate tools, the concept of flip class, theoretical framework, content, course preparation and subjects were examined. For this purpose, an extensive literature review was done especially th...
Dijital girisim dunya capinda egitim ve sosyal hayati degistirmektedir. Ancak, kuruluslar ve egit... more Dijital girisim dunya capinda egitim ve sosyal hayati degistirmektedir. Ancak, kuruluslar ve egitim kurumlari, gelistiriciler ve son kullanicilar istenen duzeyde mobil teknolojilerden faydalanmamaktadir. Mobil cihazlar ve Nesnelerin Interneti (IoT), kapsamli bir sekilde kullanilmaktadir ve boylece cevrimici ogrenenlerin sayisi artmaktadir. Sorun, farkli mobil cihazlarla, kullanici dostu, estetik ve etkin olarak tatmin edici mobil ogrenmenin istenen performans ve sekilde sunulamamasidir. Bu calismada m-ogrenme, sis bilisim destegiyle egitim-ogretimdeki avantajlari ve sis bilisim ortaminda yapilandirilmasina yer verilmistir. Ortaya konan sis tabanli m-ogrenme mimarisi, ogrencilere derslerin daha iyi takibi, egitimde mobil cihazlarin etkin kullanimi konusunda onemli destek saglayabilir. Ayrica, sis bilisim mimarisi, kesintisiz ve dusuk gecikmeli mobil cihazlarla egitim sunmak icin kullanilabilir. Sis bilisim ile egitimde mobil cihazlarla daha fazla bilgi parcalari farkli kaynaklarda...
Though e-learning technologies are begin to be used in education institutions, their role entirel... more Though e-learning technologies are begin to be used in education institutions, their role entirely depends on the acceptance and execution of required-change in the thinking and behavior of the developers and users of institutions. It is very hard to change the behaviours, cultural bonds and lifestyle of the users in the educational institutions. Teachers, students and administrators are used to traditional pedagogy and educational administration and research are constantly reporting that many e-learning projects are falling short of their objectives due to many reasons but on the top is the user resistance to change according to the digital requirements of new era. It is argued that the suitable way for change management in e-learning environment is the training and persuading of users with a view to enhancing their digital literacy and thus gradually changing the users attitude in positive direction. This paper discusses change management in transition to e-learning system conside...
Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development
The amount of health data created in the world is increasing exponentially every day. Existing te... more The amount of health data created in the world is increasing exponentially every day. Existing technologies such as data storage, fast processing of stored data, and data security are still sufficient, but it is predicted that some problems will most likely occur. The positive effects of blockchain technology have attracted attention on issues such as ensuring that people avoid direct contact in the pandemic, saving time, facilitating international cooperation, and reducing paperwork. Blockchain technology allows for the elimination of an authority or a central server. This feature makes data processing processes incredibly fast. It allows patient health data to be stored regularly, transferred quickly, and easily anonymized when necessary. In this way, the needs of patients who continue their treatment at home or in the hospital can be determined in advance. The drugs to be used, the necessary medical devices, and the treatment to be applied can be determined quickly, and, if neces...
The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2013
The role of e-learning technologies entirely depends on the acceptance and execution of required-... more The role of e-learning technologies entirely depends on the acceptance and execution of required-change in the thinking and behaviour of the users of institutions. The research are constantly reporting that many e-learning projects are falling short of their objectives due to many reasons but on the top is the user resistance to change according to the digital requirements of new era. It is argued that the suitable way for change management in e-learning environment is the training and persuading of users with a view to enhance their digital literacy and thus gradually changing the users’ attitude in positive direction. This paper discusses change management in transition to e-learning system considering pedagogical, cost and technical implications. It also discusses challenges and opportunities for integrating these technologies in higher learning institutions with examples from Turkey GATA (Gulhane Askeri Tip Akademisi-Gulhane Military Medical Academy).
Bu arastirma, ULAKBIM veri tabanlari tarafindan dizinlenen Turkiye adresli dergilerde yayimlanmis... more Bu arastirma, ULAKBIM veri tabanlari tarafindan dizinlenen Turkiye adresli dergilerde yayimlanmis egitim alanindaki eylem arastirmasi makalelerinin bir icerik analizidir. Bu amacla ulasilan 80 makale incelenmistir. Veriler, arastirmacilar tarafindan gelistirilen bir form ile toplanmistir. Makaleler formda yer alan tema ve kod listesine gore analiz edilmistir. Calisma kapsamindaki temalar: makalelerin yayimlandigi yil, dergi adi, dergi turu, tarandigi indeks, yayin dili, kaynagi; yazarlarinin sayisi, cinsiyeti, milliyeti, meslegi, arastirmadaki rolu; yapildigi yer, konu alani, konusu; arastirma yontemi, eylem arastirmasi turu ve dongusu; orneklem duzeyi, buyuklugu ve yontemi; uygulama suresi, veri toplama ve analiz yontemi; gecerlik ve guvenirlik yontemi, ve atif sayisidir. Calismada elde edilen veriler, yuzde ve frekansa dayali bir sekilde yorumlanmistir. Turkiye’de eylem arastirmasinin az tercih edilen bir arastirma turu olmasi, cogunlukla akademisyenler tarafindan yapilmasi, ve o...
The E-commerce Industry has many changes that affect both the industry and the scope of competiti... more The E-commerce Industry has many changes that affect both the industry and the scope of competition. In this study, online shopping was examined with the factors affecting customer evaluation in the Covid-19 pandemic. During Covid-19, shopping is mostly done online because people are at home. A quantitative method with a questionnaire was applied to 150 active online customers to determine customer evaluation for online shopping. Demographic characteristics, gender, age, marital status, and graduation impact analysis were found to affect online shopping. Minimizing the problems in shipping processes and increasing payment options are important findings. Social media was found to be a significant commercial potential for online shopping during the Covid-19 period. The effect of Trust, Cargo Tracking, Website Features, and Satisfaction was examined. It was determined that there was a negative relationship between Trust and Cargo-Tracking in the Covid-19 period. It was concluded that a...
Abstract The purpose of this study was to teach and evaluate the effectiveness of an Information ... more Abstract The purpose of this study was to teach and evaluate the effectiveness of an Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) course through translation to students in Afghanistan. First, an interview was conducted to determine students’ computer skills. It was concluded that the students had almost no computer skills. The course was delivered to two groups of first-year students for 14 weeks during one semester. In group one, students were taught by a Turkish instructor through a translator. The course was delivered to group 2 by a native-language speaking teacher. At the end of the semester, students of both groups were given a final exam and were asked to comment about teaching speed, overall satisfaction, teacher reactions, course materials and future improvements to the course. Statistically, there was no significant difference between the final performances of students in both groups. The students also declared that they wanted to greatly improve their computer skills and use the Internet to make use of digital ICT resources for other courses, too. An additional finding was that there was a 20-min time-delay between the Turkish and native groups due to the translation process throughout each course session.
Education portals are now used to disseminate learning content. However, many users are not aware... more Education portals are now used to disseminate learning content. However, many users are not aware of the different types of education portals. Some may consider a web portal as no different from a web site. In terms of educational health web portal it is sometime different. An effective educational health portal should be easy to use and understandable. An educational health portal should contain sufficient amount of educational and useful related contents. Moreover, there is need to improve portal in terms of dynamic design, contents and tools for building and accessing to information. The purpose of this study is to explore the dynamic design and efficient use of educational health web portal by students and teachers. In our study we found that dynamically designed web portals are the cost-effective, dynamic and a useful for up to date use of information and communications technologies in support to health education, knowledge and research.
This study investigates user perception and resistance against change in the Hospital Information... more This study investigates user perception and resistance against change in the Hospital Information System (HIS) change. A quantitative approach with a survey was applied to determine perception and resistance ofvgroups.The results were compared with each other: the percentage of innovators (32%), the percentage of early adopters (21%), the percentage of early majority (31%), and the percentage of late majority (12%), and the percentage of laggards (4%). Acceptance differs due to financial reasons. The resistance differs according to the employees’ status. IT developments, management supported security and privacy rules increase employee performance and acceptance. For resistance, there has been a significant difference feedback of employees is required, and functional needs reduce resistance. Hospitals need to use new and up-to-date information technology in order to serve effective patient care with valid standards.
The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is increasing in education. ICT teach... more The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is increasing in education. ICT teachers have important role and responsibilities in ICT world. In this study, the problems of ICT teachers and their suggested solutions that stated by them were evaluated by analyzing their messages and shared information in Internet and social media. Document analysis was used as qualitative data collection method for this study. The research group was consisting of the ICT teachers that have worked in secondary Turkish Schools from July 2012 to July 2013 who used social media. In the study, teachers' opinions and suggested solutions in social media (forums, blogs, Facebook and Twitter) had been obtained and categorized in six area as course compulsory, curriculum, personal rights, job definitions, Fatih Project, ICT infrastructure and innovative ideas. The data have been evaluated categorically in frequency and percentage. At the end of the study; it was evaluated that the solution s...
This research investigates e-learning readiness level of family medicine physicians (FM) in Turke... more This research investigates e-learning readiness level of family medicine physicians (FM) in Turkey. The study measures the level of e-learning readiness of Turkish FM physicians by an online e-learning readiness survey. According to results five areas are ready at Turkish FM physicians but need a few improvements: equipment/infrastructure, online learning style readiness, technological skills readiness, cultural readiness, financial readiness. Three areas are not ready and need some work to improve their readiness: Human resource readiness, attitude readiness, and environmental readiness. Finally, the outcomes of e-learning readiness indicate that the Turkish Family Medicine Physicians are ready for adopting e-learning. The overall results show that the e-learning readiness level at Turkish FM physicians has been 68,28 %, and ready but needs a few improvements for e-learning.
Generally it is not easy for an instructor to prepare and deliver electronic courses via e-learni... more Generally it is not easy for an instructor to prepare and deliver electronic courses via e-learning. Therefore it is necessary to work and develop an easy method to deliver e-learning courses. In this context rapid e-learning can be used to develop e-learning courses in a more quick and easy course development. Desktop virtualization works through a centralized computing process environment to offer computing services. In order to implement rapid e-learning, a desktop virtual environment was set up. Rapid e-learning building process, virtual desktop building process were explained. Rapid e-learning was used by teachers and students. Finally the overall hybrid system cost was calculated and reported. In implementation rapid e-learning and desktop virtualization were combined. It was seen that the hybrid method was acceptable by teachers and students and fit the requirements. The cost reduction was %41 comparing with traditional desktop computing and e-learning system.
Flip classes, teaching with the increasing use of technology in education has emerged as a new pe... more Flip classes, teaching with the increasing use of technology in education has emerged as a new pedagogical methods for providing effective teaching at a time when the increased public courses. Flip classes offer asynchronous video lessons, assignments, discussions, activities, problem solving and learning activities occure at classroom but offers to learn basic course topics at home. Flip classes has left behavioral learning environment to a constructivist environment. This study conducted a detailed investigation of the flip classroom and applicability of flip classroossm in ongoing Fatih ( Firsatlari Arttirma ve Teknolojiyi Iyilestirme Hareketi - Movement of Enhancing Opportunities and Improving Technology) Project. In this context, the course planning and research activities, the use of appropriate tools, the concept of flip class, theoretical framework, content, course preparation and subjects were examined. For this purpose, an extensive literature review was done especially th...
Dijital girisim dunya capinda egitim ve sosyal hayati degistirmektedir. Ancak, kuruluslar ve egit... more Dijital girisim dunya capinda egitim ve sosyal hayati degistirmektedir. Ancak, kuruluslar ve egitim kurumlari, gelistiriciler ve son kullanicilar istenen duzeyde mobil teknolojilerden faydalanmamaktadir. Mobil cihazlar ve Nesnelerin Interneti (IoT), kapsamli bir sekilde kullanilmaktadir ve boylece cevrimici ogrenenlerin sayisi artmaktadir. Sorun, farkli mobil cihazlarla, kullanici dostu, estetik ve etkin olarak tatmin edici mobil ogrenmenin istenen performans ve sekilde sunulamamasidir. Bu calismada m-ogrenme, sis bilisim destegiyle egitim-ogretimdeki avantajlari ve sis bilisim ortaminda yapilandirilmasina yer verilmistir. Ortaya konan sis tabanli m-ogrenme mimarisi, ogrencilere derslerin daha iyi takibi, egitimde mobil cihazlarin etkin kullanimi konusunda onemli destek saglayabilir. Ayrica, sis bilisim mimarisi, kesintisiz ve dusuk gecikmeli mobil cihazlarla egitim sunmak icin kullanilabilir. Sis bilisim ile egitimde mobil cihazlarla daha fazla bilgi parcalari farkli kaynaklarda...
Though e-learning technologies are begin to be used in education institutions, their role entirel... more Though e-learning technologies are begin to be used in education institutions, their role entirely depends on the acceptance and execution of required-change in the thinking and behavior of the developers and users of institutions. It is very hard to change the behaviours, cultural bonds and lifestyle of the users in the educational institutions. Teachers, students and administrators are used to traditional pedagogy and educational administration and research are constantly reporting that many e-learning projects are falling short of their objectives due to many reasons but on the top is the user resistance to change according to the digital requirements of new era. It is argued that the suitable way for change management in e-learning environment is the training and persuading of users with a view to enhancing their digital literacy and thus gradually changing the users attitude in positive direction. This paper discusses change management in transition to e-learning system conside...
Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development
The amount of health data created in the world is increasing exponentially every day. Existing te... more The amount of health data created in the world is increasing exponentially every day. Existing technologies such as data storage, fast processing of stored data, and data security are still sufficient, but it is predicted that some problems will most likely occur. The positive effects of blockchain technology have attracted attention on issues such as ensuring that people avoid direct contact in the pandemic, saving time, facilitating international cooperation, and reducing paperwork. Blockchain technology allows for the elimination of an authority or a central server. This feature makes data processing processes incredibly fast. It allows patient health data to be stored regularly, transferred quickly, and easily anonymized when necessary. In this way, the needs of patients who continue their treatment at home or in the hospital can be determined in advance. The drugs to be used, the necessary medical devices, and the treatment to be applied can be determined quickly, and, if neces...
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