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Covid 19 pandemic had a huge impact upon life and the educational experience of students. One of the groups mostly affected from this pandemic is the school children. The sudden transition to distance education from traditional face-to-face education undoubtedly changed the implementation methods of the teaching programme in schools. The research study reported in this paper was carried out in Greece and Turkey. Responses were collected from primary school pupils who voluntarily and anonymously completed an online questionnaire with multiple choice questions. The latter were carefully worded in an appropriate and understandable way, using language suitable for primary school aged children. Comparisons between the responses from the two countries revealed similarities and differences. Through a comparative approach the research results are particularly scruitinised through the lenses of equal opportunities and social exclusion policies along with a cross cultural perspective, which is expected to have a useful impact during the post pandemic era. By sharing the collective knowledge and experience gained, we aspire to propose educational strategies for well-being and recovery, and overall educational process improvement.

The transition from the traditional model of learning and teaching to full online mode had to be implemented in many countries, in an extremely short time, as the 2020-2021 school year was in mid-stream. Secondary education, which includes students in the age range of 12-18, faced many challenges in this rapid change, as many research studies have shown. Researchers raise questions regarding the readiness of the secondary education community to transition to fully online learning. The pilot study reported in this paper deals with the impact of the transition to online learning on secondary schools in southern European countries. More specifically, this paper presents the results of a literature survey and an empirical survey using an online questionnaire which captured non-traceable responses from secondary schools that, voluntarily and anonymously, completed the questionnaire. The questions were mainly closed, with some open-ended questions for students to fill in. The study also aims to capture data on the socio-economic dimension, accessibility/ availability of the necessary technologies that enable online learning, as well as the families’ employment status and their ability to support students. A total of 90 students participated (62% female, 28% male) from three Mediterranean countries. The students’ perspectives as seen by the students themselves along with the difficulties and the issues they faced are compared and contrasted. This investigation offers a pedagogical and socio-technical analysis and highlights the needs for wellbeing as well as quality learning and teaching in the new social distance reality.

The abrupt outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic throughout the world in March 2020 resulted in the sudden closure of all schools, colleges and universities, institutions, and an unprecedented pivot to remote learning. Students and teachers were confronted with the overwhelming challenge of migrating from the traditional face-to-face or hybrid mode of education to fully virtual learning and assessment environments within an extremely short amount of time. This migration was exceptionally difficult, as it took place halfway through the academic or school year in most countries. While pandemic restrictions currently vary across different regions, the 2020-2021 academic session continues to pose challenges despite the experience gained. In addition to a review of the current state-of-the-art in relation to the effects of COVID-19 on teaching and learning, this paper reports on an empirical study carried out in 26 countries (from Asia, Europe, Africa and America), by 36 academics from 29 academic institutions. Through an extensive global survey of college and university students, information was collected about the challenges (technological, economic, psychological) faced by them, as a result of the pandemic. We also asked the students’ to offer their ideas and suggestions for further improvements in teaching and learning, as we look toward a post-COVID world. In this paper, we address issues relating to the availability of, and accessibility to, necessary digital technologies (e.g., learning and communication platforms), isolation, disconnection, and loneliness among students, the overall impact of the pandemic on learning and academic performance, and the reliability of assessment methods., cybercrime dangers and fake information. A total of 1005 responses to the survey were received and analysed. The results are presented in this paper together with reflections of the authors. The paper concludes with a summary of suggestions for process improvements in distance education, and the need for preventive preparedness in the post-COVID period.

Oyunlaştırma, dijital çağın yenilikçi eğitim metodolojilerinden biridir. Bilgi ve iletişim teknolojilerinde yaşanan gelişmelerle birlikte farklı disiplinlerde kullanılmaya başlanan oyunlaştırmayla, ciddi olan, yeterince eğlenceli olmayan içeriklerin oyunsu bir tasarım ile hedef gruba iletilmesi amaçlamaktadır. Günümüzde, Z kuşağının değişen öğrenme davranışlarına uygun öğrenme ortamları ve müfredat içeriği tasarlanması da gerekli hale gelmiştir. Bu noktada da oyunlaştırma kilit bir araçtır. Başarılı ve etkin oyunlaştırılmış tasarımların yapılabilmesi için hedef grubun beklenti ve fikirlerini dikkate almak önemlidir. Öğrencilerin beklentilerini karşılayan öğrenme ortamlarında öğrencinin motivasyonu yükselecektir ve bu şekilde de yüksek performans göstermesi mümkün hâle gelecektir. Bu çalışma, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Yönetim Bilişim Sistemleri Bölümü 2. sınıf öğrencilerinin oyunlaştırmaya yönelik algı ve motivasyonunu ortaya koymak amacıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışmada betimleme yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Araştırma kapsamında “Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Yönetim Bilişim Sistemi lisans öğrencilerinin oyunlaştırmaya yönelik algı ve motivasyonu nedir?” sorusuna yanıt aranmaya çalışılmıştır. Çalışma kapsamında beş bölümden oluşan anket formu kullanılmıştır. Araştırma evrenini 337 öğrenci oluşturmaktadır. Anket 43 öğrenciye uygulanmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda öğrencilerin çoğunluğunun oyunlaştırmaya yönelik olumlu bir algı ve tutuma sahip olduğu ve derslerin oyunlaştırılmasını istedikleri tespit edilmiştir., Gamification is one of the innovative educational methodologies of the digital era. The gamification which has begun to be used in different disciplines with the development of information and communication technologies aims to transmit the contents that are critical but not entertaining enough to the target group through a playful design. In order to adapt to the digital era, it has become a necessity to design learning environments and curriculum content in accordance with the changing learning behaviors of Generation Z. At this point, gamification is a key tool. Also, it is important to take the expectations and opinions of the target group into consideration to make successful and effective gamified designs. In learning environments meeting the expectation of students, motivation and therefore, performance of the student will be higher. This study was carried out in order to reveal the perception and motivation of 2nd grade students studying in the Department of Management Information Systems in Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University. In this study, descriptive method was used.The research question was formulated as “What is the perception and motivation of the students of Department of Management Information Systems of Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University?”. Within the frame of the study, a survey form comprised of five sections was used. The research population is comprised of 337 students. The survey was employed to 43 students. As a result of the study, it was found out that majority of the students had a positive perception and attitude towards gamification and they prefer that the courses should be gamified.

Bu çalışma, Ercan Altuğ Yılmaz’ın Oyunların Gücü Adına!: Oyunlaştırma Bilimine Giriş kitabını değerlendirmeyi ve kitapla ilgili bilgi vermeyi amaçlamaktadır. Kitabın bölüm içerikleri tanıtılmıştır ve kapsamı ele alınmıştır. Kitap, oyunlaştırma alanında çalışanlar ve ders içeriklerini oyunlaştırmak isteyen eğitimciler, akademisyen ve öğretmenler için rehber kitap niteliğindedir. Farklı oyunlar ve oyun tasarımları konusunda okuyucuyu aydınlatması açısından değerli bir kaynaktır. Kitabı inceleme fırsatını yakalamış akademisyenler olarak sizler için yararlı olacağı inancındayız.

Fikirlerin ve inançların tek bir ideoloji tarafından güçlendirilmiş veya pekiştirilmiş enformasyon ile yönlendirildiği sosyal medya ortamları, genellikle yankı odaları olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Zihin kısıtlayan etkileri nedeniyle, yankı odaları, rekabetçi görüşleri sansürleme doğası ile sosyal medyada iletişim kurma ve bilgi paylaşımında önemli bir sorun olarak ortaya çıkmıştır. Bu problem ve konulara alternatif düşünsel çözüm önerisi bulmak amacıyla, bu çalışma bilgelik sözleri, yansıma ve kırılmanın kavramsallaştırılması ile dünyadaki doğa düzeni arasındaki metaforik ilişkilendirmeleri ortaya koymaktadır. Çalışmanın temel esin kaynağı, Sözler Kitabı’nın yazarı, önemli bir tarihi figür ve filozof olan, Abay Kunanbay’dır. Ortaya konulan çalışma, öncelikle Irtiş ve Ulba nehirlerinin fiziksel olarak birbirlerine karışmamasına rağmen, birbirleri ile olan etkileşimindeki mecaza odaklanmıştır. Bu çalışma ayrıca, ele alınan mecazı, yankı odalarının aksine, yansımalı ve kırılmalı etkileşimlerle ve bilgi amforasının kavramsallaştırmasıyla ilişkilendirmiştir. Bunun yanında, Abay’ın bilgi edinme ve bir eylemi gönülden gerçekleştirmenin önemine ilişkin sözleri, yankı odaları ile birlikte ortaya çıkan zorluklara alternatif çözüm getirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Sonuç olarak, Abay tarafından önerilen kalbin tahkiminden yararlanarak, kültür-içi yankı odalarının neden olduğu sorunları ele almak için kültürler-arası kırılımlı bilgi amforasının kullanılması için bir öneride bulunulmuştur. Kalbin karar vermesini kolaylaştıran kırılım amforaları sayesinde kültürler arası etkileşimler sağlanabilir. Bu şekilde de, geniş bir bakış açısı oluşturulmasının ve bilgi üretim sürecinin gerçekleştirilmesinin önü açılabilir., The social media environments, where ideas and beliefs are directed by a single ideology thorough amplified or reinforced information, are commonly defined as echo chambers. Due to its mind-narrowing impact, echo chamber has emerged as a significant problem in communication and knowledge sharing at social media with its nature to censor competitive views. To provide a possible intellectual solution to these relevant problems and issues, the paper aims to reveal what cultural words of wisdom, conceptualization of reflection and refraction, world’s order of nature, and metaphorical interlink among these could do to help us. The initial inspiration of this work is Abay Kunanbayev as a prominent historical figure, philosopher, and the author of The Book of Words. The resulting work mainly benefits from Irtysh and Ulba Rivers, as they do not mix, when they meet with each other as a metaphor. Then it links this metaphor with reflective and refractive interactions, and the conceptualization of inter-cultural knowledge amphora in contrast to intra-cultural echo chambers. Following this link, Abay’s Words on knowing and importance of heart in doing so are presented to identify possible solutions to the challenges emerge with echo chambers. In conclusion, a proposition is made for the use of refractive knowledge amphora to address the problems that echo chambers cause, benefiting from the arbitration of heart, suggested by Abay. Through refractive amphoras that facilitates arbitration of heart, cross-cultural interactions can be achieved, resulting in an open mind and new knowledge generation.

Bu okuyucu mektubu, iki Türkakademisyenin Kazakistan’a gerçekleştirmiş oldukları akademik seyahat sırasındaiki Kazak akademisyen ile birlikte Astana’da bulunan Kazakistan CumhuriyetiUlusal Akademik Kütüphanesi ziyaretine ilişkin yansımaları ele almaktadır., This reader letter addressesthe reflections of two Turkish academicians regarding their visit to NationalAcademic Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Astana during their academictravel to Kazakhstan.

Today’s libraries tryto provide zones where users can feel both intellectually and spirituallycomfortable. Accordingly, this studyaims to handle the matchmaking role of libraries within the frame of evolvingservices and transforming places. Withinthe frame of the study, relevant posts of the users in social media confessionpage of Ankara Adnan Ötüken Provincial Public Library, Marmara UniversityLibrary, Gazi University Library, Yıldız Technical University Library were analyzed. Structured interviewwas made with 4 users of National Library who came to study in the library. The results wereshared with literary lyrics and poems complying with the underlying context herein.

This study aims to provide brief information about thescope, purpose, main targets, main activities, expected outcomes and impact ofthe Erasmus Plus project entitled “ This is the last call for Planet Lovers,Come and Save Your Planet: Project Proposal”. It dealswith the topics of energy efficiency, carbon footprint, green buildings, greenpractices, climate change policies in the globe, global resources. The projecthas been designed as a training course which will arouse the environmentalawareness of youth workers and stimulate them to gain environmental literacyskills. It aims to enable the youth workers and young generation to gainenvironmentally-friendly behaviors and competencies to find alternative wayshow to struggle with climate change which has a huge impact on our globe.Within the project program, the youth workers will take part in international,cross-cultural learning environment where they will get knowledge about thepolicies and implementations done in Europe. Significance of being anenvironmentally literate person has been emphasized within the frame of thisstudy and further recommendations have been suggested., Bu çalışmada,“Bu Gezegenini Sevenler İçin Yapılan Son Çağrıdır, Gel ve Gezegenini Kurtar:Proje Önerisi” başlıklı Erasmus Plus projesinin kapsamı, amacı, temelfaaliyetleri, hedefleri, beklenen sonuçları ve etkisi ele alınacaktır. Projekapsamında enerji verimliliği, karbon ayak izi, yeşil binalar, yeşiluygulamalar ve iklim değişikliği politikaları ele alınacaktır. Proje gençlik çalışanlarınaçevresel farkındalık kazandırmak ve onlara çevre okuryazarlığı becerisi kazandırmakamacıyla eğitim kursu olarak tasarlanmıştır. Proje, gençlerin çevre-dostudavranışlar ve gezegenimizi büyük ölçüde etkileyen iklim değişikliği sorunsalınayönelik alternatif çözümler üretebilme konusunda yetkinlik kazanmasını amaçlamaktadır.Gençlik çalışanları, uluslararası öğrenme ortamına dahil olarak iklim değişikliğikonusunda Avrupa Birliği’nde gerçekleştirilen uygulamalar ve politikalarkonusunda bilgi sahibi olacaktır. Çalışma kapsamında çevre okuryazarı bir bireyolmanın önemi vurgulanmıştır ve bu konuda önerilerde bulunulmuştur.

Title A Study on Examination of European Union Information Policy Documents Abstract Recent developments in economy and technology transformed the society into “knowledge” society from “industry society and brought rapid economic globalization period. Information Society. Basing upon Information and Communication Technologies, Information Society is a new model reflecting the qualitative changes in human activities in terms of Professional, private and organizational aspect. Transition to knowledge society and knowledge-based economy is essentially necessary to take advantage of digital technologies and benefits of Internet in Europe, create new employment fields and enable social development. It is significant key factor for EU to strengthen its position as one of the leading actors of the world. Activities and facilities planned to be executed for social and community improvement have been mentioned in information policy documents of European Commission and European Parliament. Editor: H. Kemal İlter, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Turkey Received: August 19, 2018, Accepted: October 18, 2018, Published: November 10, 2018 Copyright: © 2018 IMISC Soylu et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Individuals use information as and manage information which make them evolve as part of the globalization process in today’s global and virtual world (Marchionini, 1995). Information is a practical tool facilitating the life flow of individuals. This tool is used by individuals in order to resolve the problems, uncertainties and chaotic situations in their life. A series of attitudes in targetoriented resolution process is called information seeking behavior (Singh & Satija, 2007). Information seeking behavior and information are interwoven tools creating a circulation serving the target of various information user groups. Farmers are one of the sub-groups using information to contribute to the constitution of a green world. The information they seek in their occupational life will facilitate the daily running of their occupation and certain digital information from different resources are also increasingly becoming available for their use. In our study, information seeking behavior and information needs of the farmers in Fethiye, a county in Turkey as a developing country, and Gothenburg in Sweden as a developed country, were analyzed. 60 farmers in Turkey and 60 farmers in Sweden were included within the scope of our study. What kind of information they seek and what kind of searching tools (internet, journals, books, asking people, applying to the reference desks in the public libraries) they use will be analyzed further in our study, where a descriptive method was used. A questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. Our target group was chosen randomly among the farmers in Fethiye and Gothenburg. It is a comparative study in which findings acquired in two different countries shall be handled taking the country development criteria into consideration. In accordance with the country development criteria, findings will be compared and recommendations are provided. Based upon the acquired findings, recommendations are given about the development of information literacy services and programs for the farmers

Bireyler günlük yaşam faaliyetlere ilişkin olarak çok çeşitli konularda bilgi gereksinimiduyarlar. Günlük yaşamda karşılaşılan sorunların çözümlenmesinde yardımcı olan bilgitürü olarak tanımlanan günlük bilgi gereksinimi karşılamak amacıyla bireyler İnternet,kütüphane kaynakları, medya, sivil toplum kuruluşları/ dernekler gibi ilgili kurum vekuruluşlar ile aile/ eş/ arkadaş, meslektaş, konu uzmanı, kütüphaneci gibi başka bireylerebaşvururlar. Kütüphaneler, misyonları ve temel amaçları gereği özellikle halkkütüphaneleri her yaştan, meslekten ve eğitim düzeyinden toplum bireylerinin günlükbilgi gereksinimlerinin karşılanmasında önemli roller üstlenirler. Mevcut ve potansiyelkullanıcıların günlük bilgi gereksinimlerinin bilinmesi, kullanıcıların bilgi gereksinimlerineyanıt verebilecek hizmetler tasarlamak, gereksinime uygun koleksiyon geliştirmek,mevcut hizmetleri gereksinimlere göre revize etmek, politika ve strateji geliştirmekaçılarından fayda sağlamaktadır. Bu nedenle yabancı literatürde günlük bilgigereksinimine yönelik araştırmaların sayısında artış görülürken ülkemizde bu konudayapılan çalışmalar az ve sınırlıdır. Bu çalışma merkezi konumu ve zengin koleksiyonu ilefarklı kullanıcı gruplarına hizmet veren Ankara Adnan Ötüken İl Halk Kütüphanesikullanıcılarının günlük bilgi gereksinimlerini ve bilgi arama davranışlarını belirlemekamacıyla yürütülmüş, kullanıcıların günlük bilgi gereksinimi duydukları konular ve altkonular, bilgi arama davranışları, bilgiye ulaşma, kütüphane kullanımı ve kütüphaneolanakları konularındaki sorunları ve görüşleri belirlenmeye çalışılmıştır. Toplamda 531katılımcı ile gerçekleştirilen anket çalışmasından elde edilen bulgular `Günlük bilgigereksinimi ve bilgi arama davranışları ile bireylerin demografik özellikleri arasında ilişkivardır` şeklinde oluşturulan araştırma hipotezini doğrulamaktadır.Anahtar sözcüklerGünlük bilgi, günlük bilgi gereksinimi, bilgi davranışı, bilgi arama davranışı, AdnanÖtüken İl Halk Kütüphanesi, bilgi arama davranışı modelleri, bilgi arama, günlükyaşamda bilgi arama Individuals need information in various subjects in their everyday life. Everyday lifeinformation is defined as the type of information resolving the problems encountered indaily life. In order to satisfy their everyday life information needs, individuals use variousinformation sources such as Internet, library resources, media, institutions andorganizations such as non-governmental organizations and associations, other individualssuch as family, spouse, friends, colleagues, field experts and librarians. As part of theirmissions libraries, especially public libraries, play an important role in satisfyingeveryday life information needs of the individuals of the society from every age,profession and educational level. Determining the everyday life information needs ofcurrent and potential users is useful in designing services that can fulfill their informationneeds, developing collections, revising current services and developing policies andstrategies in accordance with these needs. Therefore, the number of researches abouteveryday life information need in foreign literature has been increasing. On the otherhand, studies conducted in our country are few and far between. This study aimed todetermine the everyday life information needs and information seeking behaviors ofAnkara Adnan Ötüken Provincial Public Library (AAÖİHK) users. AAÖİHK wasselected because of its central location and rich collection which attracts different usergroups. Topics and subtopics users need information, information seeking behaviors,problems and opinions regarding accessing information, library use and library facilitieswere examined. A survey was conducted with 531 participants. Findings of the surveyproved a correlation between demographic characteristics of individuals and theireveryday life information need and information seeking behavior.Key WordsEveryday life information, everyday life information need, information seeking behavior,Adnan Ötüken Provincial Public Library, information seeking behaviors, informationseeking, everyday life information seeking 198

Thisreader letter addresses the reflections of twoacademicians duringtheirvisitto NearEastUniversityAtilla Türk MemorialRoom. Itdepicts their discoveryexperience with ephemeracollectionstheyencounter in library shelves and drawersand observations of anexceptional life, Bu okuyucu mektubu, iki akademisyenin Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Atilla Türk Anı Odası’na ziyaretine dair yansımaları ele almaktadır. Kitaplık raflarında ve çekmecelerinde karşılaştıkları efemera koleksiyonları ile müstesna bir hayata dair keşif ve gözlemlerini ortaya koymaktadır.