Importance of E-education and E-governance: Case of Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Department of Landscape Architecture

Governance is the using of political, economical and administrative authority in all level of a country’s administration. It includes the mechanisms, processes and institutions through which citizens articulate their interests, mediate their differences and exercise their rights and obligation. At t...

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Main Author: Sebahat AÇIKSÖZ
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bartin 2007-01-01
Series:Bartın Orman Fakültesi Dergisi
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Online Access:http://193.255.91.11/journal/1302-0056/2007/Cilt9/Sayi11/45-54.pdf
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Summary:Governance is the using of political, economical and administrative authority in all level of a country’s administration. It includes the mechanisms, processes and institutions through which citizens articulate their interests, mediate their differences and exercise their rights and obligation. At the same time, today computer aided communication is imbibed by the institutions both traditional and distant education, and it is disseminated all over the world. In this study, two important issues –electronic governance (e-governance) and electronic education (e-education)– are discussed on the Scenario of Zonguldak Karaelmas University (ZKU), Bartın Faculty of Forestry, Department of Landscape Architecture. In this study, three international and one national cases are examined, and they are compared with the ZKU. As a result of the study, the common problems of e-governance and e-education, their problems in Turkey and at the ZKU are determined, and the proposals for the solution of these problems are developed. As a final remark, the contributions of universities for the constitution of Knowledge Cities and the reflections of this study to the City of Bartın are emphasized.
ISSN:1302-0943
1308-5875