TY - JOUR AU - Latchem, Colin AU - Simsek, Nurettin AU - Balta, Ozlem Cakir AU - Torkul, Orhan AU - Cedimoglu, I. Hakkı AU - Altunkopru, Alpaslan PY - 2009/04/29 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Are We There Yet? A Progress Report from Three Turkish University Pioneers in Distance Education and E-Learning JF - The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning JA - IRRODL VL - 10 IS - 2 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.19173/irrodl.v10i2.686 UR - https://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/686 SP - AB - The international literature provides little in-depth analysis of distance education and e-learning activities, achievements, and challenges in Turkish higher education other than the country’s mega-university, Anadolu. This paper examines the development of, and lessons to be learned from, such undertakings by three pioneers, two regular state universities, Ankara University and Sakarya University, and the private, non-profit Turkish-Kazakhstan Ahmet Yesevi University. Drawing on the collective experience of the authors, the paper reaches some overall conclusions about embarking on distance education and e-learning, which may apply in other Turkish universities and similar economies. ER -