GWLN/Education for Women in Turkey


 * need for education - health, nutrition, money, business, English


 * self-study, small groups, local facilitator/tutor, remote instructor/provider
 * not credit-granting

Turkish language
 * Wikipedia - more than 100,000 articles
 * Moodle community discussion - Turkish - connections to Turkish speakers involved in online teaching and learning - access as guest to view, registration required to participate

translations, dictionaries - English to Turkish - can't judge how good these are, some are commercial sites selling products and services as well as providing free translation electronic translation services
 * http://www.yourdictionary.com/dictionary-articles/online-turkish-translator.html - list of translation online services


 * Glossaries
 * Online English-Turkish Dictionary of Computer Terms
 * Turkish Electronic Living Lexicon (TELL)
 * Turkish-English-Turkish On Line dictionary


 * Turkish-English & English-Turkish dictionary (more than 400,000 words/phrases specializing in business terms) by Ugur Yorulmaz Turkish version and English version

Turkish / English - side by side translations, familiar works, learning English
 * Turkish poetry
 * Contemporary Turkish Literature (searchable)


 * beginning English Tar Heed Reader - adult beginning reader, read aloud, write books
 * Expository Writing - Food for Thought: Writing and Reading about Food and Culture - full course, readings: online essays, Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation

Open Educational Resources (OERs) in English - general education, lifelong learning


 * Introduction to Psychology
 * Community Empowerment - training material on how to strengthen communities - in many languages, not Turkish, but translation into Turkish would be an interesting and important project as well as a learning experience
 * childcare
 * self esteem
 * health, wellness - Children and Disease module
 * Diet and Health, Nutrition and Physical Activity, Reproductive Health, Body Needs


 * art and music - Creative Typography, Musicianship
 * computer literacy Web page authoring


 * Entrepreneurship and Leadership

Collections


 * OER Commons - directory of free online course content, includes college too


 * Connexions - courses, OERs
 * Wikiversity - not Turkish at this time
 * iTunesU - podcasts, video
 * DeAnza College - English critical reading and writing, Nutrition, English as a Second Language


 * whole courses


 * Curriki - health, arts, science


 * health information - Web MD


 * open textbook equivalent - example Reproductive Health


 * museums - Europeana - Connecting Cultural Heritage

Miscellaneous


 * Flickr - images


 * ESL practice


 * Grou.ps - free community site that supports Turkish

online groups / community - sharing, informal learning, support
 * GWLN group
 * Eating Well - commercial but shows the range of topics, news and information, discussions

== Open and distance education in Turkey and Turkish== Further investigation
 * access existing open education in Turkish - Turkish government, Turkish universities, education for Turkish-speakers outside Turkey
 * open (free) or open (distance) education - available remotely, cost/fees unknown

These quotes indicate that Turkish-language open educational is available in a range of levels (primary, secondary) and subject areas. Others who read and speak Turkish will need to verify the accuracy of these statements as well as the accessibility and usefulness of the resources and applicability to the intended learners.


 * Anadolu University - open education - 2- and 4-year degree and certificate programs, mandate from the Turkish Ministry of Education to educate Turkey's preschool and English language teachers - Courses are delivered by a variety of methods, including pre-recorded television and radio broadcasts, videoconferences, and via internet.


 * Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education - well respected journal in English, many authors are Turkish - contacts, areas of interest

Republic Of Turkey, Ministry Of National Education - English Education statistics 2006-2007 (.pdf) Every Turkish citizen is provided with the service of distance education so as to realize equality of opportunity in education and to support education given in the institutions of secondary education. Within the scope of distance education services, open primary education school and open education high school are available.
 * National Education At The Beginning Of 2002 - education must be in Turkish, not much about costs or fees other than reference to some scholarships and needs-based funding
 * Distance Education - based on 1999-2000 information, current status unknown
 * opportunity of completing eight-year primary education. There are 137,847 students in open primary education school in the 1999-2000 school year.
 * Open education high school provides service for those students who were not able to continue in formal education institutions for various reasons, or who have passed the age for formal education or who want to move to open education high school while in formal education. There are 368,108 students in open education high schools in the 1999-2000 school year.

other information sources
 * UNICEF - educational and childrens' health initiatives in Turkey - programs, contacts

Next steps

 * interests - participants, partners
 * better understanding of availability of internet access, computers, technology support
 * small group to work through proof of concept - technology, distribution, interests
 * interests of learners
 * community aspect of the project
 * resources - available, required, costs, funding
 * communicate, communicate, communicate

online courses, facilitated groups, mentoring, tutoring
 * web access - computers, internet access
 * coordination - participants, courses, tutors, instructors
 * administration - internet accounts, membership/course fees

other learning and socialization
 * email - simpler, less online access required
 * online community - discussion, informal learning, questions and answers
 * in-person - small groups, class

other possibilities
 * encourage participants to develop knowledge and expertise to lead within the program
 * develop new educational resources

Resources

 * Turkish Culture