Phase 3 – Testing and Evaluation of the Solutions in Practice
The third phase of the study used action research methodology. Table 5 presents action research questions linked with study group, research duration, data collection technique, data analysis methods and outcomes. The action research process of the study started in the meeting hall of the Education Faculty of Anadolu University on the 5th of May in 2011. The meeting started with a 15-minute presentation in which the researcher gave information about the study. Within the scope of this presentation, the researcher informed the participants (15 academics from different degree levels and from different fields of social sciences such as sociology, management, distance education, education technology, communication; 10 male and 5 female) about the purpose of the study, the research questions, the action research method and about the action research process.