The whole world is dealing with the Coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic that occurred in the last months of 2019. Unfortunately, it negatively affected life in our country. This situation was described by the World Health Organization as a 'pandemic'. During the pandemic period, education was negatively affected, like every sector. Perhaps it is among the industries most affected. Education is one of the basic structures of every country. Education determines many areas from economic development to social life. Development levels of countries are related to education. During the pandemic period, necessary measures were taken in our country to prevent interruption of education. In order for the teaching process not to be interrupted, education should continue. During the epidemic period, states had to take severe measures because Covid-19 negatively affected human health. Curfews have been imposed from time to time, they are still happening. Occasionally, the working times or working patterns of the sectors have changed. Social life has changed. People's habits have changed. people have learned to live with Covid-19. One of the changing sectors was the education system. The restrictions imposed by the states in the pandemic negatively affected teachers and students. From the classroom environment in schools and face-to-face education, to online education. Lessons started to be held online from homes. Education and training registered on the internet. The importance of distance education, which has existed in our country for years but is not used as actively as today, has increased even more. What is online education? Advances in technology have made the Internet give up our lives. With the introduction of the internet in our lives, it has affected many areas. Many innovative approaches have emerged in the traditional education approach with the Internet. With these new approaches, new platforms emerged. Online courses started to be taught in education and training. With this understanding of education, the student settled in the center. Student-centered models have become common. With online education, students became independent in space and time. The student can follow the lectures from anywhere at any time. Whenever he wants, he can access the video recording of the lesson he wants and repeat the lesson. This eliminates the student's problem of not being able to learn in the classroom. While the subjects taught in traditional education remained in the classroom, the subjects described in online education were recorded and enabled to learn again and again. In addition, the fact that the topics and questions address many sensory organs made learning more permanent with visual and auditory tools. Even the most complex subjects can become more enjoyable and understandable. It is not known what happens after the pandemic, but it has been talked about that online education will become widespread in our country and that some universities will start distance education. You see, online education becomes widespread at other levels.
What is Online Education?
