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The significance of the MoNE's digital education platform (EBA) has increased in recent years, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. EBA directs both in-class activities and distance education with its constantly developing content and applications. The purpose of this study is to reveal the usage level of EBA in social studies classrooms as well as to determine the perspectives and suggestions of social studies teachers towards it. In this qualitative research, the required data was obtained by using a semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers. In-depth interviews were conducted with 10 social studies teachers determined by the purposeful sampling method. The majority of the teachers participating in the research stated that they benefited from the EBA digital education platform in their lessons. Teachers use the EBA platform mostly for measurement and assessment, reinforcement, repetition, and removing the monotony of the lesson. The teachers participating in the research stated that the content in the EBA was insufficient before the Covid-19 pandemic, but they stated that the lack of content was quickly eliminated with the use of EBA as a distance education tool during the pandemic period. According to the teachers, most of the problems in EBA are due to technical reasons such as insufficient infrastructure, connection problems, and internet access restrictions. In addition, teachers' uploading content to the system for the purpose of collecting points causes problems such as unqualified content, unnecessary content density, and confusion of the interface. For the development of EBA, teachers generally suggested increasing the content and quality, increasing the variety of questions, solving connectivity problems, and improving the infrastructure.

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