Abstract:

Concepts of communication are based on the presence of people communicating for different purposes. An individual, a group or a target audience are involved in the communication process who try to make sense of messages sent. In almost all areas, it is observed that information flow is significantly increasing with the impact of technological developments. Therefore, for education, especially in the field of distance education, it is essential to communicate with learners who constitute the target audience. In this study, the concepts of communication and education are considered as ongoing processes. Healthy and continuous development of the communicational and educational processes depends on successful management of them. In this regard, the purpose of the study is to analyze the management of use of e-portfolio process utilized for distance education teacher candidates. "Community Service" and "School Experience" are practical courses available in fall semester of the junior and senior year of the IOLP (English Language Teaching Degree Program) which is a four-year teacher training program of Anadolu University Open Education Faculty. Through the data obtained with this study, by comparing the communication process management to the e-portfolio process management, evaluation of guidance is aimed. As a consequence, it has been observed that benefiting the similarities of the e-portfolio management process with communication process management increases the speed and quality of communication as well as it has a positive influence on the decision-making process. While analysing how the system works and is managed, suggestions can be developed to complete the deficiencies determined of the application. 

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