Abstract:

The Covid-19 pandemic, which has started in January 2020 and rapidly spread all around the world, affected all activities, especially the economy and education. Many countries had to close the schools to reduce the pandemic's spread. As a solution, the process continued with distance education in order not to hinder the education. It is likely that research on this field increases as the distance education gains currency. That is why, the research aimed to examine the master's theses prepared from the beginning of the pandemic until September 2021 and determine the research tendencies in these theses. Descriptive survey method was used in the research. A survey on YÖK Thesis Center was conducted by searching the keywords distance education, distant, online, online, e-learning while determining the thesis that would be examined within the research. After the survey, a total of 133 thesis we included in the study. As the research result, it was determined that most of the thesis were master's theses in Turkish and more theses were prepared in 2021. It was determined that the highest number of thesis on distance education were prepared at Gazi University. When it was examined according to institutes and departments, it was determined that Computer and Instructional Technologies Department stood out. Mixed methods were preferred as the research model, students as the sample, and purposive and convenience sampling as the sampling method. When the theses were examined, it was determined that topics of technology, teacher, teaching students, audial capabilities in distance learning, and teaching methods prevailed.

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