Elif Toprak

Elif Toprak is an associate professor at the Open Education Faculty at Anadolu University, Turkey. Dr. Toprak has BSc, MSc, PhD degrees in the discipline of International Relations. She is a graduate of Middle East Technical University, Bilkent University and Uludag University respectively. Since 2005 she has joined the Department of Distance Education and contributed to international and national ODL research projects and international activities of the institution. She acted as Vice Dean between 2008-2011. Dr. Toprak serves at the Quality Assurance Office for the Open Education System. She has scholarly publications on internationalization of distance education, ethics in e-Learning and cultural diversity. Her research interests are international regimes, communication theories, transnational higher education and quality issues.

Publications

Cultural Diversity and Accreditation: A Shared Understanding of Quality
Cultural Diversity and Accreditation: A Shared Understanding of Quality
Elif Toprak, Asuman Nurhan Şakar. © 2021. 23 pages.
The expansion of distance education in higher education world-wide has brought forth the issue of quality assurance and evaluation processes for institutions and programmes....
Supporting Multiculturalism in Open and Distance Learning Spaces
Supporting Multiculturalism in Open and Distance Learning Spaces
Elif Toprak, Evrim Genc Kumtepe. © 2018. 381 pages.
The growing interest in transnational cooperation in education across borders has different implications for developed and developing countries. It is true that globalization...
Cultural Diversity and Accreditation: A Shared Understanding of Quality
Cultural Diversity and Accreditation: A Shared Understanding of Quality
Elif Toprak, Asuman Nurhan Şakar. © 2018. 24 pages.
The expansion of distance education in higher education world-wide has brought forth the issue of quality assurance and evaluation processes for institutions and programmes....
Culturally Sensitive Instructional Design Principles for Online Learning Environments
Culturally Sensitive Instructional Design Principles for Online Learning Environments
Gülten Kartal, Elif Toprak, Evrim Genc Kumtepe. © 2018. 35 pages.
Distance education and e-learning practices are preferred by increasing number of people and institutions in the recent years all around the globe. It's clear that there are...