TUNING JOURNAL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (TJHE), cilt.11, sa.1, ss.125-150, 2023 (ESCI)
This study aimed
at obtaining reflections on Online Educational Guidance Meetings (OEGMs),
executed in the English preparatory program during COVID-19 Pandemic in a
university in Istanbul. The OEGMs were voluntary meetings between a student and
the instructor. Students were able to ask for suggestions to study more effectively
via an online meeting platform. The qualitative collaborative action research design
was operated in the study. One-on-one interviews with 8 instructors and focus group
interviews with 12 students were conducted to obtain the data. Content analysis
method was employed to analyze obtained data. The findings revealed that this
new method, which brought the students together with their instructors in
personal one-to- one meetings, provided numerous advantages psychologically and
academically in the learning process.