USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN ACCOUNTING EDUCATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF STUDENTS: THE CASE OF HITIT UNIVERSITY


Since today's accounting practices are going through a technology intensive period, the practitioners of accounting are also required to adapt to this process. At this point, technology-assisted accounting education which is received by the students of Faculties of Economics and Administrative Sciences and Vocational Schools of Higher Education who are taking accounting course as future accounting practitioners is important. The aim of this study is to determine students' perspectives on the use of technology in their accounting courses. To this end, a questionnaire study was conducted for students who are taking accounting courses in Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences and Vocational Schools of Higher Education within Hitit University. As a result of the study, a significant difference was found between students' departments, their averages and classes and their perspective on the use of technology in accounting courses. In addition, as a result of the study it was determined that the students respectively attach importance to the issues such as; it is necessary to explain accounting software as a separate course, the course notes should also be shared on the internet after the course topics are explained during the accounting classes in the classroom, and the lecturers who give accounting courses should follow the new technologies related to education and it would be easier to follow the lessons with the use of technological products. Another result of the study was that students stated that more portable computers, projection devices and smart boards should be used in the courses. Similarly, they also mentioned that package accounting software, office applications and internet-based software among technological software should be used.


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Accounting Course, Technology, Students of Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Students of Vocational Schools of Higher Education

Author : Nurcan SÜKLÜM
Number of pages: 1737-1758
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29228/TurkishStudies.23379
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Turkish Studies-Social Sciences
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