THE EFFECTS OF THE INTERACTIVE WHITE BOARD USAGE ON THE STUDENDTS‘ LEARNING LEVEL AND AN APPLICATION IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS COURSES

The effect of intense and fast lifestyle emerged from globalization has also an influence
on education. As the access to the information increases, the information load on the
students is increasing gradually as well. The need to give more and new information to
the students in a short period of time made new technologies a requirement to be used
in education. For this reason, lecturers are searching for new ways that they can teach
more efficiently and get benefit from the educational technologies to make students
learn more easily.
These tendencies are also observed in the accounting and finance in which the
numerical data is intensively used. According to various educational theories, using
visual aid as well as audio methods is increasing the efficiency of the education. On the
other hand, conventional teaching methods are supported by PowerPoint
presentations and the need of internet utilization appears in the finance education due
to the importance of accounting and mathematical calculations.
The use of interactive whiteboard technique, that is an educational method providing
these opportunities, is quite new.
This study examines how interactive white board technique, that appeals to students
both aurally and visually, affects graduate students‘ learning in ―Financial Markets
Course‖ by using pretest-posttest control group model.