Project of Differentiated Instruction of Turkish as a Foreign Language at a Distance

The aim of the project is to develop a distance education system, which offers differentiated content according to individual differences and learner readiness for teaching Turkey Turkish as a foreign language. Within the scope of the project, a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) was designed, developed and delivered via https://turkish.yasar.edu.tr/. In the system, there are 53 modules, dictionary of rules and vocabulary, forum and virtual meeting application. In each module, there are variety of activities such as a video lecture, a real-life drama, listening, writing, pronunciation and reading activities as well as games in addition to English, Arabic, Russian and French language support. The project is limited to A1 basic level, and it is also supported by TUBITAK with code 115K270. The aim of this study is to share the experience, which was gained during the design and development phase, with the practitioners and researchers in the field