Opinions of Secondary School Students on eTwinning Projects Conducted During Distance Education: Recycling and Digital Literacy Projects

The digital revolution affecting the 21st century causes changes in educational studies as well as in all life activities. "eTwinning", which provides students with a learning environment by doing and experiencing through digital applications (Web 2.0 tools), is a pioneering e-project platform in the integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) into education. This study aimed to examine the opinions of secondary school students regarding eTwinning projects carried out during the distance education process. The method of the research is a holistic single case study, which is one of the qualitative research model designs. The working group consists of 6th and 7th grade students studying in a secondary school in Kayseri, which has been awarded the National Quality Labels by carrying out projects on the eTwinning portal. A semi-structured interview form created by taking expert opinions was used as a data collection tool. The findings obtained were analyzed using the descriptive analysis method. As a result of the research, it is seen that secondary school students define eTwinning projects with the codes of collaboration, fun and ICT (technology, web tools and internet network). It has been determined that eTwinning projects are effective in helping secondary school students acquire skills in line with the project objectives in different projects. In addition, it has been determined that eTwinning projects improve general skills such as digital literacy, manual skills, collaboration and communication skills in secondary school students. In addition, in the research, the problems experienced by secondary school students in the implementation of eTwinning projects during the distance education process (such as the internet network, difficulty in cooperating with school lessons) were identified and suggestions were made to solve the identified problems.