TITLE: E-learning in the Science of Electricity in Higher Education in Turkey in terms of Environment and Energy AUTHORS: Dursun Akaslan and Effie Lai-Chong Law da112@le.ac.uk; elaw@mcs.le.ac.uk; Department of Computer Science University of Leicester LE1 7RH Leicester ABSTRACT The number of studies aimed to find out how to implement e-learning in Higher Education Institutions (HEI) is ever increasing due largely to the potential advantages of e-learning in education and training all around the world. While the Internet is filled with academic publications that mention the benefits of e-learning such as developing information skills/literacy, widening access, improving quality of teaching and learning, increasing flexibility, and reducing cost/improving cost-effectiveness, the number of studies focussing on the benefits of e-learning in terms of environment and energy is relatively few. This research study investigates the potential benefits of e-learning in the institutions providing education and training in the discipline of electricity in Turkey by considering several dimensions such as carbon footprint, recycling, traffic congestion, residential issues and energy. The number of institutions offering teaching and training in the science of electricity across Turkey is 417. At least 1496 teachers are currently working in these institutions. The Higher Education Council (HEC) in Turkey announced that the quotas of these institutions for the 2010-11 academic year is 20246 and 16,873 university applicants have already been placed in them. Noteworthy is that 138 of these institutions are based on evening classes because the number of university applicants is higher than the capacity of universities. Implementing e-learning in the institutions to deal with fast-changing knowledge is deemed a cost-effective means. Specifically, it has the important impact on environmental protection. INTRODUCTION The number of studies aimed to find out how to implement e-learning in Higher Education Institutions (HEI) is ever increasing due largely to the potential advantages of e-learning in education and training all around the world. E-learning offers opportunities for individuals to access to education and training anytime and anywhere when they are ready and for institutions to provide more cost-effective education and training all around the world (Yamamoto et al., 2010). The plurality of benefits for e- learning was classified by MacKeogh and Fox (2009) into seven broad categories, namely enhancing reputation, developing information skills, widening access, supporting disabled learners, improving the quality of teaching and learning, increasing flexibility, and reducing cost. While there are a number of other research studies discussing other benefits of e-learning, only a few of them focus on such benefits in terms of environment and energy. We attempt to bridge this gap by investigating the impact of e-learning on several dimensions such as carbon footprint, recycling, traffic congestion, residential issues and energy. Specifically, we study this issue in the context of the institutions that provide education and training in the discipline of electricity mainly departments of electrical and electronic engineering and departments of electricity in Turkey. Firstly, we review the literature to find out how using e-learning may save the planet and reduce the consumption of energy. Secondly, we analyse the quotas of the institutions providing education and training in electricity and the number of students who have been placed to study in those institutions in advance. Thirdly, we investigate the number of courses that must be completed for the graduation to find out how to save our forests by considering textbooks and notebooks. Fourthly, we map the location of university campuses to find