Research Article

Making Sense of Teaching and Learning During the COVID 19 Pandemic: Studying Online at Home in Isolation

Volume: 8 Number: 1 June 28, 2021
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Making Sense of Teaching and Learning During the COVID 19 Pandemic: Studying Online at Home in Isolation

Abstract

This paper is about online education during the COVID 19 pandemic. More particularly, it is about exploring how university students make sense of their online teaching and learning practices during the COVID 19 pandemic. In order to discover their sense-making practices, this study investigates how a group of freshman students in a public university experience online education, focusing on their routine interactions with it. Between October 2020 and January 2021, the study collects the data from 165 freshman students. 133 participants take part in the first stage, describing their initial experiences with online education in a one-page note, in the second stage 25 participants talking about those experiences in semi-structured interviews, in the third stage 89 responding to the online survey, and 7 sending feedback for the draft report in the last stage. The data from those four sources are presented in four sections: (1) the participants’ routines with online education, (2) the benefits and (3) the disadvantages of online education according to their online practices, and (4) the students’ suggestions to improve the quality of online learning. A closer look on the findings suggests that the sudden massive transition to online education due to the COVID 19 outbreak results in both some advantages and some unforeseen undesirable consequences, one of which is the common confusion among the students that online education lacks socialization opportunities or unfair access to resources.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Other Fields of Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 28, 2021

Submission Date

March 10, 2021

Acceptance Date

May 19, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 8 Number: 1

APA
İçbay, M. A. (2021). Making Sense of Teaching and Learning During the COVID 19 Pandemic: Studying Online at Home in Isolation. Eğitim Ve Toplum Araştırmaları Dergisi, 8(1), 142-166. https://doi.org/10.51725/etad.894757
AMA
1.İçbay MA. Making Sense of Teaching and Learning During the COVID 19 Pandemic: Studying Online at Home in Isolation. JRES. 2021;8(1):142-166. doi:10.51725/etad.894757
Chicago
İçbay, Mehmet Ali. 2021. “Making Sense of Teaching and Learning During the COVID 19 Pandemic: Studying Online at Home in Isolation”. Eğitim Ve Toplum Araştırmaları Dergisi 8 (1): 142-66. https://doi.org/10.51725/etad.894757.
EndNote
İçbay MA (June 1, 2021) Making Sense of Teaching and Learning During the COVID 19 Pandemic: Studying Online at Home in Isolation. Eğitim ve Toplum Araştırmaları Dergisi 8 1 142–166.
IEEE
[1]M. A. İçbay, “Making Sense of Teaching and Learning During the COVID 19 Pandemic: Studying Online at Home in Isolation”, JRES, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 142–166, June 2021, doi: 10.51725/etad.894757.
ISNAD
İçbay, Mehmet Ali. “Making Sense of Teaching and Learning During the COVID 19 Pandemic: Studying Online at Home in Isolation”. Eğitim ve Toplum Araştırmaları Dergisi 8/1 (June 1, 2021): 142-166. https://doi.org/10.51725/etad.894757.
JAMA
1.İçbay MA. Making Sense of Teaching and Learning During the COVID 19 Pandemic: Studying Online at Home in Isolation. JRES. 2021;8:142–166.
MLA
İçbay, Mehmet Ali. “Making Sense of Teaching and Learning During the COVID 19 Pandemic: Studying Online at Home in Isolation”. Eğitim Ve Toplum Araştırmaları Dergisi, vol. 8, no. 1, June 2021, pp. 142-66, doi:10.51725/etad.894757.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Ali İçbay. Making Sense of Teaching and Learning During the COVID 19 Pandemic: Studying Online at Home in Isolation. JRES. 2021 Jun. 1;8(1):142-66. doi:10.51725/etad.894757