The lonely struggle with autonomy: A case study of first-year university students' experiences during emergency online teaching.

ABSTRACT: This paper explores how first-year students experienced emergency online teaching during COVID-19 and aims at understanding individual experiences related to basic psychological need satisfaction, considering different levels of contextual facilitators for learning activities involving technology in higher education derived from the C-flat model. Employing a case study approach, interviews of 15 chemistry students were qualitatively analyzed. The results show negative effects of lacking internet connectivity and concurrence of learning and home spaces but positive effects of ceased commute between home and campus. Teachers' implementation of digital learning opportunities was perceived as adequate but did not sufficiently address the overwhelming increase in students' autonomy and decrease

SUBMITTER: Eberle J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9761897 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature