A Study on Pre-service English Instructors' Cyberloafing Behaviors During Online Courses

Year 2021, , 551 - 570, 05.10.2021

Ceyhun Karabıyık

https://doi.org/10.14686/buefad.945696

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Student cyberloafing is a concept that has been mainly investigated in face-to-face educational settings and there are only a few studies that concentrate on this issue in online settings. Therefore, to contribute to the existing line of literature in this respect, the current study sought to explore the types of cyberloafing activities students engage with during online classes, their reasons behind these behaviours, and their views on the possible solutions to prevent these. The sample of the study consisted of 68 preservice English teachers from a foundation university in Central Anatolia, Turkey. A qualitative survey research design was adopted in this study and to that end, data were collected using an online survey instrument that included a demographic information form and three questions related to the research questions. To seek answers to the research questions, data were analysed using thematic analysis. The results showed that preservice English teachers engaged with a wide variety of cyberloafing activities. Moreover, emerging themes with respect to reasons for cyberloafing were instructor, student, course-content, learning environment, and technology-related reasons for cyberloafing whereas themes regarding possible solutions to prevent it were instructor, student, and institution-based solutions.

Keywords

cyberloafing, pre-service English teachers, higher education, online education

Supporting Institution

None

Project Number

None

Thanks

I hereby would like to thank Prof. Dr. Mehmet Demirezen and Lect. Dr. Muhittin Şahin for their expert opinions on the processes, meanings, and interpretations pertaining to the data analyses to ensure its validity and reliability.

İngilizce Öğretmen Adaylarının Çevrimiçi Dersler Sırasında Siberaylaklık Davranışları Üzerine Bir Araştırma

Abstract

Öğrenci siberaylaklığı daha çok yüz yüze eğitim ortamlarında araştırılan bir kavramdır ve çevrimiçi ortamlarda bu konuya odaklanan yalnızca birkaç çalışma mevcuttur. Bu nedenle, mevcut alan yazına bu açıdan katkıda bulunmak amacıyla, bu çalışma, öğrencilerin çevrimiçi derslerde gerçekleştirdikleri siberaylaklık etkinliklerinin türlerini, bu davranışların arkasındaki yatan nedenleri ve bunları önlemek için olası çözümlere ilişkin öğrenci görüşlerini araştırmaya çalışmıştır. Araştırmanın örneklemini Orta Anadolu'da bir vakıf üniversitesinden 68 İngilizce öğretmeni adayı oluşturmuştur. Bu çalışmada nitel bir anket araştırma tasarımı benimsenmiş ve bu amaçla veriler demografik bilgiler ve araştırma sorularına ilişkin üç sorudan oluşan çevrimiçi bir anket aracı kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Araştırma sorularına cevap aramak için, veriler tematik analiz kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Sonuçlar, İngilizce öğretmen adaylarının çok çeşitli siberaylaklık faaliyetleriyle meşgul olduklarını gösterdi. Ayrıca siberaylaklık nedenleri ile ilgili olarak ortaya çıkan temalar siberaylaklık için eğitmen, öğrenci, ders içeriği, öğrenme ortamı ve teknoloji ile ilgili nedenler iken, bunun önlenmesine yönelik olası çözümlere ilişkin temalar ise eğitmen, öğrenci ve kurum bazlı çözümlerdir.

Keywords

siberaylaklık, İngilizce öğretmen adayları, yükseköğretim, çevrimiçi eğitim.

Project Number

None

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