Table 4 Categories of responses to items NotLiveCampReason, RecOnlyWhy, and RecOnlyReason
From: Attending lectures in person, hybrid or online—how do students choose, and what about the outcome?
Label | Description |
|---|---|
AloneCampus | Did not know fellow students, would have felt alone on campus |
BadStructPrep | Lecture was badly structured or ill-prepared |
BadTiming | The timing of the materials over the course of the semester was not optimal |
BetterLearn | Could learn better outside the lecture hall |
BetterNotes | Could better take note outside the lecture hall |
Binge | Would watch all lecture recordings back-to-back |
COVID | Ongoing COVID-19 situation |
CampWorkSpace | Watched on-campus, but outside the lecture hall |
CareTaker | Had to take care of relatives or pets |
Commute | Had to commute long-distance to campus |
DoubleBook | Had another lecture at the same time |
Efficient | Learning was more efficient outside the lecture hall |
FellBehind | Fell behind in the course and could not follow live lectures anymore |
Flipped | Course was taught in a flipped-classroom mode |
FocusExercise | Focussed on the exercises |
FocusScript | Focussed on the script |
Habit | Had developed a habit of not coming to campus |
HomeOfficeEnv | Home office had better environment (technology, table, chair, etc.) |
HybridGood | Hybrid worked well even for interactivity |
Language | Student or lecturer struggled with German |
Lazy | I was too lazy (explicitly stated) |
LecHallEnv | Lecture-hall environment (noise, tables, chairs, crowdedness, etc.) |
MedDisab | Medical reasons or disability (surgery, depression, ADHD, etc.) |
MilCivServ | Had to serve in the military or alternative civil service |
MultCampus | Due to the multiple campus locations and their distance |
NoDiff | Made no difference how I attended (explicitly stated) |
NoHelpExercise | Lecture did not help with exercices |
NoInterest | I was not interested in the topic (explicitly stated) |
NoLive | No live lectures were offered |
NonInteract | Lecture was not interactive |
NotNew | Material was not new to me |
NotUseful | Lecture was not useful for me |
OffSem | Exam would be in a later semester |
OtherPrio | Had other priorities, was too busy |
PlayFaster | Could play the recordings at higher speed |
PlayPauseRew | Could pause or rewind the recordings |
PracTime | Was more practical time-wise |
PrevSemRec | Watched recordings from previous semesters |
Projects | Was too busy doing project work |
RatherLive | Would have rather come to live lecture |
Scheduling | Scheduling did not work out |
ScreenShots | Was able to make screenshots of the slides |
Sports | Had sports (training, competitions) |
StudyAbroad | Was studying abroad |
TooBoring | Lecture was too boring |
TooDistract | Got too easily distracted in live lecture on campus |
TooEarly | Lecture was too early in the morning |
TooFast | Lecturer was too fast |
TooSlow | Lecturer was too slow |
Work | Had to work (jobs, internships, assistantships, etc.) |