Üni̇versi̇te Öğrenci̇leri̇ni̇n Perspekti̇fi̇nden Sanal Kaytarma Kavrami

Abstract

The aim of the study is to determine how university students conceptualize and perceive the concept of cyberloafing through metaphors. In the study, phenomenological pattern, one of the qualitative research methods, was used, and the easily accessible technique was used in the selection of the study group. 372 students studying at Muş Alparslan University in the 2020-2021 academic year were included in the research. The metaphor sentence was sent online to university students. The "content analysis" technique was used to analyze the data. In the study, the themes created by the metaphors produced by the university students in terms of frequency; "cyberloafing as a harmful thing", "cyberloafing as an escape route", "cyberloafing as an addictive thing", "cyberloafing as a fun and relaxing thing", "cyberloafing as useful thing", "cyberloafing as something useless", "cyberloafing as something to be done with caution"; It has been determined that it is grouped under 7 themes.

Determination of Cyberloafing Levels and Reasons of Higher Education Students in the Distance Education Process

“…Öğrencilerin büyük bir çoğunluğunun alışık olmadığı bu yeni eğitim ortamı öğrencilerin sosyalleşme sıkıntısı yaşamalarına (Keskin ve Derya, 2020); derslere katıldıkları bilgisayar, akıllı telefon ya da tablet gibi cihazlarla uzun süre vakit geçirmelerine sebep olmuştur. Bu cihazlar karşısında geçirilen uzun vakitler sonucunda internet bağımlılığı (Balcı vd., 2021) ya da siber aylaklık denilen, eğitim faaliyetleri sırasında internetin ders dışı amaçlarla kullanılması (Demirbilek ve Atila, 2021) gibi sorunlar ortaya çıkabilmektedir.…”