Why students’ self-regulation is key towards the new normality?

Abstract

The COVID19 pandemic caught everyone unprepared. The onsite education paradigm that seemed so stable was completely shaken. Here, we present the results of a study in which 620 university students adapted to online activities with a different degree of guidance in terms of deadlines. While results show a lack of self-regulations in both iterations, results show that students spend more time on activities with tighter deadlines and more strict instructions. In addition, a not inconsiderable number of students were affected by the lack of a personal computer or an adequate workspace what raises the need to consider those students during the design of assessment activities on such adverse conditions.