Let's Give Ear to the University Students Attending and Not Attending Synchronous Online Lessons!

Abstract

Seeing that an overwhelming number of the students enrolled in the courses she offered did not attend the synchronous online lessons, the researcher felt the need for carrying out this qualitative case study to investigate the reasons behind it from the perspective of not only the non-attending but also attending students. Two qualitative surveys were conducted to collect the data. One was prepared for the students (n = 20) regularly attending the online lessons and the other was developed for the students (n = 20) who did not attend the lessons. The findings showed that low levels of student motivation, absence of compulsory attendance, and technical problems were reasons for the low level of student attendance to the synchronous online lessons.