COVID-19 Pandemic and Transition to Online/Remote Learning: Undergraduate Students' Perceptions of Online Learning at a Traditionally Black University.

The purpose of this paper is to understand the perceptions held by undergraduate students enrolled in four sociology courses regarding their online learning experiences as many institutions looked to online learning in the wake of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Forty-nine students completed 30-minute semi-structured interviews. Findings indicate that that lack of access to the internet was detrimental in regard to their role in acquiring knowledge in an online environment. The quantity and quality of interactions through the online courses were not meaningful. Online learning was detrimental. Assignments were easily overlooked/forgotten. Overall, students did not perceive their online educational experiences as beneficial in comparison to their classroom experiences.