bPbL-sceptical statements by students
SAID, -20
The category to which by far the most bPbL-sceptical statements could be assigned was “C8, 30–31: “Exactly, this answering one after the other, that probably doesn’t work in the chat”C9, 14-16: “I always have the feeling, like for example in a group chat now on WhatsApp, that it’s always so confused”I4, 42–43: “But now also just with the discussion, that’s just difficult somehow”I4, 99-102: “Simply because you were reading, then making your own thoughts, then typing, then scrolling up again to see if anyone had already written that, only to realise, oh crap, someone has already written that, I’ll delete it now, rewrite it again”Related to this, one cPbL student suspected that there would often be C5, 33–36: “then maybe someone else has already written this and then you have just written this”I6, 131-133: “Because that was really the case yesterday, that there was really double and triple any content, i.e. the same content”With respect to C6, 66: “Technical problems, if something is not working”Some comments on technical aspects also had a socio-economic facet.C9, 53-55: “There are also disadvantages regarding the person who may not have the financial means to equip themselves technically to be able to participate well”I8, 190–191: “Is it even possible to assume that everyone has a laptop?”Time saving was a frequent argument in favour of the bPbL (see above), whereby this mainly referred to the elimination of the need to travel. On the other hand, there were fears and experiences that communicating by writing in the chat is associated with C3, 19-20: “No, I would be totally lost there, because I just need so long to write until I’ve said my opinion, they’re already on to the next topic”I5, 35–36: “which then takes ages until you have actually typed in your message and got it across”Both cPbL and bPbL students often expressed scepticism about the C9, 23-26: “And I also have the impression that you learn that better [on site]. So you often remember things that you have discussed somewhere and then maybe there was some anecdote about it and I can personally remember that better”I5, 41-42: “That you pick up more and are more concentrated when you sit together in the room here than when you sit at home in front of your PC and just read along as a chat”Many comments referred to the (lack of) C4, 91-93: “I think we all agreed that we would also like to have this social aspect, that we should also meet in this PbL”I7, 193-196: “So I also have the feeling that I would learn more if I somehow, simply connected the spoken word with a person, somehow just this interaction and the personal contact with them”Similarly, concerns that students’ C4, 10–11: “Many then probably also simply hold back with their answers or simply confirm”I9, 29-30: “One is then partly inhibited to write that in there, because one is perhaps not so sure after all”