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COVID-19 and digital multitasking during academic lectures.

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Title COVID-19 and digital multitasking during academic lectures.
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ESBOSO
 
Creator Mendes, Rebeca
Paiva, Sandra
Lourenço, Francisca
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description The present database collected quantitative data through the survey technique, appealing to an online questionnaire. The data regards the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on digital multitasking during lectures in university students.
The data traces the self-assessment of Portuguese university students (N=44) regarding digital multitasking behavior – including the use of digital resources (U) and the purpose of digital multitasking behavior during lectures (P) – in three different moments (M) – before the COVID-19 pandemic (M1), during the lockdown (M2), and after the COVID-19 pandemic (M3).
The use of digital resources was divided into 16 categories of digital resources, including the following: (C1) store & share – store and share data through platforms and clouds; (C2) actuality – newspapers, journals, or specific interest sites; (C3) commerce – sites, tools, and applications for buying and selling products and services; (C4) audio communication – exclusive audio communication; (C5) written communication – exclusive text communication; (C6) video communication – exclusive real-time video communication; (C7) education – educational platforms, applications, sites, and online courses; (C8) entertainment – digital games, entertainment video channels, and applications; (C9) online office tools – document creation resources; (C10) management & organization – calendars, agendas, notes, checklists, and similar; (C11) language – online translators, dictionaries, text correctors, and similar; (C12) multimedia – photo, music, and video edition tools, programs, or applications; (C13) music – listening to music online; (C14) orientation – maps, guides, or similar; (C15) knowledge & research – browsers, wikis, and databases to search for information; (C16) social networks – personal and professional social networks.
The purpose of engaging in digital multitasking during lectures encompasses the following: exclusive educational (ED), exclusive non-educational (NED), and combined (COMB) – combining educational and non-educational purposes.
Participation criteria included the following: being an adult (≥18 years old); giving previous consent with study-informed participation and results divulgation; having been a student since 2019/2020; having internet access since before the Covid-19 pandemic (2019); being able to write and to read in Portuguese or English languages; and to correctly conclude the survey by submitting all the data required.
Exclusion criteria relied on the non-observance of one of the inclusion criteria established. The data was collected between the 1st and 10th of December 2021.
 
Subject Social Sciences
COVID-19
Digital Multitasking
University Students
Academic Lectures
 
Date 2023-11-14
 
Contributor Mendes, Rebeca