ABSTRACT This paper examines the online learning experience as related to work–life balance from the student’s perspective. Four open-ended discussion questions were asked of 302 students in sixteen graduate business courses, over a three-year period. Two hundred and ten students voluntarily responded with their observations and perceptions of their personal online learning experience and how this experience impacted their work/life/school balance. This paper, using content analysis and qualitative coding, is focused on understanding the student’s perception of how online learning impacts their work–life balance, especially as compared to brick-and-mortar classroom learning. This paper concludes that online learning can enhance work–life balance for most students, especially when compared to the alternative of traditional fixed time and place classroom learning.

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将工作与生活平衡与 24/7 信息和通信技术相结合：成人的经验

摘要 本文从学生的角度考察了与工作与生活平衡相关的在线学习体验。在三年的时间里，向 16 门研究生商业课程的 302 名学生提出了四个开放式讨论问题。210 名学生自愿回应他们对个人在线学习体验的观察和看法，以及这种体验如何影响他们的工作/生活/学校平衡。本文使用内容分析和定性编码，重点是了解学生对在线学习如何影响他们的工作与生活平衡的看法，尤其是与实体课堂学习相比。本文的结论是，在线学习可以增强大多数学生的工作与生活的平衡，