Table 2.

Supporting verbatim responses negatively oriented toward the module following the question: “Things that you did not like about this posting”

Theme	Verbatim example
Physical environment	“Congested classroom,” “Video and audio quality of the equipment were low,” “The acoustic was not good”
Group activity	“Groups formed had a very few active members, many students were not doing anything,” “Some members of the group failed to contribute properly,” “Groups were not made according to our convenience and it affected our work” “Not all students were serious”
Evaluation	“Giving marks to oneself” “The concept of entire evaluation plan was low”
Time	“Less time available” “Longtime duration” “There was a theory class scheduled just after SDL session” “SDL class was just after lunch break”
Feedback and supervision	“Too much feedback was asked from us” “Strict supervision”
Learning experience	“Could have been more informative through lectures,” “Consumed a lot of time and time was simply wasted” “Teachers should have taught us more,” “We could have used this time to study other subjects at home,” “Right now I feel the topic was given more time than it simply needed,” “The learning was not textbook based,” “No written notes, can’t revise”
	“I probably grasped less compared to textbook learning,” “It was more of a casual learning process” “Teacher should have taught something”

SDL=Self directed learning