Postsecondary Student Perspectives on Lifelong Learning in Digital Era

18 university students participated in five online focus groups exploring digital technology's role in lifelong learning. The qualitative analysis produced 46 codes grouped into 11 themes organized within Agency, Growth, Connection, and Envisioning Future categories. The data illustrates how digital tools support students' autonomy, competence, and relatedness needs.

Use Cases

• Analyze the 11 themes, such as Agency and Connection, to understand factors shaping student lifelong learning practices.
• Examine the 46 discrete codes from focus group transcripts to identify patterns in how digital technology enables student growth.
• Apply thematic synthesis using the self-determination theory framework to the focus group data on future professional status.
• Investigate relationships between the Envisioning Future category and students' perspectives on the digital economy.

Strengths

• Data is derived from 18 student participants across five structured focus groups.
• Analysis resulted in 11 distinct thematic categories from the qualitative data.
• The study is guided by a established theoretical framework (self-determination theory).
• Dataset is openly licensed under CC BY 4.0 for reuse.

Limitations

• Small qualitative sample size of 18 participants limits generalizability.
• Data is textual analysis from focus groups, not structured tabular data for quantitative modeling.
• Limited scope as a 12.6 KB document containing summarized findings, not raw interview transcripts.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Five online focus groups with university students, analyzed via template and reflexive thematic analysis.

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Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

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