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In this study, it is aimed to examine the levels of higher education students’ cyberloafing behaviors during the distance education applications carried out in the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of various variables. In addition, determining the reasons for students to exhibit cyberloafing behavior is among the aims of the research. In the research, convergent parallel design, one of the mixed research models, was used. The study universe of the research consists of students who take courses through distance education at the higher education level during the pandemic period. The sample of the study was determined by the snowball sampling method. 391 higher education students studying in distance education participated in the research. In the study, personal information, and interview forms as well as cyberloafing scale were used as data collection tools. Quantitative data obtained from the study were analyzed with the SPSS package program. Content analysis method was used in the analysis of qualitative data obtained from student opinions. According to the findings obtained from the research; It has been determined that the students’ level of exhibiting cyberloafing behaviors in distance education is at a moderate level. When the reasons for students’ cyberloafing behaviors were examined, it was seen that there were four categories: (1) reasons originating from the student, (2) reasons originating from the instructor, (3) reasons originating from distance education, and (4) other reasons

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