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Findings from the University of Washington Faculty and Student Assessment of Educational Technology
Melody Winkle, Information Architect Computing & Communications
Karalee Woody, DirectorCatalyst Client Services
Partners
Office of Educational Partnerships and Learning Technologies
Office of Undergraduate Education Computing & Communication UW Libraries Office of Educational Outreach Student Technology Fee Committee
Procedures - Respondents
Faculty Sample Size 4,390 Taught in the last academic year Response rate 32.8%
Students Sample Size 3,500 Random sample of enrolled students Response rate 28.2%
Focus Groups
Faculty Volunteers from faculty survey 40 participants
Students Volunteers from student survey &
notice in computer lab 25 participants
Faculty comment
“I never had students complain that the technology was beyond them or they were getting lost in technology or that they didn’t understand technology. My feeling is that they are way ahead of us.”
Student comment
“When faculty are on top of the technologies it definitely enhances learning. When they’re not competent, then their use of technology detracts.”
Students on Web Sites
“Something that would help support my learning would be having more information about a course online, especially requiring professors to put a syllabus on a Web site. It would be nice to look on the teacher’s Web site and see all the assignments. That would be fantastic.”
Impact of Wireless
Student: “The things that will make wireless really powerful will be new applications that begin to use that connectivity to do new things”
Faculty: “It is partly because we don’t have wireless that we don’t have models for what to do with it”
Karalee Woody, DirectorCatalyst Client [email protected]
Melody Winkle, Information Architect Computing & [email protected]