Results from the 2005 Educational Technology Surveys

Cara LaneResearch Scientist

Catalyst Research and DevelopmentOffice of Learning Technologies

Project Collaborators

Office of Learning Technologies Office of Undergraduate Education

Office of Educational Assessment Classroom Support Services

Computing & Communication UW Libraries Office of Educational Outreach Student Technology Fee Committee

Report

Full report: http://catalyst.washington.edu/projects

Contents: Acknowledgements Methods Results Conclusions and recommendations

Response Details

Instructor survey Sample size: 4,390 Response Rate: 34.4%

Student survey Sample size: 3,500 Response rate: 28.2%

Focus groups 40 instructors and 25 students

Faculty Demographics

Respondents 884

Average Age 50

Gender 61% male 39% female

RANK

38%

20%

15%

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7%

Full AssociateAssistant LecturerInstructor

Undergraduate Demographics

Respondents 648

Average Age 22

Gender 39% male 61% female

CLASS

16%

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36%

34%

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Junior Senior

Finding

Support for technology facilities and services is high

Faculty Quote

“Labs are everywhere, they’re all over the place, they’re readily available, and they’re economical to use. So I can freely give assignments and have projects and homework that require a computer now and students can go and do them.”

Finding

Strong interest in Web-based tools

Online Portfolios

Which of the following educational technologies would like instructors to use in your courses?

50% Online Portfolios 46% Computer simulations 38% Streaming Videos 26% Instant messaging 14% Video Conferencing

Finding

Wireless in classrooms will increase laptop use during class sessions

Laptop Ownership

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Current use w/ wireless in rooms

Undergraduate Quote

“The things that will make wireless really powerful will be new applications that begin to use that connectivity to do new things”

Finding

Correlation between gender and tech skills

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Finding

Undergraduates use more types of technology for academic purposes than faculty do

Academic Use of IM

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Finding

Faculty want better access to technology in classrooms

Opportunities to Use Technology

The UW should provide more opportunities to use educational technologies 73% agree

How? #1: Improve access to technology in

classrooms

Faculty Quote

“Most lecture halls are equipped with the appropriate technology, but most smaller classrooms are not. If you invest the time to use technology in a 50-person class and don’t know if you are going to get the same classroom every year, the significant cost of transformation may not pay off in the event that you do not get an equipped classroom again.”

Finding

Undergraduates want course materials available online

The UW Should Require all Courses to have Web Sites

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Undergraduate Quote

“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.”

Finding

Teaching assistants and graduate students that do not teach have different attitudes towards technology

Demographics

Graduate Students Respondents

286 Average Age

32 Gender

39% male 61% female

Teaching Assistants Respondents

411 Average Age

29 Gender

44% male 56% female

The UW should Provide Guidance in Building Online Portfolios

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Detracts Enhances

Next Steps

Current Partners are using survey results to

inform decisions ECAR survey

Future Repeating surveys every 3 years Next survey in spring 2008