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WHO ARE STUDENTS 2.0? Born between 1981 and 2001: Generation Y, Gen Y, Digital Natives, Net Generation, Information Generation, Millennials, and Neo Millennials Report that the World Wide Web is the most influential event to have happened in their lifetime (Levine & Dean, 2012) Do not remember and cannot imagine a world without digital technology (Frand, 2006)
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STUDENTS 2.0:
RESEARCH AND T
RENDS ON
COLLEGE STUDENTS’ U
SE
AND PERSPECT IV
ES ON
TECHNOLOGY
Presented by: Jessica White & Tess Collins
OVERVIEW OF SESSION• 2.0 data snapshots•Student use•Student perspectives•Other interesting stuff…
• Questions to consider
WHO ARE STUDENTS 2.0?• Born between 1981 and 2001: Generation Y,
Gen Y, Digital Natives, Net Generation, Information Generation, Millennials, and Neo Millennials
• Report that the World Wide Web is the most influential event to have happened in their lifetime (Levine & Dean, 2012)
• Do not remember and cannot imagine a world without digital technology (Frand, 2006)
A VISION OF STUDENTS TODAYYouTube video created by Michael Wesch’s class at Kansas State in 2007 regarding learning and technology usage of
students. 4.7 million views
2.0 DATA SNAPSHOTS: STUDENT USE
16% Say they were prepared to use needed technology when they entered college
70% Say that technology helps them achieve their academic outcomes
31% Own a laptop
57% Uses an iPhone
86% Say that most of their instructors use technology effectively.
75% Say that they learn most in blended learning environments
68% Say they would like to interact more with their instructors face to face
53% Say they skip classes when course lectures are available online
66% Say they would like to keep their academic and social lives separate
44% Say they have taken a class completely online
2.0 DATA SNAPSHOTS: STUDENT USEWhat percentage of college students own a laptop?
Is it higher or lower than 80%?
86%
62%
15%
What percentage of students that have taken a class completely online?
Is it higher or lower than 15%? 31%
2.0 DATA SNAPSHOTS: STUDENT USE
75%
2.0 DATA SNAPSHOTS: STUDENT USEWhat percentage of students report skipping classes when lecture notes are available online?
Is it higher or lower than 25%? 16%
2.0 DATA SNAPSHOTS: STUDENT USEWhat percentage of students say that they like to keep their academic and social lives separate?
Is it higher or lower than 52%? 57%
CAN YOU FIND A %
FOR THIS?
2.0 DATA SNAPSHOTS: STUDENT PERSPECTIVES
67% of students say that technology helps them to feel connected to what’s going on at the institution
2.0 DATA SNAPSHOTS: STUDENT PERSPECTIVESStudents believe that technology is critical to academic success. 75% say that technology helps them achieve academic outcomes.
2.0 DATA SNAPSHOTS: STUDENT PERSPECTIVES53% of students want to interact more with instructors face-to-face, via their course and learning management system (53%), and through email (45%).
2.0 DATA SNAPSHOTS: STUDENT PERSPECTIVESTechnology training and skill development for students is more important than new, more, or “better” technology.
2.0 DATA SNAPSHOTS: STUDENT PERSPECTIVESStudents gave more positive marks for their instructors use of technology than ever before. 68% of students say most of their instructors use technology effectively.
2.0 DATA SNAPSHOTS: STUDENT PERSPECTIVESStudents were ambivalent about instructors’ use of “new, cutting-edge” technology
25% 28%
2.0 DATA SNAPSHOTS: OTHER INTERESTING STUFF…At one institution, only 5.6% of students reported no multitasking behaviors in class (Burak, 2012)
25%
51%
2.0 DATA SNAPSHOTS: OTHER INTERESTING STUFF…Juggling between tasks leads to poorer performance as well as increased time needed to complete tasks (Bowman, Levine, Waite, & Gendron, 2010; Ophira, Nass, & Wagner, 2009).
2.0 DATA SNAPSHOTS: OTHER INTERESTING STUFF…Classroom multi-tasking is significantly related to an increase in high-risk behaviors (Burak, 2012).
BUT…
2.0 DATA SNAPSHOTS: OTHER INTERESTING STUFF…Students weeks away from final exams and in the library tend to pare use of electronics; “students use self-styled strategies for dialing down technology when the pressure is most on them” (O’Donnell, 2011).
16% Say they were prepared to use needed technology when they entered college
70% Say that technology helps them achieve their academic outcomes
31% Own a laptop
57% Uses an iPhone
86% Say that most of their instructors use technology effectively.
75% Say that they learn most in blended learning environments
68% Say they would like to interact more with their instructors face to face
53% Say they skip classes when course lectures are available online
66% Say they would like to keep their academic and social lives separate
44% Say they have taken a class completely online
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www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/EJ872487.pdf Bowman, L.L., Levine, L. E., Waite, B. M., & Gendron, M. (2010). Can students really multitask? An experimental study of
instant messaging while reading. Computers & Education, 54, 927-931.Bunce, D. M., Flens, E. A., & Neiles, K. Y. (2010). How long can students pay attention in class? A study of student
attention decline using clickers. Journal of Chemical Education, 87(12), 1438-1443.Burak, L. (2012). Multitasking in the university classroom. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning, 6(2). http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/v6n2.html Educause Center for Applied Research (2012). ECAR study of undergraduate students and information technology,
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Levine, A. & Dean, D. (2012) Generation on a tightrope. San Francisco:Jossey-Bass. O’Donnell, C. (2011). College students limit technology use during crunch time. UW Today. Retrieved 10/2/2012 from
http://www.washington.edu/news/2011/10/12/college-students-limit-technology-use-during-crunch-time/ Ophira, Nass, & Wagner’s (2009). Cognitive control in media multitaskers. PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy
of Science of the United States of America, 106, 15583-15587. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0903620106The Chronicle of Higher Education (2010). Professor’s use of technology in teaching. Retrieved 10/17/12 from
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QUESTIONS & COMMENTS
Jessica WhiteAssistant Director, Center for Teaching and LearningDirector, Graduate Certificate in College and University [email protected]
Tess CollinsGraduate Teaching Assistant, Center for Teaching and LearningM. Ed Candidate in College Student Services [email protected]