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What do students really want? A student perspective on the use of technology in 21 st century higher education Joint Information Systems Committee Supporting education and research

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What do students really want? Usman Ali and Aaron Porter (NUS) Facilitated by Rhona Sharpe.

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10/12/2014 | slide 1

What do students really want?A student perspective on the use of technology

in 21st century higher education

Joint Information Systems Committee Supporting education and research

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Joint Information Systems Committee

Presenter

Facilitator

Usman Ali is the Vice President (Higher Education) previously being elected on the NUS National Executive Committee, Block of 15 in 2009 and is now the first Muslim Vice President in the history of the National Union of Students. He was also the Chair of the Communications Scrutiny Committee and the Nominations committee whilst being on the ‘block.’ Prior to the NUS, he was the President and Vice President Activities at the University of Salford, where he studied Business Information Systems with a 1 year industrial placement. As Vice President (Higher Education) he will be on the OIA Board of Directors, National Student Survey (NSS) Steering Group, the National Student Forum and the Higher Education Academy Academic Council as well as others.

Rhona Sharpe is principal lecturer in the Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development at Oxford Brookes University UK

where she is responsible for the research and consultancy activities of the unit.

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Session practice

Joint Information Systems Committee

Text-chatting

Elluminate layout

Audio

Whiteboard

Technical problems

• Use the text-chat to engage with other delegates, presenter and moderators.• You can send private text-chat messages e.g. to moderators or to individuals.

• You can change your Elluminate layout to “Wide layout” to make it easier to follow the text-chat (select “View … Layouts…Wide layout”).

• If you are distracted by the text-chat, you can “unlock” the Elluminate layout to enable you to adjust the size and position of the text-chat sub-window (uncheck “View…Layouts …Layout locked”)

• It is best to run the Audio Set-up Wizard to test your audio set-up each time you enter an Elluminate room (select “Tools…Audio… Audio setup wizard).

• You must use a headset/microphone if you want to ask a question in audio.• Only use your microphone when guided by a moderator – click on the mic

icon (bottom-left of screen) to turn it on and click on it again to turn it off.

• Only draw on the whiteboard if guided by a moderator.

• Send a private text-chat message to “moderators” and they will try to help.

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1.What students think about

current ICT usage in HE

2.How students would like to

see it used

3.Training needs of students

and academics

In this session…

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• What do students think

about current ICT usage

in further and higher

education?

Part 1

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video

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My ICT skills meet the

standard required to

enhance my studies

I feel that ICT has

enhanced my time at

university in general

I feel that the use of ICT

has enhanced my studies

%1 - Totally disagree 2 3 4 - Neither agree nor disagree 5 6 7 - Totally agree

Chart 13: 46% of students agreed that ICT has enhanced their studies

Q50. To what extent do you agree with the following statements about the information and communication technology at university?

Base: All answering section 6 (1003)

46%

38%

54%

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“Teachers use PowerPoints far too much and don’t

know how to do anything else on the computer.”

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“Literature and media demonstrated a recurring

focus on issues surrounding effective use of

technology and not just technology for

technology’s sake;

that many students still found conventional

methods of teaching to be superior,

but staff need to develop their own ICT skills to

meet the requirements of their students;

and that ICT has great potential to benefit the

delivery of teaching, but harnessing that

potential is the predominant challenge”

Research

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A. ICT offers flexibility and convenience e.g. easy access

to resources off campus

B. ICT provides access to wider information and people

and ideas

C. ICT provides instant, on demand access and

responses

D. ICT offers alternative methods of assessment e.g. other

than essays

E. Other (and type into text box)

Part 1: DiscussionWhich of these student perceptions is it most

important for institutions to respond to?

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• How would students like

to see ICT used?

Part 2

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- Course rep events: Four regional course rep

workshops in Newcastle, London, Lincoln and

Salford.

Discussions around demand, perspective and

training needs

- ICT Symposium: Held at University of London

Students’ Union. Student union officers from

around the country took part in a day of roundtable

discussions.

- Online Discussions: Debates were held on the

Course Rep Facebook group and on Twitter using

the hashtag #studentICT

Higher Education

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1. Students prefer a choice in how they learn

2. Significant variations in levels of demand

across the student population

3. High levels of demand for improved IT facilities

– NSS results demonstrated this also this year.

4. Virtual Learning Environments to be used in an

effective way – particularly for FE students.

5. International students, particular those from

countries with highly developed technologies,

expect ICT/e-learning in the UK

Student demand

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• Research skills

• Ethical use of ICT

• Managing privacy

• Customisation

• Using discipline specific tools

Part 1: DiscussionWhat do students need

from institutions?

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A. Consistent use of the VLE

B. Choice about mode of study (e.g. podcasts,

lecture capture)

C. Online working (identity, privacy, ethical

practice)

D. Online learning skills (research, customisation)

E. Other (type into text box)

Part 1: DiscussionWhich of these student demands is it most

important for institutions to respond to?

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• What are the training

needs of staff?

Part 3

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“Some of the tutors aren’t very good with computers…

…but I can usually help them”

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“what are the barriers in relation to

improving staff skills/competencies?”

..... And how can these barriers be

overcome?

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Recommendations 1

• All institutions should have an ICT strategy that is

revised every three years and students should be

actively engaged in the process of developing that

strategy

• Institutions should appoint Senior Fellows

responsible for new technologies and supporting the

integration of them into teaching and learning

• Faculties should have innovation funds to support

academics to develop new ways of using ICT

• Institutions should review the use of their VLE to

identify and share good practice of where it has

enhanced the student learning experience.

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Recommendations 2

• Institutions should consider ways of making university

administration more accessible through technology

including e-submission of assessment, registration and

course choices.

• All students should be offered training needs analyses of

their ICT skills at the start of their programme to identify

their training requirements.

• Course evaluation forms should question the extent to

which tutors have integrated ICT into courses

• ICT skills should be integrated into the Professional

Standard Framework, institutional promotional criteria

and also selection for teaching awards.

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ICT should create added value

not value for money

#studentviewsICT

For more information: [email protected]

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To what extent should

students’ views inform

what institutions offer?

Which recommendations

can easily be put into

practice?

How prepared are staff to

deliver what students

want and need?

Discussion Questions