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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, Director Catalyst Client Services
Presentation Outline Methods Results Demographics Perspectives Conclusions
Methods
Partners Office of Educational Partnerships and Learning Technologies Office of Undergraduate Education Computing & Communication UW Libraries Office of Educational Outreach Student Technology Fee Committee
History 2001 Faculty Survey 2002 Student Survey
Process Setting goals The goal of this study was to improve teaching and learning at the UW
Process Creating instruments
Process Conducting surveys Conducting focus groups
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
Results
Undergraduate Demographics Respondents 648 Average Age 22 Gender 39% male 61% female
Faculty Demographics Respondents 884 Average Age 50 Gender 61% male 39% female
Expertise How would you rate your current expertise as a computer user?
General expertise
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.”
An imbalance Longitudinal comparison Categories of expertise Demographic influences
Longitudinal comparison
Categories of expertise
Demographic influences
Technology use
Technology Use
Perspectives on Technology
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.”
Perspectives on Technology
Emerging Technologies Laptops and wireless Web-based tools Instant messaging
Laptops & Wireless
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”
Web-based tools
Conclusions Demographic influences Technology use Online resources Wireless Web-based tools
Karalee Woody, Director Catalyst Client Services Melody Winkle, Information Architect Computing & Communications