1. 21st Century Faculty and Students: Educational Technology Surveys 2009
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2. OIT Student and Faculty Technology Surveys - 2009
Surveys – so what? Interesting features:
Longitudinal: third in a series (2004, 2007); some questions date to 2001
Comparative: ability to compare students and faculty
Generational: ability to look for technology-related generational change (e.g., “digital natives”)
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3. OIT Student and Faculty Technology Surveys - 2009
Asked about student and faculty experiences, attitudes, preferences, perceptions, problems
Delivered online in spring 2009…
…to stratified random samples of students and faculty at the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus
Supplemented by focus groups
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4. Student and Faculty Tech Surveys – 2009 Respondents
Number of respondents
Response rate
Students
1287
>22.1% (down slightly from 2007)
Faculty
249
>31.0% (down slightly from 2007)
respondents demographically similar to nonrespondents
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5. Student Tech Survey – 2009 Continuity over time
Survey responses overall quite similar to those from 2004 and 2007.
Students continue to have:
positive attitudes toward technology
high comfort levels
few problems using technology
high experience levels
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6. Faculty Tech Survey – 2009 Continuity over time
Survey responses overall quite similar to those from 2004 and 2007.
Faculty continue to report:
positive attitudes toward technology
high perceived usefulness
broad experience using technology in teaching
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7. Student Tech Survey – 2009 Experience : Courses that use online technology
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8. Student Tech Survey – 2009 Experience: Fully online courses
growth rate similar to Sloan Foundation’s 17%
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9. Faculty Tech Survey – 2009 Experience using technology
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10. Faculty Tech Survey – 2009 Experience using technology
Taught at least one online course:
Minnesota: 10.2%
Sloan/APLU: 34.4%
Why?
Question wording (“most or all content online” vs “total online, no face-to-face interaction”)
Sampling
Response rate
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11. Student/Faculty Tech Surveys – 2009 Experience: Fully online courses
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12. Student Tech Survey 2009 Technology use: Web 2.0
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13. Percentage of students who never:
Student Tech Survey 2009 Web 2.0: ECAR Comparison
Percentage of students who never:
Why?
Question wording (e.g. “contribute content” vs “upload video”)
Sampling/response rates
Minnesota
ECAR
Wikis
84.6
58.1
Video websites
75.2
55.2
Blogs
68.2
62.7

14. Student Tech Survey 2009 Web 2.0: The 1% Rule
most students use Web 2.0 technologies like blogs, wikis, and podcasting as consumers rather than producers
“What is the 1% rule? It's an emerging rule of thumb that suggests that if you get a group of 100 people online then one will create content, 10 will "interact" with it (commenting or offering improvements) and the other 89 will just view it.”
- Charles Arthur, July 20, 2006, The Guardian

15. Student Tech Survey – 2009 Technology as info delivery
students seem to view educational technology primarily as a means for delivering information efficiently and conveniently
shown in:
what tech students find useful
types of uses they favor
best uses of tech
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16. Faculty Tech Survey – 2009 Technology as info delivery
faculty also see educational technology primarily as a means for delivering information efficiently and conveniently
shown in:
attractors
effective uses
ideal classroom
what faculty want to learn about
delivery-model uses of tech consistently rated above uses having to do with collaboration, interaction, gaming, etc.
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17. Student Tech Survey 2009 Mobile technology ownership
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18. Student Tech Survey 2009 Mobile technology ownership
Course management systems have been with us for many years.
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19. Faculty Tech Survey – 2009 Digital distractions
Three groups of faculty:
the incensed: “it bugs me – an incredibly disrespectful behavior.”
the resigned: “using digital media is part of my students’ everyday life now… I can’t control daydreaming either.”
the circumspect: “I believe this is a challenge to create learning opportunities with more involvement.”
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20. Student Tech Survey – 2009 Digital distractions
Three groups of students:
the distracted: “I tend to do it… it’s bad news and very distracting.”
the undistracted: “It doesn’t affect my learning when [someone else] is on Facebook.”
the incensed: “I hate watching kids surf the internet while in class. I find it rude to the professor.”
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21. results similar to ECAR 2009
Student/Faculty Tech Survey – 2009 Faculty and students on online courses
results similar to ECAR 2009
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22. Student Tech Survey – 2009 Faculty and students on online courses
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23. Faculty Tech Survey – 2009 Faculty and students on online courses
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24. “don’t know” numbers about 5% (students) and 10% (faculty)
Student/Faculty Tech Survey – 2009 Faculty and students on class capture
“don’t know” numbers about 5% (students) and 10% (faculty)
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25. Student Tech Survey – 2009 Are students digital natives?
With respect to:
experience and use: yes
expertise and abilities: no
preferences: maybe
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26. Faculty Tech Survey – 2009 Are faculty millennial instructors?
Age does matter. Older faculty:
perceive themselves to be less skilled with tech
encounter more problems (e.g. time, keeping up with changes, lack of standardization)
are less attracted to tech (less enjoyment, less use of multimedia, less communication with students
(Thanks to Carl Berger!)
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27. Student and Faculty Tech Surveys – 2009 For more information
Full reports available at:
J.D. Walker
OIT Research & Evaluation Team
March 16, 2010
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