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Mapping the Changing Technological Landscape: Faculty and Student Surveys on Educational Technology
Cara Lane, Research ScientistCatalyst Research and Development
Karalee Woody, DirectorCatalyst Client Services
Presentation Outline
Background Results
Demographics Perspectives
Implications Discussion
Background
University of Washington
Overview 643 acres in sunny Seattle, WA R1 institution Campuses in Seattle, Tacoma, and Bothell Ranked 1st in US for research funds
Population Undergraduate students 30,000 Graduate & Professional 11,000 Faculty 4,100 Staff 20,000
Project Collaborators
Office of Educational Partnerships and Learning Technologies
Office of Undergraduate Education Computing & Communication UW Libraries Office of Educational Outreach Student Technology Fee Committee
Study Overview
Faculty & student surveys Technology expertise & use Perceptions on educational
technology Focus groups
Experiences with technology Opinions about the future
Procedures - Respondents
Faculty Sample Size 4,390 Taught in the last academic year Response rate 34.4%
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
Faculty Demographics
Respondents 884
Average Age 50
Gender 61% male 39% female
RANK
38%
20%
15%
20%
7%
Full AssociateAssistant LecturerInstructor
Student Demographics
Respondents 648
Average Age 22
Gender 39% male 61% female
CLASS
16%
14%
36%
34%
Freshman Sophomore
Junior Senior
Faculty Perspective
The UW should provide more opportunities to use educational technologies 72.9% agree
How? #1: Improve access to technology in
classrooms
Faculty on Classrooms
“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.”
Classroom Infrastructure
Desired technologies for seminar classrooms Computer w/ projection Overhead projector TV with VCR
Impact of computer with projection 87.2% of faculty say it enhances their instruction 85% of students agree
Use of Tech Classrooms
Fac
ult
y Stu
den
ts
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Multimedia Computer
59% of faculty make use of multimedia capabilities
68% have requests for tech classrooms met
Laptops & Wireless
Wireless will available across campus within three years
Fa
cu
lty
Stu
de
nts
0%10%20%
30%40%50%
60%70%80%
90%
Own laptop w/ wireless
Laptops in Classrooms
Facu
lty
Stu
den
ts
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Current use w/ wireless in rooms
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”
Student Perspective
The UW should require all courses to have a Web site 80% of students agree
Desired online resources Course syllabi Lecture notes Problem sets/exercises
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.”
Online Resources by Group
Fac
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0102030405060708090
100
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Required course Websites (% for agree)
Lecture notes (% forvery/ext. important)
Implications
For the U of Washington
Classroom Infrastructure Investigate what is needed & plan
solutions Wireless
Expand pedagogical resources & laptop access
Online Infrastructure Simplify current web publishing system
Discussion
What are you seeing at your institution?
How have you solved some of these issues, i.e., access to tech in general classrooms?
Questions?
Karalee Woody, DirectorCatalyst Client [email protected]
Cara Lane, Research ScientistCatalyst Research and [email protected]