STUDENTS 2.0:

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COLLEGE STUDENTS’ U

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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

REFERENCESBlack, A. (2010). Gen y: Who they are and how they learn. Educational HORIZONS. Retrieved 10/12/12 from http://

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,

2012. Retrieved 10/3/12 from http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/ecar-study-undergraduate-students-and-information-technology-2012

Kolowich, S. (2012). Digital faculty: Professors and technology, 2012. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 10/17/12 from http://www.insidehighered.com/news/survey/digital-faculty-professors-and-technology-2012

Lytle, R. (2012). 5 apps college students should use this school year. US News. Retrieved 10/1/12 from http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2012/09/21/5-apps-college-students-should-use-this-school-year

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

http://chronicle.com/article/Professors-Use-of/123682/

QUESTIONS & COMMENTS

Jessica WhiteAssistant Director, Center for Teaching and LearningDirector, Graduate Certificate in College and University Teachingjessica.white@oregonstate.edu

Tess CollinsGraduate Teaching Assistant, Center for Teaching and LearningM. Ed Candidate in College Student Services AdministrationTess.Collins@oregonstate.edu