where are the 'digital natives'? - an empirical study of german high school students’...
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Where are the ‘Digital Natives’? – An empirical study of german high school students’ attitudes toward internet-based learning
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1. Introduction
2. Underlying Concepts
3. Research design
4. Research method
5. Results
6. Discussion
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Outlines
Research design
• study as part of the project UnIbELT: “Transition from school to college with the support of Internet-based e-learning tools“
• financed by the European Social Fund (2009 – 2012)• develops various e-learning scenarios to prepare students
for higher academic studies under field conditions
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Course example: molecular biotechnology
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http:unibelt.inf.tu-dresden.de
Sample
• total number of participants in the project: over 1.000 high school students of several schools
• 763 high school students took part in the survey
• between 15 and 20 years old, with the average age of 17 years
• 40% girls (n = 297) and 60% boys (n = 454)
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FIDEC-Scales:Computer related attitudes
M1 = high acceptance5 = low acceptance
Positive attitude components: Computers for learning and working (PE/LA/+)
1.9
Negative attitude components: Computers for learning and working (PE/LA/-)
3.7
Positive attitude components: Computers for entertainment and communication (PE/UK/+)
2.1
Negative attitude components: Computers for entertainment and communication (PE/UK/-)
3.7
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Results: Computer related attitudes
Results: Influences on computer related attitudes• Computer usage• Quantity of experience with computer-based learning/E-
Learning• Quality of the experience with computer-based learning/E-
Learning• Learning outcome and motivation• Learning related self-efficacy expectations• Gender
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• Gender
Gender N M SD p Computer as a learning and working tool (positive attitude)
female 294 2.0 .53.447
male 434 1.9 .66Computer as a learning and working tool (negative attitude)
female 294 3.6 .71.000
male 434 3.9 .76Computer as a communication and entertainment tool (positive attitude)
female 294 2.3 .71.000
male 434 2.0 .71Computer as a communication and entertainment tool (negative attitude)
femalemale
294434
3.63.9
.63
.69.000
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Results: Influences on computer related attitudes
• attitudes toward computer-based learning are very positive• Surprisingly and in contrast to recent studies: traditional influences
can not be confirmed• experience with e-learning within this sample is also very large• Characteristic of this sample: they have chosen to participate in the
e-learning programs voluntarily. It can be assumed that the sample belongs to an education friendly group.
• a comparison of the educational backgrounds is needed to test a connection between the highly positive attitudes to the computer as an entertainment item and learning tool
• a comparative analysis to other attitudes is recommended • Answer to the initial question if digital natives can be found at
school: the term must be discussed in relation to several aspects
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Conclusions and future work
