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Perhaps the most visible of these changes is the continuing increase in the proportion of students with laptops, which has grown to 73.7 percent of respondents (while an almost-total 98.4 percent own a computer of some kind).
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Viable ways of connecting with professors and peers.
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The amount of time spent on the Internet also shows no sign of abating, with an average of about 18 hours a week, for any purpose -- and, on the extreme end, some 6.6 percent of respondents (mostly male) saying they spend more than a full-time job's worth of 40 hours online a week. Most students use broadband, more are on wireless connections, and "smart phones" -- all-in-one communications and personal data assistants -- are also on the rise, with 12 percent owning one
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hat they're doing when they're online is also changing somewhat, with the rise of Facebook and other social networking sites as the clearest trend this year (to 80.3 percent from 72.3 percent in 2006), along with streaming video and course management software, which 46.1 percent of respondents said they use several times a week or more (compared with 39.6 percent in 2006).
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Most students (60.9 percent) believe it improves their learning
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The changes in technological habits aren't revolutionary per se, as the authors point out; rather, students are making "evolutionary" gains in access to the Internet for everyday uses, inside the clas
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students with laptops, which has grown to 73.7 percent
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amount of time spent on the Internet
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an average of about 18 hours a week, for any purpose
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some 6.6 percent of respondents (mostly male) saying they spend more than a full-time job's worth of 40 hours online a week.
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23 Sep 11
Ingrid SturgisThe report also finds challenges in addressing skills gaps for using spreadsheets and CMS software, highlighting the need for colleges to provide instructional technology to bring students up to speed.
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04 May 11
danielledamicohas some statistics, from 2007 though. at the bottom it talks about a college that mostly uses all technology
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Perhaps the most visible of these changes is the continuing increase in the proportion of students with laptops, which has grown to 73.7 percent of respondents (while an almost-total 98.4 percent own a computer of some kind). More surprisingly, over half of laptop owners don't bring them to class at all, with about a quarter carrying them to lectures at least once a week.
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The amount of time spent on the Internet also shows no sign of abating, with an average of about 18 hours a week, for any purpose -- and, on the extreme end, some 6.6 percent of respondents (mostly male) saying they spend more than a full-time job's worth of 40 hours online a week.
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streaming video and course management software, which 46.1 percent of respondents said they use several times a week or more
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"They’re using social networking sites like crazy, but they don’t necessarily think those have a place in the classroom," said Gail Salaway, one of the primary authors and a fellow at ECAR.
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In short, as students become more and more connected to each other through various online mediums, they're also becoming more untethered, with laptops and smart phones keeping them physically apart.
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Seventy percent of the students polled said information technology helps them do research, a finding that is not surprising in light of the continuing popularity of Google and Wikipedia among undergraduates
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When it comes to engagement, however, responses are more mixed. About two-fifths of students said they were more engaged with courses that had IT components, while a fifth disagreed and the rest didn't say either way.
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Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in Needham, Mass.
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The college has a 24/7 laptop loan program, which allows students to be in constant communication with each other and helps encourage them to work together on projects,
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Engineering and business students use more technology, especially for spreadsheets and graphics editing, and male
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s are more likely to spend more extreme amounts of time online.
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Jeannie Rohrbaugh60.9% of students believe that technology in the classroom increased their learning.
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Buffalo EDC601Where is technology leading education and what do the students of today want and expect?
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Jason BunnStudents' 'Evolving' Use of Tecnology. Inside Higher Ed. September 17, 2007. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/09/17/it\n\nThis article is beneficial because it gives information concerning students and the evolving use of technology that can and is being used in classes. Also it discusses feedback options that teachers and instructors have that aid both the teachers and their students.
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students with laptops, which has grown to 73.7
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average of about 18 hours a week
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40 hours online a week
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smart phones
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12 percent owning one.
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of Facebook and other social networking
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80.3 percent
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streaming video and course management software
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46.1 percent of respondents said they use several times
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digital natives" who have grown up immersed in technology
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aren't necessarily ready to cast off the yoke of human interaction and learn solely within virtual 3-D environments wired directly to the brain.
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study finds "themes of skepticism and moderation alongside enthusiasm," such that 59 percent preferred a "moderate rather than extensive use of IT in courses."
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using social networking sites like crazy, but they don’t necessarily think those have a place in the classroom
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more and more connected to each other
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untethered
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some professors might have to play catch-up,
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"IT is not a good substitute for good teaching. Good teachers are good with or without IT and students learn a great deal from them. Poor teachers are poor with or without IT and students learn little from them."
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Seventy percent
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research,
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two-fifths of students said they were more engaged with courses that had IT components
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a fifth disagreed
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comes down to how it is used
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neomillennial learning styles
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active learning" that comes from synthesizing information from multiple types of media.
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fusion of new and old
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start thinking from different perspectives, how they can teach better or improve student learnin
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students that are up and coming are the ones that are driving the adoption, because they’re coming with a set of expectations
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Still, in this tech-savvy environment, some face-to-face interaction is still preferred
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83.1 percent of 18- to 19-year-olds owning one
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Engineering and business students
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spreadsheets and graphics editing
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challenges in addressing skills gaps for using spreadsheets and CMS software
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Sue FrantzThe authors of the study, which surveyed 27,864 students at 103 two- and four-year colleges and universities, note that most undergraduates today are “digital natives” who have grown up immersed in technology in some form. But the “millennials” aren’t necessarily ready to cast off the yoke of human interaction and learn solely within virtual 3-D environments wired directly to the brain. The study finds “themes of skepticism and moderation alongside enthusiasm,” such that 59 percent preferred a “moderate rather than extensive use of IT in courses.”
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alex spiersInside Higher Ed offers free online news and job information for college and university faculty, adjuncts, graduate students, and administrators, higher education jobs, faculty jobs, college jobs and university jobs
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Judy O'Connellstudents are making “evolutionary” gains in access to the Internet for everyday uses, inside the classroom and out. - reports on the EDUCAUSE pub.
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wayne andersonInside Higher Ed offers free online news and job information for college and university faculty, adjuncts, graduate students, and administrators, higher education jobs, faculty jobs, college jobs and university jobs
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Jason Norris...the changes in technological habits aren’t revolutionary per se...rather, students are making “evolutionary” gains in access to the Internet for everyday uses, inside the classroom and out....
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SJLibrary Learning“They’re using social networking sites like crazy, but they don’t necessarily think those have a place in the classroom,” said Gail Salaway, one of the primary authors and a fellow at ECAR.
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How IT Affects Learning
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18 Sep 07
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Carole McEwanEducause's survey of IT/ technology use in university students
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provides a jumping-off point for an investigation into how students use information technology in college and how it can be harnessed to improve the learning experience.
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The changes in technological habits aren’t revolutionary per se, as the authors point out; rather, students are making “evolutionary” gains in access to the Internet for everyday uses, inside the classroom and out.
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Perhaps the most visible of these changes is the continuing increase in the proportion of students with laptops, which has grown to 73.7 percent of respondents (while an almost-total 98.4 percent own a computer of some kind). More surprisingly, over half of laptop owners don’t bring them to class at all, with about a quarter carrying them to lectures at least once a week.
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What they’re doing when they’re online is also changing somewhat, with the rise of Facebook and other social networking sites as the clearest trend this year (to 80.3 percent from 72.3 percent in 2006),
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streaming video and course management software, which 46.1 percent of respondents said they use several times a week or more (compared with 39.6 percent in 2006).
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surveyed 27,864 students at 103 two- and four-year colleges and universities, note that most undergraduates today are “digital natives” who have grown up immersed in technology in some form.
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59 percent preferred a “moderate rather than extensive use of IT in courses.”
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“They’re using social networking sites like crazy, but they don’t necessarily think those have a place in the classroom,” said Gail Salaway, one of the primary authors and a fellow at ECAR.
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That could mean that some professors might have to play catch-up, according to the report, “The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2007″ — a sentiment also indicated by some of the students in answers to the survey’s open-ended questions.
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“IT is not a good substitute for good teaching. Good teachers are good with or without IT and students learn a great deal from them. Poor teachers are poor with or without IT and students learn little from them.”
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the study’s introduction, written by Chris Dede of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, suggests what professors can expect from digital natives’ evolving modes of learning, what he calls “neomillennial learning styles.”
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The implication is less of an emphasis on the “sage on the stage” and a linear acquisition process focusing on a “single best source,” focusing instead on “active learning” that comes from synthesizing information from multiple types of media.
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Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in Needham, Mass
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The college has a 24/7 laptop loan program, which allows students to be in constant communication with each other and helps encourage them to work together on projects, so that “you’ll see students that go out and use things like Google Docs,” editing online in real time, she said.
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Freshmen come in to the college already well acquainted with social networking and used to course management software, mainly because of its increasing use in high school, Kossuth said. They use a campus-hosted wiki to find rides. They work with administrators to improve software offerings. In other words, the students are at the cutting edge, while some faculty are working to catch up.
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Still, in this tech-savvy environment, some face-to-face interaction is still preferred. At the help desk, she said, proposals for chat and text messaging services met with skepticism because students preferred to e-mail or come in themselves. In general, the ECAR report found a number of negative comments about help desks’ effectiveness, suggesting their importance to a smooth IT operation.
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Stop the presses: Todayâs college students are using more technology than ever.
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Brett McLennantudents’ ‘Evolving’ Use of Technology
Stop the presses: Today’s college students are using more technology than ever.
That may not be the most surprising finding from a report released last week by the Educause Center for Applied Research, the aarticle community computers culture education learning networking NEWS Research student Technology university Web web2.0 elearning students
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Spiro BolosArticle about the usage of technology by college millennials. Also makes the point that good teaching without IT always trumps bad teaching with IT.
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17 Sep 07
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Clint LalondeResponse to EDUCause 2007 survey on undergrad use of IT. From Inside Higher Ed
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David Feld"[T]he “emerging Web 2.0 paradigm” of “immersive environments” and dynamic information promise (or threaten?) to upend traditional pedagogies and even the way students learn, the authors conclude."
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