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The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students & IT

The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students & IT. Four Years of Data # of Universities: 13, 40, 65, 103. 2007 Key Findings. Virtually all own a computer (98%) 74% own laptops (up by 7% over 2006) 61% agree or strongly agree: IT in courses improves learning

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The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students & IT

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  1. The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students & IT Four Years of Data # of Universities: 13, 40, 65, 103

  2. 2007 Key Findings • Virtually all own a computer (98%) • 74% own laptops (up by 7% over 2006) • 61% agree or strongly agree: IT in courses improves learning • 56% say: Convenience is the primary benefit of IT in courses • 59% prefer moderate use of IT in courses

  3. Key Findings, cont. • Students report good IT skills overall. • Only 26% say their institution needs to provide them more training. • 92% have high-speed internet access – wired or wireless • They say they spend 18 hours per week doing online activities for school, work, and recreation

  4. Key Findings, cont. • Instructor skill with IT greatly impacts student perception of the value of IT in courses • Face-to-face interaction with instructors is valued • Students expect IT to be available

  5. Differences from 2005/2006/2007 • Increased ownership of laptop computers: 52.8% * 68.3% * 75.8% • Increased primary use of wireless: 12.4% * 19.3% * 24.0% • Increased use of social networking: (nr) * 72.3% * 80.3% • Increased number using learning management systems: 69.7% * 72.5% * 82.9%

  6. Student Use: • Email: 99% • Word processing for courses: 98.6% • Online library access: 94.7% • Software to create web pages: 29.1% • Software to create audio/video: 32.6%

  7. Cal Poly Students • Our students are much more likely to own a desktop computer (78.6% vs. 59%) and equally likely to own laptop • Our students are less likely to go online to library resources (31.2% vs. 44.6%) • Doing less IM (40.5% vs. 49.3% do it daily) • Less gaming, music/video downloads, wikis, blogging

  8. Cal Poly Students • Do a lot less social networking (29.8% vs. 50.3% daily) • Do more creation of audio/video, web pages, Blackboard, discipline-specific software • 38% agree or strongly agree that we need to give them more training on technology required in classes

  9. Cal Poly Students • Are much more satisfied with university email: 2006 vs. 2007 • FRESHMEN: Then 21% Now 66.8% of freshmen prefer CPP email • SENIORS: Then 35% Now 77.5% prefer CPP email

  10. To Learn More • Visit educause.edu/ecar • Currently in What’s New section • Always under Research Publications, Research Studies • CPP data will be posted on our Blackboard site

  11. Recommendation • We participate again in spring 2008 • We invite all freshmen and seniors to participate, to increase our sample size • We offer accommodation to students with disabilities • We continue to participate in each future survey, if ECAR has made it accessible

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