3. Focus on Perceptions and Expectations
• Faculty expectations
• Student expectations
• Inherent gap
4. Technology In the Classroom
“PLU professors are committed to a teaching and learning
environment that introduces students…to search for truth.”
(Core Elements in Lutheran Higher Education)
5. Technology In the Classroom
• Classroom
• Confined space
• Limited access/availability
• Single location
• Engages students in the classroom
6. Technology In the Classroom
• Environment
• Limitless space
• Constant access, availability
• Multiple locations
• Engages the world around us
7. Pop Quiz:
Martin Luther was a cutting-edge technology evangelist.
What technology did he use to his advantage, in providing
access to every Christian.
12. Why Should We Care?
• Part of our contract
“…will do what I see will be needful, advantageous, and wholesome
for my neighbor.”
“…profound commitment to the common good.”
• Better educators, innovators, and role models
• It can make a difference
14. Defining Attributes
• Empowered individuals with entire world at their fingertips
• Connected 24x7
• They collectively write, share, collaborate, and rate the
world around them
• They are experts at finding solutions...
15.
16. We Could Learn From Them
• Strong sense of community
• Their community is local and global
• Know people sometimes better online than in real life (IRL)
• Technology is a naturally integrated part of their lives
• Promised, “There’s an app for that.”
• They expect it
18. Survey Comparisons
• 184 Institutions (2012)
• Across Carnegie classes
• 10,000 Students
• No PLU students
• 98 Institutions (2005-2014)
• Primarily liberal arts
• PLU Students
• 25% sample, ~ 700
• Participation in 2012: 60.3%
25. Key BYOE Trends
• Laptops replacing desktops
• Smartphones replacing cell phones
• Students bringing more devices
(favoring smaller and more portable)
26. How will these device
trends affect student
expectations of how they
learn with technology?
27. What do students want to connect with?
BYOE
PLU
• Course websites
• Library resources
• Checking grades
• Registering for courses
• Financial Aid
information
31. Smartphones & Academic Use
ECARStudyofUndergraduateStudentsandInformationTechnology,2011.
Infographic.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1103/EIG1103.pdf
32. ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2012.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1208/ERS1208.pdf Figure 5. p. 15
66% Accessing course websites or syllabi
64% Using learning management systems
57% Checking grades
Important to Do from a Mobile Device
34. Technology and Student Success
75%
of students say that
technology helps them
achieve their academic
outcomes
70%
of students say they
learn most in blended
learning environments
35. ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2012.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1208/ERS1208.pdf Figure 9. p. 24
Importance of Devices to
Academic Success Three Key Student Devices
forAcademic Productivity
38. ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2011.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1103/EIG1103.pdf
Gives Students Access to Resources and Progress Reports
Easy to track my academic progress
Helps me know how I am doing
Simplifies administrative-related activities
Gives me access to resources
Easier to get help when I need it
Average Agreement with Statements
52%
Makes Students More Efficient
Helps me do my work faster
Allows me to produce higher-quality work
Efficient way to store examples of work
Makes college easier44%
Facilitates Connecting with Others
Feel connected to other students
Feel connected to professors/staff
Feel connected to what's going on
Gives me access to experts in my field35%
Makes Learning More Engaging and Relevant
Learning more creative
Learning more fun
Think out of the box
Individualized/personalized
More relevant to real life
More engaging
Elevates teaching
Reach academic potential
Take control of own learning
Extends learning beyond classroom
Prepares me for workforce
Prepares me for graduate school
44%
Academic Benefits:
Four Factors for Academic Success
40. Active Involvement
54% of students say they
are more actively involved in
courses that use technology
41. *Instructors who are highly effective in use of technology make learning
more engaging and relevant. Students who strongly agree that their
instructors deliver these benefits:
ECARStudyofUndergraduateStudentsandInformationTechnology,2011.
Infographic.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1103/EIG1103.pdf
Engaging Students with Technology
57% Extends learning beyond the classroom
52% Control of my own learning
48% Makes learning more creative
47% Better prepares me to enter workforce
47% Makes learning more fun
42. Uneven Perceptions of Technology
(value vs. effective use)
Internet TV deviceOther tablet
DVD player
Doc Camera
& Projector
Projector
Desktop
Computer
USB Drive
Printer
Laptop Computer
Wi-Fi
Interactive Whiteboard
Netbook
Digital SLR Camera
Internet-ready TV
Windows phone
HDTV
mp3 player
Flip video camera
Clickers
Blackberry
Webcam
Digital Point and Shoot
iPod
iPad
Other Mobile / Cell Phone
Android
Smartpen
Scanner
eReader
Video camera
Other Smart Phone
iPhone
Used Most Effectively
Used Least Effectively
ValuedLeast
ValuedMost
Valued Most and Used Most
Effectively by Professors
average
average
ECARStudyofUndergraduateStudentsandInformationTechnology,2011.Infographic.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1103/EIG1103.pdf
43. Student Wish List for Instructor’s
Technology Use
ECARStudyofUndergraduateStudentsandInformationTechnology,2012.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1208/ERS1208.pdfFigure3.p.11
Near bottom of
importance list
44. Engaging Students with Technology
57% of students prefer to keep their
academic and social lives separate
“…even though students use a technology regularly as part of
their everyday lives, it does not mean that they want the same
technology integrated into their academic lives”
ECARStudyofUndergraduateStudentsandInformationTechnology,2012.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1208/ERS1208.pdfp.25
45. Social Networks and Academics
ECARStudyofUndergraduateStudentsandInformationTechnology,2012.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1208/ERS1208.pdfFigure10.p.26
57%
60%
46. Communication and Academic Success
“Academic success is
underpinned by e-
mail, face-to-face
interaction, and using the
course/learning management
system.”
47. Students Say: Use These More
28%
27%
21%
Change from
2011 to 2012
ECARStudyofUndergraduateStudentsandInformationTechnology,2012.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1208/ERS1208.pdfFigure11.p.27
53%
45%
49. Key Takeaways
Bring It On!
Students continue to bring their own technology
• More devices
• More mobile
50. Key Takeaways
Students Are Shrewd
Technology Consumers
Students have strong and positive perceptions about how
technology benefits them
75% say technology helps them achieve
their academic outcomes
51. Key Takeaways
Mix It Up!
Blending modalities and using technology to engage
learners is a winning combination
70% of students said these are the
environments in which they learn most
52. HOW DO WE RESPOND
AS AN INSTITUTION?
How will you respond as an individual?
53. Questioning the Status Quo
• How do I define student success?
• How do I create an environment which fosters student success?
• How do I reach students beyond the classroom?
• How do I provide access to the syllabus, course materials, and resources?
• How would flipping the classroom benefits students?
• How do conversations continue, outside of class time?
• How do I keep students engaged, even years after
the class is over?
• How do I capture great lectures, guest speakers, and
student presentations?
• How do I share my teaching, my research, and
exceptional student work with the entire world?
54. Getting Help
• Instructional Technologies Department
• Equipment checkout
• Software support
• Technology workshops
• Instructional design consultations
55. Partnering with Instructional Technologies
• Support in course design
• Support in content creation
• Solutions to showcasing student work
• Full use of Google Apps, Sakai, and much more
56. Seeking Out Your Peers
• Office of Professional Development
• Peer faculty across PLU
59. Resources
• ECAR Study Undergraduate Students & Information Technology, 2012.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1208/ERS1208.pdf
• ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students & Information Technology, 2011
http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/ecar-national-study-undergraduate-students-and-
information-technology-2011-report
• ECAR: The Consumerism of Technology and the Bring-Your-Own-Everything
(BYOE) Era of Higher Education.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1301/ERS1301.pdf
• MISO Survey
http://www.misosurvey.org/
• Seven Principles at WPI: Technology as a Lever
http://wp.wpi.edu/atc-ttl/2012/02/09/seven-principles-at-wpi-technology-as-a-lever/
60. Additional Data:
MISO 2012 Other Devices
85%
72%
59%
20%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Portable Media Device (iPod)
Printer
Scanner
eBook Reader
% having at school
61. Additional Data:
Top Usage from Mobile Devices
ECARStudyofUndergraduateStudentsandInformationTechnology,2012.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1208/ERS1208.pdfFigure5.p.15
Accessing Course
Websites or Syllabi
64%
Using Learning
Management Systems
Checking Grades
66%
57%
67. Academic Benefits: Relationships
Between Technologies and Benefits
Access to Resources & Progress Reports
ECARStudyofUndergraduateStudentsandInformationTechnology,2011.Infographic.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1103/EIG1103.pdf
Engagement and Relevance
Connecting With Others
Efficiency
Students are still attached to “standard issue” technology. A majority of students own a printer (81%), a DVD player (75%), a stationary gaming device (66%), an HDTV (56%), and a desktop computer (53%). Graphic depicts 15 of the 34 devices that students were asked about owning.
ANIMATED
ANIMATED
Tech has a democratizing effectBy providing access to info on demandThe effect can be harnessed when “access to info” is streamlined THEORETICALLY creating a scenario where students have more time to “use the info”75% say tech helps them achieve their ac outcomes, 75% say it preps them for future ed plans, 63% say it prepares them for the workforceWinning tech trifecta:Laptops – to producePrinters – review and submitThumb drives – to transport and share
Small, mobile devices (laptops, smartphones, iPads, thumbdrives, and netbooks) as well as traditional devices (printers, desktops, Wi-Fi access) are used for academic work.
Explaining how factor analysis was used to identify benefits of technology in academic success:A statistical technique used to reduce a large number of attributes into a smaller set of “factors” based on response patterns.A factor consists of a number of attributes that are rated in a similar way.Factor analysis is extremely useful when dealing with a very large number of attributes that would be cumbersome to analyze individually.The names of the factors are subjective and are intended to describe the common theme shared by all of the attributes within that factor.
Students who rate their instructors as highly effective in their use of technology are significantly more likely to agree that technology delivers substantial benefits to their academic experience. These benefits include basic access to resources and information, simpler administrative activities, and increased productivity. These benefits extend to more transformative learning experiences, such as extended learning beyond the classroom; better preparation for the workforce; more creative, engaging and fun experiences; and the capacity to reach their true academic potential.Not surprisingly, students at doctoral institutions believe that they are experiencing more of technology’s benefits.
ANIMATEDStudents want to interact with instructors using direct forms of interaction (f2f, email) and the cms/LMSEven students for who have taken online courses 8 out of 10 say F2F interaction is very/extremely importantDon’t know if they consider f2f as physically f2f or f2f 1:1 interaction remotelyEmail provides a passive, but highly documentable way to connect with instructorsEmail topped this list in 2011…didn’t ask about F2F
The major academic benefits of technology, in decreasing magnitude of students’ experience, encompass four areas.Above all else, technology makes it easier to access a wide range of resources, track academic progress, dispense with administrative tasks, and work faster.
Little academic use of mobile device… lack of useful academic opportunities? Show of hands of those integrating mobile devices?
Continuing with the factor analysis, there are relationships between selected technologies and certain benefits.