Students' Perceptions of Technology Use by Professors
Research conducted on SUNY Potsdam students' views on effectiveness of technology in teaching, tech preferences, demographics, majors. Results analyzed and presented in figures.
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STUDENTS PERCEPTIONS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TECHNOLOGY USE BY PROFESSORS IT 635 Natalie Cainaru Alaa Alfarooqi Hong Yang
Our Research Questions What are SUNY Potsdam students perceptions of the effectiveness of technology use by their professors? What are SUNY Potsdam students perceptions of the effectiveness of the technologies that they (the students themselves) are using?
The Research Process Define Research Questions Conduct Faculty & Staff Interviews Design Surveys Pre-test Survey Redesign Survey Questions Distribute Survey by Email Collect Data Analyze Data 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Demographics Percentage of Survey Participants by Class Year Other 1% Freshmen 21% Graduate Students 16% Sophomores 15% Seniors 28% Juniors 19% Figure 1. Percentage of Survey Participants by class year (n=238).
Total 6 1 9 1 2 9 3 19 16 1 4 4 8 5 9 9 7 8 1 3 9 2 2 Total 3 1 13 2 2 1 9 1 5 4 2 20 12 8 4 5 30 4 6 2 1 2 1 French Geology History History Education Literacy Literature/Writing Mathematics Mathematics (GRAD) MST Music Music Composition Music Education OPLT Performance Music Physics Politics Psychology Secondary Education Sociology Spanish Special Education (GRAD) Speech Communication Student Initiated Interdepartmental Major Theater Anthropology Archaeological Studies Archaeology Art Education Art History Art Studio Biochemistry Biology Business Administration Business Economics Chemistry Childhood Education Childhood Education (GRAD) Communications Community Health Computer Science Creative Writing Criminal Justice Criminal Justice Studies Curriculum & Instruction Early Childhood Economics Education 10 6 Educational Technology Specialist English English & Communication (GRAD) English Education Environmental Studies n=287 3 1 Visual Arts Women's Studies 2 1 1 3 Undecided Did Not Indicate 11 4 Table 1. Survey Participants Majors (n=287).
Tech Usage Compared with Tech Desire Kinds of technology students want that would better support the curriculum/course material compared with technology use by professors in class Presentation software Moodle Video Streaming Digital media Text processing software Kinds of Technology Smartboard Cloud storage Social media Spreadsheet software i>Clickers Course webspace Mobile apps Video conferencing Blogs Image sharing sites Other 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Percentage of Survey Participants (%) Technology Students Want Technology Professors Use Figure 2. Comparing two questions: For this semester, in general, what kinds of technology do your professors use in your class? (n=236) and What kinds of technology would you like your professors to use that would better support the curriculum/course material? (n=212).
Effectiveness of Tech Use by Professors Students' Opinions on Effectiveness of Professors' Technology Use Effectively Ineffectively Presentation software 92% 8% Text processing software 89% 11% Video Streaming 85% 15% Moodle 79% 21% Digital media 74% 26% Spreadsheet software 69% 31% Cloud storage 62% 38% i>Clickers 58% 42% Course webspace 52% 48% Smartboard 39% 61% Video conferencing 38% 62% Social media 37% 63% Blogs 33% 67% Image sharing sites 32% 68% Mobile apps 28% 72% Other 71% 29% Figure 3. For this semester, in general, based upon your experiences, do your professors use the following? (n=230).
Opinions on Absence of Tech Students Opinions on the Reasons Behind Professors' Use of No Technology Professors are unable to use technology The professor has strict preferences about the technology they use Lessons are not compatible with the use of technology Hardware/software malfunctions when used. Reasons Teaching space is inadequate for the use of technology More students than technology There is not enough time for professors to use technology. Other Technology specifically linked to the lessons is unavailable 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Percentage of Survey Participants (%) Figure 4. In general, what do you think are the reasons behind the professor s use of no technology? (n=222). Purple bars indicate aspects that professors can control .
Opinions on Appropriate Uses of Devices in Class Students' Opinions about appropriate uses of electronic devices in the classroom Taking notes Looking up information relevant to lecture Recording lecture Calculations Scenarios Taking pictures Sending communications to others Checking communications from others Using social media Other 0% 10% 20% 30% Percentage of Survey Participants (%) 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Figure 5. What do you feel are the appropriate uses of electronic devices in the classroom? (n=220).
Tech that Students Use on Their Own Technology That Students Use on Their Own Facebook Moodle Electronic library resources Digital media Google Docs Twitter Types of Technology Google+ Video conferencing Helios Dropbox Mobile apps Tumblr Blogs Image sharing sites LinkedIn Other Foursquare SCVNGR 0% 10% 20% 30% Percentage of Survey Participants (%) 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% Figure 6. Do you yourself (without initiative of the professor) use the following? (n=216).
Opinions about Improvement with Tech Students' Opinions About Their Improvement with Technology Improved Not Improved Mac-based devices 60% 40% Text processing software 56% 44% Presentation software 55% 45% Social media 45% 55% Video Streaming 43% 57% Windows-based devices 43% 57% Spreadsheet software 41% 59% Cloud storage 36% 64% Digital media creation/editing software 26% 74% Blogs 19% 81% Other 75% 25% Figure 7. Since taking classes at SUNY Potsdam, do you feel your skills in the following technology have improved? (n=208).
Conclusion Professors are effectively using the most popular and most desired technologies in their classes. Training could help improve the effectiveness and adoption of many technologies in the classroom. Students do not feel they are improving with regards to certain technology Students already acknowledge what could be considered appropriate uses of their own technology in the classroom
Suggestions for further study Suggestions for future research could be to generate a more in-depth survey regarding students expectations about what technologies they think professors should be using in their courses. Such a survey could be general or could go deeper into technology use by specific academic departments.
