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EDUCAUSE Technology Research in

the Academic Community:

What Matters Most to Your Students and Faculty?

Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014


2:40 PM 3:30 PM
#EDU14
#ECAR
@datadeeva @dcbphd

Jacqueline Bichsel
Senior Researcher

D. Christopher Brooks
Senior Researcher
@dcbphd

Eden Dahlstrom
Director of Research
@datadeeva

Research Hub:

http://www.educause.edu/ecar/aboutecar/technology-research-academic-community

Thanks to our sponsors for the 2014 ECAR


Student Study:

History, Background, and Context

What is EDUCAUSEs Technology


Research Academic Community?

institutional perspectives

What is EDUCAUSEs Technology


Research Academic Community?
A series of ECAR studies that research
technology experiences and expectations
among students, faculty, and other

populations of the academic community.

#partnership #collaboration #mutualbenefit #symbiotic

Research Process:
ECAR
Conceptualizes
Operationalizes
Invites
Facilitates
Incentivizes
Returns
Analyzes
Reports

Institutions

Volunteer
Implement
Remind
Utilize

Why do *we* do this research?

Why do *we* do this research?


Provides data that can:
Calibrate user experiences with institutional priorities
Benchmark with others
Benchmark with self-improvement goals

Institutions use these insights to:

Improve IT services
Increase technology-enabled productivity
Prioritize strategic contributions of IT to higher education
Plan for tech shifts among the various constituencies of the
academic community
Become more technologically competitive among peer institutions,
and find out what it might take to compete at the next level

we do it for *you*!

Findings What matters most

Busting the faculty ed tech stereotypes

Graphics cred: Kyle Bowen aka, Class Hack


http://classhack.com/post/76426209140/fave-updated

Faculty & students tech inclinations - results

Faculty and students tech inclinations

Tech support and help desk experiences

Faculty seek technology help from

Faculty help desk ratings, by modality

Student help
desk use and
ratings

Technology and the learning environment


for the contemporary student

Faculty opinion about online learning,


based on online teaching experience

Learning environments in which students


say they learn most

MOOCwhats a MOOC?

Faculty perception of MOOCs value to HE

Students
experience
with MOOCs

Students value the traditional undergraduate degree

Not another brick in the wall -- learning


analytics, dashboards, and big data

Interest level in early alert and intervention


notifications to students:

Student opinions about data collection for


analytics

Interest level in early alert and intervention


notifications to students:

Percentage very or extremely interested.


Almost all are at least moderately interested.

The potential of the LMS as the next


generation learning environment

Faculty Perceptions
of the LMS

How faculty use the LMS

and extent
that students
want their
instructors to
use it more

Faculty satisfaction with the LMS:

Student satisfaction with the LMS:

Percentage satisfied or very satisfied.

Consumerization of technology

and knowing is half the battle!


Graphics cred: Kyle Bowen aka, Class Hack
http://classhack.com/post/57024983820/byod

In-class BYOD experiences

How students say they would use


mobile devices in class

What do faculty say about in-class BYOD?

What do students say about the importance


and use of devices for academics?

Reconciling student wishes for


technology and faculty willingness to
incorporate technology

Extent of tech
use and
perceived
needs for
better skills

Motivating faculty to integrate tech more

Get involved

Resources and opportunities

http://www.educause.edu/ecar/aboutecar/technology-research-academic-community

Thanks (again) to our sponsors for the 2014


ECAR Student Study:

And thank you ECAR subscribers!

Learn more
Participation Website:
http://www.educause.edu/ecar/about-ecar/technologyresearch-academic-community

E-Mail:
[email protected]

Sign up for the 2015


student study or
faculty study!
Participation is free and youll
receive powerful institution-specific
data and benchmarking data about
your students and facultys tech
experiences and expectations.

Twitter updates from Eden:


@DataDeeva
Jackie Bichsel
[email protected]
Know who you are connecting with:
Jamie Reeves, Research Assistant
[email protected]

D. Christopher Brooks
[email protected]

Eden Dahlstrom
[email protected]

Q&A

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