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A STUDY OF TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AND USAGE BEHAVIOUR FOR STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN INSTITUTES OF TECHNOLOGY

Ms. Rosaleen McGough - Institute of Technology TraleeMr. Andrew Shields - Institute of Technology Tralee

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Aims of the research

■ To analyse student behaviour with technology■ To analyse the impact of technology in an academic setting■ To determine factors that influence student usage of technology■ To establish the difficulties regarding the use of technology■ To determine predictive behaviours through data mining

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Technology Enhanced Learning

■ Technology has become one of the biggest drivers in industry today■ Educational Institutes must prepare students to be technologically

advanced for the workplace■ Technology use in the classroom can help increase engagement but

can also be a hindrance■ More colleges are providing accredited online courses■ It is important that educators do not presume that students who use

technology for social purposes will be as comfortable with technology in an academic setting

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Research Methodology

■ Based on previous research carried out in the University of Edinburg ‘A Survey of Undergraduate Technology Use and Attitudes’ (2011)

■ An online survey was used as the data collection method, using the survey from the previous research as a framework

■ 169 responses were received, just over 5% of the student population of 3,153 students from across all years of study including post graduates.

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The Sample

■ The highest rate of respondents came from fourth year students 28%■ The largest age group was 18-22 (46%)■ The distribution of gender was Males 53% and Females 47%■ Over 55% of responses came from students studying in the Computing

department and Creative Media and Information Technology department■ 86% of students who responded were Irish, 8% EU students and 6%

International students (non EU)

*results show in all charts are based on the overall sample, although some students did not provide responses to all the questions

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Smartphone and laptop ownership is high amongst students

Smartphone

Tablet

Kindle

Laptop

PC

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Student Device Ownership

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Almost 40% of students spend over 5 hours a day online

Less than 1 hour 1-2 hours 3-4 hours 5 hours +0

5

10

15

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% Students time spent online

%

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Daily use of social media channels

Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

LinkedIn

Pinterest

Google +

YouTube

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Social Media Daily usage

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Student confidence with the use of ICT in college is positive overall

Very Confident

Enjoy the challenge

A little apprehensive

Very apprehensive

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

Students confidence in the ability to the use of ICT

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Students have found ICT helpful in their studies

Perception of helpfulness of ICT in studies

Very helpful Helpful Not helpful Hindrance0

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Perception of Helpfulness of ICT in studies

%

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Technical competences are positively reported

Backup your work Keep antivirus updated Keep computer’s OS updated0

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Reported technical competences%

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Overall software competences is positive

I do this type of task alone

I would need some help to do this type of task

I have never don’t this type of task alone

Don’t Know/Unsure

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Software competences of students

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Regular access to web facilities is low with the exception of Student Email

Blackboard My Docs Student Email Library Catalogue0

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80

90

Frequency of accessing Web facilities

%

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How students are using the Internet

Acad

emic a

rticles

foun

d open

ly on th

e Inte

rnet

Faceb

ok for

acad

emic w

ork re

lated

purpose

s

Instan

t mess

enge

r for c

onver

sation

s rela

ting t

o acad

emic w

ork

Twitte

r for a

cadem

ic work

relat

ed pu

rposes

Wiki for

acad

emic w

ork re

lated

purpose

s0

10203040506070

Frequency of accessing Internet mediums for academic purposes

%

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Online learning

No Yes0

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70

Percentage of students who have taken a class online

%

No Not sure Yes0

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10

15

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30

35

40

Does online learning offer the same value as in-class learning

%

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Students preference for more modules offered online

No Not sure Yes0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

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45

50

% of student preferences

%

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Awareness of the college referencing policy is high

No Not sure Yes0

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60

70

80

% Awareness of the college referencing policy

%

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Will the internet cause a rise in plagiarism

No

Not sure

Yes

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

% Students perceptions

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Technology in the classroom

No Yes0

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% students perceptions of engage-ment in subjects through technology

%

No Sometimes Yes0

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% of students perceptions on distrac-tion of digital devices in the class-

room

%

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Data mining to predict student behaviour■ Data mining was employed to predict behaviour outcomes based on

age, gender, year of study and field of study■ The aim was to identify and profile students who may not be aware of

the college referencing policy and who do not access facilities such as Blackboard on a daily basis.

■ Decision Trees using the Classification and Regression Tree (CART) method were used

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Conclusions

■ Based on the survey results and data mining methods it is important for educational institutes to recognise that not all students are comfortable and competent with ICT

■ Supports must be in place to assist students who struggle with ICT■ Educators must enforce rules regarding BYOD in the classroom■ Institutions must realise that technology is another medium which can

enhance learning when used appropriately

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■ Results can help institutions plan for investment in technology■ Further research must be carried out prior to investment in online

learning■ Educators must explore the mediums that help to engage students in

subject material■ Data mining can help to extract knowledge which can then be turned

into meaningful information to be used in strategic planning

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Thank you for your timeQ&A

[email protected]@staff.ittralee.ie


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