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A GREAT site on how to use web 2.0 technology for education (video clips demonstrate the techniques and theory) http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/
Definition of social networking from Wikipedia
UC Berkeley posting videos of lecture courses on Youtube. See: http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9790452-7.html
An invitation to UnLtdWorld, an online platform that aims to connect and empower socially-minded people, and help them generate greater positive impact in the real world. Registration on the site is
free. http://unltdworld.com/dashboard/
Understanding the issues and benefits of social software (JISC publication)
STUDIES OF STUDENTS AND IT
Since 2004, the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) has conducted longitudinal studies of students and information technology. The latest report, "The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2007," presents data from a spring 2007 survey and interviews with nearly 28,000 freshman, senior, and community college students at 103 higher education institutions. Some of the findings from this year's study include:
-- "Today's students spend a lot of time online. Respondents report spending an average of 18 hours per week actively doing online activities for work, school, or recreation, and 6.6 percent (more often
male) spend more than 40 hours per week."
-- Students surveyed "overwhelmingly (85.1 percent) favor e-mail for official college and university communications. . . . A resounding 82.5 percent say they prefer a university account" rather than a commercial account for these communications.
-- "While most respondents are enthusiastic IT users and use it to support many aspects of their academic lives, most prefer only a 'moderate' amount of IT in their courses (59.3 percent)."
The research bulletin is available online at http://www.educause.edu/ers0706.
ECAR "provides timely research and analysis to help higher education leaders make better decisions about information technology. ECAR assembles leading scholars, practitioners, researchers, and analysts to focus on issues of critical importance to higher education, many of which carry increasingly complicated and consequential implications." For more information go to http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?SECTION_ID=4.
Other Related Studies:
"Faculty Integration of Technology into Instruction and Students'
Perceptions of Computer Technology to Improve Student Learning" By Jared Keengwe JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION, vol. 6, 2007 http://jite.org/documents/Vol6/JITEv6p169-180Keengwe218.pdf
"[R]eports indicate that faculty members are not integrating technology into instruction in ways that make a difference in student learning. To help faculty make informed decisions on student learning, there is need for current knowledge of faculty integration practices. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the nature of the relationship between faculty integration of technology into classroom instruction and students' perceptions of the effect of computer technology to improve their learning."
"Student Expectations Study: Key Findings from Online Research and Discussion Evenings Help in June 2007 for the Joint Information Systems Committee" July 2007 http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/publications/studentexpectations.pdf
Definition of social networking from Wikipedia
UC Berkeley posting videos of lecture courses on Youtube. See: http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9790452-7.html
An invitation to UnLtdWorld, an online platform that aims to connect and empower socially-minded people, and help them generate greater positive impact in the real world. Registration on the site is
free. http://unltdworld.com/dashboard/
Understanding the issues and benefits of social software (JISC publication)
STUDIES OF STUDENTS AND IT
Since 2004, the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) has conducted longitudinal studies of students and information technology. The latest report, "The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2007," presents data from a spring 2007 survey and interviews with nearly 28,000 freshman, senior, and community college students at 103 higher education institutions. Some of the findings from this year's study include:
-- "Today's students spend a lot of time online. Respondents report spending an average of 18 hours per week actively doing online activities for work, school, or recreation, and 6.6 percent (more often
male) spend more than 40 hours per week."
-- Students surveyed "overwhelmingly (85.1 percent) favor e-mail for official college and university communications. . . . A resounding 82.5 percent say they prefer a university account" rather than a commercial account for these communications.
-- "While most respondents are enthusiastic IT users and use it to support many aspects of their academic lives, most prefer only a 'moderate' amount of IT in their courses (59.3 percent)."
The research bulletin is available online at http://www.educause.edu/ers0706.
ECAR "provides timely research and analysis to help higher education leaders make better decisions about information technology. ECAR assembles leading scholars, practitioners, researchers, and analysts to focus on issues of critical importance to higher education, many of which carry increasingly complicated and consequential implications." For more information go to http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?SECTION_ID=4.
Other Related Studies:
"Faculty Integration of Technology into Instruction and Students'
Perceptions of Computer Technology to Improve Student Learning" By Jared Keengwe JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION, vol. 6, 2007 http://jite.org/documents/Vol6/JITEv6p169-180Keengwe218.pdf
"[R]eports indicate that faculty members are not integrating technology into instruction in ways that make a difference in student learning. To help faculty make informed decisions on student learning, there is need for current knowledge of faculty integration practices. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the nature of the relationship between faculty integration of technology into classroom instruction and students' perceptions of the effect of computer technology to improve their learning."
"Student Expectations Study: Key Findings from Online Research and Discussion Evenings Help in June 2007 for the Joint Information Systems Committee" July 2007 http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/publications/studentexpectations.pdf
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