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A good reason to give students iPads?

Tony Bates — Thu, 20 May 2010 02:52:16 +0000

Nagel, D. (2010) IIT rolling out iPads to incoming class Campus Technology, May 18

The Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago is giving its first year (all graduate) intake iPads, mainly because they will be designing apps to support learning, and to develop other applications of the iPad. I wonder though if they will have any educational input or will it all be engineers’ ideas of what education is all about?

Students think professors could do better with e-learning

Tony Bates — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:49:24 +0000

CDW-G (2009) The 2009 21st-Century Campus Report: Defining the Vision Vernon Hills IL: CDW-G

CDW is a leading provider of technology solutions for business, government and education. Now in its second year, the CDW-G 21st-Century Campus Report examines the current and future role of technology in higher education. CDW-G surveyed more than 1,000 college students, faculty and Information Technology (IT) staff members to understand their respective perceptions of campus technology.

Some key findings:

Students increasingly associate educational value with campus technology; 81% use technology every day to prepare for class, up from 63% in 2008
Students rate faculty lack of tech knowledge as the biggest obstacle to classroom technology integration and see it as a growing problem
Just 32% of students and 22% of faculty strongly agree that their college/university is preparing students to successfully use technology when they enter the workforce

For more on this report see:

Nagel, D. (2009) Students unimpressed with faculty use of ed tech Campus Technology, Nov 3

Continued growth forecast for US HE online enrolments

Tony Bates — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:07:37 +0000

The following report suggests that by 2014, the majority of students will be taking courses fully online rather than on campus

Ambient Insight Research (2009) US Self-paced e-Learning Market Monroe WA: Ambient Insight Research

Nagel, D. (2009) Most College Students To Take Classes Online by 2014 Campus Technology, October 28

This research report, announced in Campus Technology, October 28, is very significant for e-learning in higher education, and indeed for higher education in general, if accurate (and it seems to have been a well conducted study, taking into account the impact of the recession).

The Ambient Insight report provides the following figures for the USA

2009: 27.04 million students in higher education programs in total

1.25 million students in higher education programs take all of their classes online (4.6%)

10.65 million take some of their classes online (39%) – this probably includes blended and hybrid classes.

15.14 million take all of their courses in physical classrooms (54%)

2014 27.34 million students in higher education programs in total (an increase of 2% over 5 years)

3.55 million students in higher education programs take all of their classes online (12.8%)

18.65 million will take some of their classes online (68.2%)

5.14 million students will take all of their courses in a physical classroom (19%)

Note that the report here seems to be equating e-learning with fully online (i.e. distance education) courses.

You are strongly recommended to read both the Campus Technology article and the extensive summary from Ambient Insight Research available for free downloading (if you want the full report, it costs over $4000).

I still need to read the report in full and more carefully. When I do, I’ll add some comments to this posting.