What are the main findings from this study?
Tech and its usage are becoming more prevalent. Difference in using a tool for a course and using it to collaborate for a course.
Web based office / google tools = 36% of which 50% used to Collaborate.
Wiki usage = 33% of which 30.7% used to Col.
SNS = 29% of which nearly 50% used for Col.
small % of users using Micro Blogs (twitter) at 4.3% but nearly 40% of those used for Col.
Again small % using Virtual worlds (1.4%) and Social book making sites (2.8%) but nearly 30% of these users used for col.
Overall, students are using a variety of technology which has varying degrees of perceived use in learning and collaborative learning. These student perceptions are certainly not reflected, understood or capitalised upon within my institution. Students are using technology which they have (not necessarily institutionally provided) to learn and collaborate with. This tech and tools may not have originally been designed for leaning but the collaborative elements means its being hijacked for that purpose.
I can't say any of this surprises me as I've read it previously and have been attending Modern Learning Symposiums and the like for many years where these embryonic stats are wheeled out to tell us a major change was on its way.... well don't look now cause its happened!
My own experiences are similar, the trend is evident but the acknowledgement that something other than a white board and PP could be used to deliver training until a few years ago was heresy.
The implications are significant. These tools are being used and you can either actively dis-guard them, or get on board and provide content and support students in a way they want to learn as opposed to the way we have traditionally taught them. Dangerous thoughts in my organisation......
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