Thursday, 19 December 2013

All I want for Xmas is ..... more statistics!

I have now done a comparison of "digital skills" survey responses between July (pre-course) and December (end of term 1).

The number responding in December was smaller and the age range was slightly different in that a higher proportion of those responding were mature students.

Nonetheless, the responses reveal that - at the very least -  students' familiarity with certain specific online tools has increased (although they may not value or use this knowledge at this stage, at least they have been introduced to the tools). Their level of confidence in searching for and finding information has also increased as has their ability to do useful things like manage emails, synch their calendars to their phones and submit work on line.


Survey questions
Dec 2013
N=52
23% >35yrs
July 2013
N=91
10% > 35yrs
Specifically taught or used in module?
Confidence with:
%
%

Finding books in Library
73 (+5)
68
n
Finding sources on Internet
94 (+4)
90
y
Referencing
58 (+4)
54
y
Using search terms
92 (+7)
85
y
Understanding plagiarism
91 (+7)
84
y
Access to technology
57 (+1)
56
-
Posting on a blog
48 (+5)
43
n
Creating a website
23 (+3)
20
n
Posting on a discussion forum
59 (+8)
51
y
Synching email and calendar to phone
85 (+12)
73
n
Organising and using email
96 (+3)
93
n
Creating documents on Word
100 (+2)
98
n
Creating PowerPoint presentation
87 (-12)
99
n
Submitting work online
77 (+12)
65
y
Familiarity with:



Wikipedia
77 (+13)
64
n
Social Bookmarking
43 (+37)
6
y
Google Scholar
59 (+37)
22
y
Mobile Bookmarks
60 (+19)
41
y
Cloud Storage
55 (+25)
30
y
Evernote
54 (+35)
19
y
Facebook
92 (+3)
89
y
Twitter
65 (+17)
48
y
Linked in
21 (+17)
4
y

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