The document analyzes trends in technology use among students from 2007-2009 based on a survey of over 2,000 students. It finds increasing ownership of devices like laptops, iPhones, and mobile phones with internet access. Internet access at home and use of communication tools like Skype and instant messaging increased. Use of e-learning platforms and Web 2.0 skills like Wikipedia also grew over this period. The document examines these trends to understand differences between newer "digital native" students and older generations.

1. Has Web 2.0 Reached The
Educated Top?
Martin Ebner, Walther Nagler

4. Technology enhanced Learning
http://flickr.com/photos/powerbooktrance/289992273//

5. e-Learning u-Learning
p-Learning
m-Learning
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sovietuk/141381675

6. http://www.flickr.com/photos/toddhiestand/197704394/

7. http://www.flickr.com/photos/toddhiestand/197704394/

8. http://www.flickr.com/photos/toddhiestand/197704394/

9. http://www.flickr.com/photos/toddhiestand/197704394/

10. „Our students have changed
radically. Today‘s students are no
longer the people our educational
system was designed to teach.“
Mark Prenksy 2001
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maebmij/123180774

11. Net Geners, Digital Natives, Millenials, Multitaskers oder generation@
Digital Natives (Prensky)
Net-Generation (Tapscott)
Generation @ (Opaschowski)
Homo Zapiens (Pelevin & Bromfield)
...
RT @twitter ist die Uni auf Facebook? #DigitalUniversity #l3t
Martin Ebner

12. Digital Native /
Digital Immigrants
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ergonomic/3363073562

13. "As Digital Immigrants learn - like all immigrants,
some better than others - to adapt to their
environment, they always retain, to some degree,
their "accent", that is, their foot in the past."
Marc Prensky "Digital Natvies, Digital Immigrants", 2001
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oso/2343596768

14. Oblinger, J. L., 2005, Is it age for IT: First Steps Toward Understanding the Net Generation
• Read visual image
• visual spatial skills
• inductive discovery
• attentional deployment
• fast response time
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43331433@N00/314937044

15. Digital Literacy
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Microsoft_Surface_demo_4.jpg

16. Digital Gap
http://www.chrisharrison.net/projects/InternetMap/medium/worldWhite.jpg

17. Digital Divide
• Economic divide
• Usability divide
• Empowerment divide
Jacon Nielsen Digital Divide,
The Three stages
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/digital-divide.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/icecream/22316672

18. Digital Identity /
Digital Dossier
http://www.flickr.com/photos/menlophoto/3257818499

19. Digital Wisdom
... is a twofold concept, referring
both:
• access cognitive power
• enhance our capabilites
through the use of technology
Marc Prensky
"From Digital Immigrants and Digital Natvies
to Digital Wisdom", 2009
http://www.flickr.com/photos/menlophoto/3257818499

20. „These new generations of learners do not see
technology as something foreign. They readily
accept technology and consider technology to
be part of their lives. Moreover, the use of
mobile technology is a 21st Century skill that
students and workers must
have to function in society.“
Ally, M. (2007). Mobile Learning.
The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 8(2).

21. Is there a
Net@generation and
is there a difference
to former students?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dantekgeek/189891071
http://www.flickr.com/photos/menlophoto/2826598720

22. Just a Hype?2008
Templeton,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/601808418

23. "Traffic from Western Europe increased 132% in the
last 12 months to 550 million requests in January
2009. ... Over the last year, Apple devices have
shown strong growth throughout Western Europe with
the iPhone becoming the number one device by
usage. However, Nokia still dominates the smartphone
category with 11 of the top 15 devices."
AdMob Mobile Metrics, 2009
http://de.admob.com/s/solutions/metrics?_cd=1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pleasewait/2272096624

24. > 400 Millionen User
200 Millarden Pageviews / Monat
ca. 30.000 Server
2-3 Millarden Fotos / Monat
seit Ende 2009 in der Gewinnzone
(Umsatz 550 Mio. US-$)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pshab/498122926

26. Technology adoption life cycle by Moore

27. Research Questions
Which trends can be seen towards ...
• technical equipment?
• internet access at study home?
• communication behaviour?
• useage of e-Learning platforms
at seondary school level?
• Web 2.0 competence?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/everyplace/12684903/
http://flickr.com/photos/thomcochrane/416206133/

28. Study over 3 years (n=2156)
• Term 2007/2008 n=578
• Term 2008/2009 n=821
• Term 2009/2010 n=757

29. Comparision of Devices
Comparison of Devices
90.00% 2007
2008
80.00%
2009
70.00%
60.00%
50.00%
40.00%
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
iPod iPod + Video MP3 Player Laptop Netbook PC MAC iPhone Mobil + WLAN Mobil + www Mobil

30. Internet Access at Study Home
Comparision of Internet Access at Study Home
80.00%
70.00%
60.00%
50.00% 2007
40.00% 2008
30.00% 2009
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
No Access Modem ADSL Mobile Others

31. Communicational Behaviour
Comparison of Communicational Behaviour
100.00%
90.00%
80.00%
70.00%
60.00%
2007
50.00% 2008
2009
40.00%
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
email newsgroups Skype instant VoIP twitter weblog others

32. Usage of e-Learning Platforms before Study
Usage of e-Learning Platforms
School Moodle
90.00%
80.00% School Platform
70.00%
60.00% School Homepage
50.00%
40.00% Non Academic Learning
30.00% Platform
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
never rarely often daily not checked

33. 0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Wikipedia
YouTube
StudiVz
Facebook
MySpace
Weblogs
Audiopods
Videopods
RSS
Other Wikis
Flickr
Twitter
Xing
Other Communities
Overall Usage of Web2.0
QR
Second Life
delicious
Other Virtual Realities
Locr
Other Media Sharing
Other Microblogs
Social Bookmarking
in use
Overall Usage of Web 2.0
unknown
not checked

34. Use of Web 2.0 in Detail
Use of Web2.0 in Details
400.00% Other Microblogs
Locr
Other Virtual Realities
350.00% delicious
QR
RSS
300.00%
Twitter
Other MediaSharing
250.00% Flickr
YouTube
Second Life
200.00%
Videopods
Audiopods
150.00% Other Communities
Facebook
Xing
100.00% StudiVz
Social Bookmarking
Other Wikis
50.00%
Wikipedia
MySpace
0.00% Weblogs
passive active for learning not checked

35. ussio n
Dis c
http://www.flickr.com/photos/svenwerk/858381180

36. • Freshmen are well equipped - over
years now
• Comprehensive Internet access;
trend to mobile access
• Communication through Web
technologies is standarized
• Web 2.0 means mainly
Wikipedia and YouTube
• Amazing Increase by the use of Social
Networks (Facebook, Twitter)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kitsu/404092967/sizes/o/

37. „The survey approves that
the popular Web 2.0
applications and habits
have been established, too
specific ones will not in the
future; some are constantly
used, some pass through a
hype cycle currently.“

38. Grab and Search your
Tweets http://grabeeter.tugraz.at
Slides available at: http://elearningblog.tugraz.at
SOCIAL LEARNING
Computer and Information Services
Graz University of Technology
Graz University of Technology
Martin Ebner
http://elearningblog.tugraz.at
mebner http://elearning.tugraz.at