Students bring their own technology to campus, favoring mobile devices like laptops, smartphones, and tablets. They expect constant access to course materials, grades, and administrative functions through these devices. Most students feel that technology helps their academic success by providing resources, tracking progress, and facilitating communication. While social media is important personally, most students prefer to keep academic and social lives separate. Students learn most in blended environments that make strategic use of technology to actively engage them. Institutions should respond by supporting faculty development and access to resources that enable engaging, technology-enhanced teaching and learning.

1. STUDENT PREFERENCES
AND EXPECTATIONS FOR
TECHNOLOGY IN THE
CLASSROOM
Presented by Steve Sosa
and Layne Nordgren

2. ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP

3. Focus on Perceptions and Expectations
• Faculty expectations
• Student expectations
• Inherent gap

4. Technology In the Classroom
“PLU professors are committed to a teaching and learning
environment that introduces students…to search for truth.”
(Core Elements in Lutheran Higher Education)

5. Technology In the Classroom
• Classroom
• Confined space
• Limited access/availability
• Single location
• Engages students in the classroom

6. Technology In the Classroom
• Environment
• Limitless space
• Constant access, availability
• Multiple locations
• Engages the world around us

7. Pop Quiz:
Martin Luther was a cutting-edge technology evangelist.
What technology did he use to his advantage, in providing
access to every Christian.

8. Answer:
The Printing Press

9. Advancement of Knowledge
• Collect research
• Spot trends
• Analyze data
• MISO
• ECAR
• Foster better decision making

10. About Empowering Faculty
• Better at what they currently do
• Helping explore new techniques
• Partnering in technology integration

11. WHY SHOULD WE CARE
WHAT STUDENTS WANT?

12. Why Should We Care?
• Part of our contract
“…will do what I see will be needful, advantageous, and wholesome
for my neighbor.”
“…profound commitment to the common good.”
• Better educators, innovators, and role models
• It can make a difference

13. THEY’RE JUST STUDENTS
(AFTER ALL)…

14. Defining Attributes
• Empowered individuals with entire world at their fingertips
• Connected 24x7
• They collectively write, share, collaborate, and rate the
world around them
• They are experts at finding solutions...

16. We Could Learn From Them
• Strong sense of community
• Their community is local and global
• Know people sometimes better online than in real life (IRL)
• Technology is a naturally integrated part of their lives
• Promised, “There’s an app for that.”
• They expect it

17. BY THE NUMBERS
A Numeric Call to Action..?

18. Survey Comparisons
• 184 Institutions (2012)
• Across Carnegie classes
• 10,000 Students
• No PLU students
• 98 Institutions (2005-2014)
• Primarily liberal arts
• PLU Students
• 25% sample, ~ 700
• Participation in 2012: 60.3%

19. BYOE
Bring Your Own Everything

20. ECARDatafrom:ECARStudyofUndergraduateStudentsandInformationTechnology,2012.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1208/ERS1208.pdfFigure4.p.13
12%
15%
33%
62%
86%
20%
9%
23%
58%
95%
40%
19%
64%
53%
88%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
eReader
Tablet
Desktop
Smartphone
Laptop
MISO - PLU Faculty MISO - PLU Student ECAR Student
Device Ownership 2012

21. Smartphones
replace phones
Laptops
replace
desktops
ECARStudyofUndergraduateStudentsandInformationTechnology,2012.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1208/ERS1208.pdfFigure5.p.15
Trend Toward Mobility

22. ECAR:TheConsumerismofTechnologyandtheBYOEEraofHigherEducation.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1301/ERS1301.pdfFigure1.p.6
15%
ECAR 9%
PLU
62%
ECAR 58%
PLU
Tablets Smartphones
5,545%
increase
since 2004
Mobile Device Ownership Trending Up

23. ECAR:TheConsumerismofTechnologyandtheBYOEEraofHigherEducation.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1301/ERS1301.pdfFigure3.p.10
By 2014
students will
have nearly
4 devices
Devices Per Person

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Technology Ownership
Laptop 87%
Printer 81%
DVD Player 75%
USB Thumbdrive 70%
Wi-Fi* 67%
Stationary gaming
device
66%
iPod 62%
HDTV 56%
Smartphone 55%
Digital Camera 55%
Webcam 55%
Desktop Computer 53%
Handheld Gaming
Device
38%
Netbook 11%
iPad 8%
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Drawn to Hot Technologies…
(prefer small,
mobile devices)

25. Key BYOE Trends
• Laptops replacing desktops
• Smartphones replacing cell phones
• Students bringing more devices
(favoring smaller and more portable)

26. How will these device
trends affect student
expectations of how they
learn with technology?

27. What do students want to connect with?
BYOE
PLU
• Course websites
• Library resources
• Checking grades
• Registering for courses
• Financial Aid
information

28. WHAT DO STUDENTS
USE THE DEVICES FOR?
Personal and Academic

29. 4.87
4.61
4.41
3.33
3.86
3.84
3.53
3.69
0 1 2 3 4 5
Email services
Wireless access
Sakai
Access to online resources from off-
campus
Use Importance
MISO – Mean Use & Importance

30. ECARStudyofUndergraduateStudentsandInformationTechnology,2012.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1208/ERS1208.pdfFigure4.p.13
ECAR - Devices and Academic Use

31. Smartphones & Academic Use
ECARStudyofUndergraduateStudentsandInformationTechnology,2011.
Infographic.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1103/EIG1103.pdf

32. ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2012.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1208/ERS1208.pdf Figure 5. p. 15
66% Accessing course websites or syllabi
64% Using learning management systems
57% Checking grades
Important to Do from a Mobile Device

33. HOW DO STUDENTS
PERCEIVE TECHNOLOGY
AFFECTING THEIR
ACADEMIC SUCCESS?

34. Technology and Student Success
75%
of students say that
technology helps them
achieve their academic
outcomes
70%
of students say they
learn most in blended
learning environments

35. ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2012.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1208/ERS1208.pdf Figure 9. p. 24
Importance of Devices to
Academic Success Three Key Student Devices
forAcademic Productivity

36. Line between mobile
convenience and
productivity getting
blurry…

37. Academic Benefits
Technology
Laptop 85%
Printer 79%
Desktop Computer 63%
Wi-Fi 60%
USB Thumbdrive 59%
Smartphone 37%
DVD Player 30%
iPod 23%
Digital Camera 21%
HDTV 18%
Webcam 17%
Stationary gaming
device
12%
iPad 12%
Netbook 11%
Handheld Gaming
Device
7%
( ) = use among owners
(67%)
(70%)
(60%)
1
10
27 5
4
8
6
9
11
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15
14
13
12
(92%)
(84%)
(78%)
(75%)
(74%)
(33%)
(22%)
(32%)
(26%)
(24%)
(15%)
(13%)
Students Use
Total (Owners
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38. ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2011.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1103/EIG1103.pdf
Gives Students Access to Resources and Progress Reports
 Easy to track my academic progress
 Helps me know how I am doing
 Simplifies administrative-related activities
 Gives me access to resources
 Easier to get help when I need it
Average Agreement with Statements
52%
Makes Students More Efficient
 Helps me do my work faster
 Allows me to produce higher-quality work
 Efficient way to store examples of work
 Makes college easier44%
Facilitates Connecting with Others
 Feel connected to other students
 Feel connected to professors/staff
 Feel connected to what's going on
 Gives me access to experts in my field35%
Makes Learning More Engaging and Relevant
 Learning more creative
 Learning more fun
 Think out of the box
 Individualized/personalized
 More relevant to real life
 More engaging
 Elevates teaching
 Reach academic potential
 Take control of own learning
 Extends learning beyond classroom
 Prepares me for workforce
 Prepares me for graduate school
44%
Academic Benefits:
Four Factors for Academic Success

39. WHAT EFFECT DOES
TECHNOLOOGY USE HAVE
ON STUDENT
ENGAGEMENT?

40. Active Involvement
54% of students say they
are more actively involved in
courses that use technology

41. *Instructors who are highly effective in use of technology make learning
more engaging and relevant. Students who strongly agree that their
instructors deliver these benefits:
ECARStudyofUndergraduateStudentsandInformationTechnology,2011.
Infographic.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1103/EIG1103.pdf
Engaging Students with Technology
57% Extends learning beyond the classroom
52% Control of my own learning
48% Makes learning more creative
47% Better prepares me to enter workforce
47% Makes learning more fun

42. Uneven Perceptions of Technology
(value vs. effective use)
Internet TV deviceOther tablet
DVD player
Doc Camera
& Projector
Projector
Desktop
Computer
USB Drive
Printer
Laptop Computer
Wi-Fi
Interactive Whiteboard
Netbook
Digital SLR Camera
Internet-ready TV
Windows phone
HDTV
mp3 player
Flip video camera
Clickers
Blackberry
Webcam
Digital Point and Shoot
iPod
iPad
Other Mobile / Cell Phone
Android
Smartpen
Scanner
eReader
Video camera
Other Smart Phone
iPhone
Used Most Effectively
Used Least Effectively
ValuedLeast
ValuedMost
Valued Most and Used Most
Effectively by Professors
average
average
ECARStudyofUndergraduateStudentsandInformationTechnology,2011.Infographic.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1103/EIG1103.pdf

43. Student Wish List for Instructor’s
Technology Use
ECARStudyofUndergraduateStudentsandInformationTechnology,2012.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1208/ERS1208.pdfFigure3.p.11
Near bottom of
importance list

44. Engaging Students with Technology
57% of students prefer to keep their
academic and social lives separate
“…even though students use a technology regularly as part of
their everyday lives, it does not mean that they want the same
technology integrated into their academic lives”
ECARStudyofUndergraduateStudentsandInformationTechnology,2012.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1208/ERS1208.pdfp.25

45. Social Networks and Academics
ECARStudyofUndergraduateStudentsandInformationTechnology,2012.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1208/ERS1208.pdfFigure10.p.26
57%
60%

46. Communication and Academic Success
“Academic success is
underpinned by e-
mail, face-to-face
interaction, and using the
course/learning management
system.”

47. Students Say: Use These More
28% 
27% 
21% 
Change from
2011 to 2012
ECARStudyofUndergraduateStudentsandInformationTechnology,2012.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1208/ERS1208.pdfFigure11.p.27
53%
45%

48. KEY TAKEAWAYS

49. Key Takeaways
Bring It On!
Students continue to bring their own technology
• More devices
• More mobile

50. Key Takeaways
Students Are Shrewd
Technology Consumers
Students have strong and positive perceptions about how
technology benefits them
75% say technology helps them achieve
their academic outcomes

51. Key Takeaways
Mix It Up!
Blending modalities and using technology to engage
learners is a winning combination
70% of students said these are the
environments in which they learn most

52. HOW DO WE RESPOND
AS AN INSTITUTION?
How will you respond as an individual?

53. Questioning the Status Quo
• How do I define student success?
• How do I create an environment which fosters student success?
• How do I reach students beyond the classroom?
• How do I provide access to the syllabus, course materials, and resources?
• How would flipping the classroom benefits students?
• How do conversations continue, outside of class time?
• How do I keep students engaged, even years after
the class is over?
• How do I capture great lectures, guest speakers, and
student presentations?
• How do I share my teaching, my research, and
exceptional student work with the entire world?

54. Getting Help
• Instructional Technologies Department
• Equipment checkout
• Software support
• Technology workshops
• Instructional design consultations

55. Partnering with Instructional Technologies
• Support in course design
• Support in content creation
• Solutions to showcasing student work
• Full use of Google Apps, Sakai, and much more

56. Seeking Out Your Peers
• Office of Professional Development
• Peer faculty across PLU

57. NOW, KNOWING THESE
PREFERENCES, WHAT
WILL I DO WITH THIS
INFORMATION?

58. THANK YOU.
El Fin.

59. Resources
• ECAR Study Undergraduate Students & Information Technology, 2012.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1208/ERS1208.pdf
• ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students & Information Technology, 2011
http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/ecar-national-study-undergraduate-students-and-
information-technology-2011-report
• ECAR: The Consumerism of Technology and the Bring-Your-Own-Everything
(BYOE) Era of Higher Education.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1301/ERS1301.pdf
• MISO Survey
http://www.misosurvey.org/
• Seven Principles at WPI: Technology as a Lever
http://wp.wpi.edu/atc-ttl/2012/02/09/seven-principles-at-wpi-technology-as-a-lever/

60. Additional Data:
MISO 2012 Other Devices
85%
72%
59%
20%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Portable Media Device (iPod)
Printer
Scanner
eBook Reader
% having at school

61. Additional Data:
Top Usage from Mobile Devices
ECARStudyofUndergraduateStudentsandInformationTechnology,2012.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1208/ERS1208.pdfFigure5.p.15
Accessing Course
Websites or Syllabi
64%
Using Learning
Management Systems
Checking Grades
66%
57%

62. Additional Data:
Operating Systems
ECARStudyofUndergraduateStudentsandInformationTechnology,2012.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1208/ERS1208.pdfp.13
3
34
67
3
21
76
Other Mac OS X Windows
10
44
46
Other iPhone Android
SmartphonesComputers
PLU
ECAR
ECAR

63. Additional Data:
Tablets and eReaders for Academics
ECARStudyofUndergraduateStudentsandInformation
Technology,2012.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1208/ERS1208.pdfp.14sidebar
18
25
57
Tablet
Other Android Device iPad
17
2459
eReader
Other Nook Kindle

64. • MISO Data for 2012
• Sakai – 94.13%
• Library Website – 81.55%
ECARStudyofUndergraduateStudentsandInformationTechnology,2012.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1208/ERS1208.pdfFigure7.p.20
Additional Data: Resource and
Tool Use Trends

65. 59%
54%
56%
48%
46%
47%
45%
43%
44%
41%
41%
37%
37%
37%
35%
35%
33%
31%
33%
31%
31%
30%
30%
29%
29%
23%
26%
22%
30%
30%
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29%
31%
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30%
29%
29%
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30%
30%
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27%
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56%
5 (out of 5)
4 (out of 5)
Gives me access to a wide range of resources
Makes it easy to track my academic progress
Simplifies administrative-related activities (registering for classes, paying tuition, etc.)
Helps me know how I am doing in a course
Extends learning beyond the classroom
Helps me do my work faster
Is an efficient way to store examples of my work
Allows me to produce higher quality work
Makes it easier to get help when I need it
Allows me to take control of my own learning
Makes college easier
Makes learning more creative
Better prepares me for entering the workforce
Makes learning more fun
Makes me feel more connected to what’s going on at the college/university
Makes coursework/lectures more engaging
Enables me to reach my true academic potential
Elevates the level of teaching
Gives me access to experts in my field
Makes me feel connected to professors and other college/university staff
Makes me feel connected to other students
Makes my academic experience more individualized/personalizes curriculum
Makes classes more relevant to real life
Better prepares me for getting into graduate school
Helps me think out of the box
Agreement with Statements about Academic Success
Percent Responding “Agreeing or Strongly Agreeing”
Additional Data: Academic
Benefits, Accessing Resources and
Efficiency
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66. 0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Entirely
academic
Mostly
academic
Equally
academic and
personal
Mostly
personal
Entirely
personal
Portable Drive Portable Media Device (iPod) eBook Reader Smart Phone Tablet
Little Academic Use for Nearly All Devices
Additional Data: MISO Academic and
Personal Use of Devices

67. Academic Benefits: Relationships
Between Technologies and Benefits
Access to Resources & Progress Reports
ECARStudyofUndergraduateStudentsandInformationTechnology,2011.Infographic.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1103/EIG1103.pdf
Engagement and Relevance
Connecting With Others
Efficiency

68. THE END.
No, Really.