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Learning from Digital Natives: Integrating Formal and Informal Learning

Student Questionnaire

Dear Students,

The purpose of this questionnaire is to gather details regarding your use of technology, both on your formal course of study and your own personal use of technology. We would be very grateful if you could complete this questionnaire by selecting the boxes corresponding to your answer or entering an appropriate response when indicated. Your participation in this survey is very important because this study will have an impact on the future use of technologies in Higher Education in the Universities. We assure you that all responses will be kept confidential.

Section A - Your Personal Details
1. What is your gender?
3. What is the best classification of your major?
4. Do you currently have Internet access in your home / student housing?
5. Where do you access the Internet on campus?
6. Which of the following do you own and use regularly?Please tick as many as apply.
Section B - The following section concerns your use of technology in your courses, i.e. the use of tools provided by the university.
7. In your current academic semester, how many of your courses can you access through the Blackboard or WebCT?
8. Please indicate which electronic tools you use in your course that are provided by the university and on campus/department and the extent to which you use them.
Space Cell DailyWeeklyMonthlyRarelyNever
Course website (e.g. Blackboard/WebCT, lecture notes, activities, PowerPoint slides, video clips)
Online Discussion Groups on Blackboard/WebCT
Virtual/Real Time Chat Facility on Blackboard/WebCT
Video Conferencing
Online Assessments (e.g. Multiple choice quizzes)
Laptop Computer
Handheld Computer (e.g. Galaxy Tab, iPad, Blackberry)
Desktop Computer
Mobile Phone
MP3 player
Digital Camera
Google/Google Scholar
Wikipedia
Internet Websites
Weblog or Blog
YouTube
Text messaging (SMS)
Web boards and forums (e.g. skfupm)
Section C - The following section concerns your use of technology for the purpose of learning or communication in relation to your courses (e.g. to talk to other students about coursework), but the tools NOT provided by your university for the course.
9. Please indicate which electronic tools you use in your homes / student housing and NOT provided by the University you use to help you with your studies (e.g. this may be other software or your own tools and devices.)
Space Cell DailyWeeklyMonthlyRarelyNever
Laptop Computer
Handheld Computer (e.g. Galaxy Tab, iPad, Blackberry)
Desktop Computer
Social Networking Websites (e.g. Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter)
Weblog or Blogs
Mobile Phone
MP3 player
YouTube
Digital Camera
Google/Google Scholar
Courses Websites
Internet Websites
Wikipedia
Computer games
Chat
Test messaging (SMS)
Web boards & forums (e.g. skfupm)
Section D - The following section is about your use of technology in recreation/entertainment other than that detailed above.
10. Please indicate the extent to which you use the following electronic tools, software, websites etc., but NOT in relation to your course or study (i.e. for recreational/entertainment use), and which particular ones you use.
Space Cell DailyWeeklyMonthlyRarelyNever
Music (e.g. iTunes, MP3, etc)
Social Networking (e.g. Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter)
Photo upload and sharing (e.g. Flickr)
Video upload and sharing (e.g.YouTube)
Blogging (e.g. Blogger, Myspace)
File sharing (e.g. Napster, BitTorrent)
Discussion groups (e.g. Google Groups, Yahoo)
Chat Rooms
Wikis (e.g.Wikipedia)
Internet gaming
Text messaging (e.g. SMS)