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Asynchronous Web-Based Courses At Umaine: From The Students’ Perspective, Umaine Office Of Institutional Research Oct 2012

Asynchronous Web-Based Courses At Umaine: From The Students’ Perspective, Umaine Office Of Institutional Research

General University of Maine Publications

Survey that was given to collect more information on why University of Maine students are taking online courses, how they feel about the online experiences they have had, or, say, how their learning orientation is related to these feelings.


But Are They Connected?: A Report On The Queens College Technology Survey Of The Use Of Ubiquitous Tools For Learning, Eva M. Fernández, Michelle C. Fraboni Sep 2012

But Are They Connected?: A Report On The Queens College Technology Survey Of The Use Of Ubiquitous Tools For Learning, Eva M. Fernández, Michelle C. Fraboni

Publications and Research

The casual observer of the student population at Queens College (an urban, public, predominantly undergraduate campus) is awed by the ubiquity of technology, offering students the ability to communicate and participate in learning anytime, anywhere. They text, email, facebook, and tweet all day long. They have nearly instant access to the digital tools that have been touted as changing teaching and learning at all levels of education. With over 80% of our population born in or after 1980, there is an assumption that these digital natives intuitively know about and prefer digital tools for learning. With this in mind, and …