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Media Usage Survey: How Engineering Instructors And Students Use Media, Gerd Gidion, Luiz Fernando Capretz, Ken Meadows, Michael Gr

Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications

Web 2.0 has ubiquitously penetrated academia. The dissemination of online information services in higher education has led to substantial changes in faculty teaching methods as well as the learning and study behavior of students. For example, the use of online services, such as Google and Wikipedia, has become mandatory not only during teaching and learning activities but also during leisure time for students and faculty. At the same time, traditional information media such as textbooks and printed handouts still form the basic pillars of teaching and learning. This article explains the preliminary results of a survey about media usage in …