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Almanac 2012: Technology

August 26, 2012
Almanac 2012-Section-Technology

Call it the year of the mega-class.

First a Stanford University professor opened his computer-science course up to anyone who wanted to join in online. Soon some of the world’s best-known universities tried similar experiments. It’s a mix of self-service learning and crowd-sourced teaching.

The reality, though, is that professors have been slow to reshape their strategies. | Read More »

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Call it the year of the mega-class.

First a Stanford University professor opened his computer-science course up to anyone who wanted to join in online. Soon some of the world’s best-known universities tried similar experiments. It’s a mix of self-service learning and crowd-sourced teaching.

The reality, though, is that professors have been slow to reshape their strategies. | Read More »

Highlights

55%

That share of students owned smartphones in 2011, but many admitted lacking some basic technology skills.

42.6%

That percentage of university presidents was already using iPads in 2011, the year after they were introduced.

1%

For a major college-bookstore operator, only a tiny percentage of course-materials revenue came from e-books in 2011-12.

50.6%

That was Blackboard’s share of the learning-management-systems market in 2011, down from 57.1 percent in 2010.

Interactive Tools

  • Student Attitudes

    Tech Tools Students Value

    Discover how students rate instructors’ use of certain technologies.

  • Cybersecurity

    Hackers, Spyware, and More

    See what share of campuses have had security incidents.

  • Campus Practices

    Preserved for Posterity

    Find out how many classes are being stored digitally.

The Data

Use of Newer Technologies

  • Student Ownership of High-Tech Devices

  • Use of Mobile Devices by College Presidents

  • Change in Colleges’ Use of Mobile Apps

  • Share of Revenues for College Bookstores From E-Books and Other Course Materials

Attitudes About Tech

  • Students’ Confidence in Their Core Software Skills

  • Venture-Capital Investment in Education-Technology Companies

  • How Much Students Value Technology Compared With How Effectively They Think Their Instructors Use It

Campus Practices

  • Outsourced E-Mail Services Used by Colleges

  • Learning-Management Systems Used by Colleges

  • Share of Classes Preserved Through Lecture Capture

  • Share of Colleges That Charge Student Technology Fees

  • Computer Security Incidents on Campuses

  • Colleges’ Policies for Student Computer Ownership

  • Mobile-Enabled Services at Colleges

  • Colleges Reporting Cuts in Campus Computing Budgets

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