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Almanac 2013: Technology

 
August 19, 2013
Almanac Technology FF
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Technology

Trending this year: A hotly debated experiment in higher education was the offering of massive open online courses, or MOOCs, to large numbers of students across the world, free. As a growing number of colleges embraced that format, a vocal backlash against it emerged, mainly from professors concerned about the long-term implications. And not all colleges are going in the direction of offering free courses. Many of them set up online programs to offer entire degrees at a distance, at costs similar to those charged for on-campus programs.

Full analysis: In a Time of Experimentation: Excitement and Dread

The Data

Usage

  • College Students’ Attitudes About E-Textbooks, 2011-12

  • Colleges’ Presence on Social Media, 2012

  • College Students’ Reasons for Using Social Media, 2012

  • Frequency of Mobile-Phone Use by College Students During Selected Activities, 2013

  • Which Devices College Students Own and How Much They Value Them, 2013

  • Tools That College Students Wish Their Instructors Used Either More or Less, 2013

Online Education

  • Senior Information-Technology Officials’ Views on MOOCs and Instructional Technology, 2012

  • How Professors Who Teach MOOCs Feel About Them, 2013

  • Value Employers Assign to Online Colleges vs. Other Types of Institutions, 2012

  • How Professors Who Teach MOOCs Feel About Them, 2013

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Technology

Trending this year: A hotly debated experiment in higher education was the offering of massive open online courses, or MOOCs, to large numbers of students across the world, free. As a growing number of colleges embraced that format, a vocal backlash against it emerged, mainly from professors concerned about the long-term implications. And not all colleges are going in the direction of offering free courses. Many of them set up online programs to offer entire degrees at a distance, at costs similar to those charged for on-campus programs.

Full analysis: In a Time of Experimentation: Excitement and Dread

The Data

Usage

  • College Students’ Attitudes About E-Textbooks, 2011-12

  • Colleges’ Presence on Social Media, 2012

  • College Students’ Reasons for Using Social Media, 2012

  • Frequency of Mobile-Phone Use by College Students During Selected Activities, 2013

  • Which Devices College Students Own and How Much They Value Them, 2013

  • Tools That College Students Wish Their Instructors Used Either More or Less, 2013

Online Education

  • Senior Information-Technology Officials’ Views on MOOCs and Instructional Technology, 2012

  • How Professors Who Teach MOOCs Feel About Them, 2013

  • Value Employers Assign to Online Colleges vs. Other Types of Institutions, 2012

  • How Professors Who Teach MOOCs Feel About Them, 2013

Highlights

94.8%

Percentage of all institutions with an institutional presence on Facebook. Find out what other social media are popular with colleges.

76%

Percentage of all college freshmen who cited connecting to family as a reason for using social media.

39%

Percentage of all college freshmen who cited completing homework or projects as a reason for using social media. See what other reasons first-year students gave for using social media.

Tools

  • The Rise of MOOCs: a Timeline

    Read about the impact of massive open online courses on colleges, professors, and students.

  • Major Players in the MOOC Universe

    See how the venture capitalists, companies, universities, and nonprofit organizations involved in the teaching experiment are interconnected.

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