Nagler, W., Mair, B., Ebner, M., Edelsbrunner, S., & Schön, S. (2022). A decade of first-semester students surveys concerning IT equipment and communication applications and effect of Covid-19 related experiences for first-year students in 2021. In: EdMedia 2022 Proceedings. Preprint: https://doi.org/10.3217/xx2gq-yfn62, https://repository.tugraz.at/records/xx2gq-yfn62 ///// The technical equipment of first-year students and their preferred communication applications are changing, perhaps also influenced by their experiences in the Covid-19 pandemic concerning digital teaching and learning. This paper presents the 2021 survey of first-year students at Graz University of Technology (N=1,207) and compares the results concerning devices and applications with the results of the surveys conducted since 2011. It is striking that there are no striking changes in the endowment of the that can be interpreted as an effect of Covid-19 pandemic. A question introduced in 2021 about experiences with distance online instruction and experiences with online courses before and after Covid-19 shows clearly that new students' prior experiences with online learning here have dramatically changed as a result of school closures in Austria.
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A DECADE OF FIRST -SEMESTER STUDENTS SURVEYS CONCERNING IT
EQUIPMENT AND COMMUNICATI EFFECT OF C OVID-19
RELATED EXPERIENCES FOR FIRST- YEAR STUDENTS IN 2021
Walther Nagler
Bettina Mair
Martin Ebner
Sarah Edelsbrunner
Sandra Schön
Graz University
of Technology
June 2021, EdMedia Conference 2022
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Full paper Will be published in the EdMedia 2022 Proceedings:
Nagler, W., Mair, B., Ebner, M., Edelsbrunner, S., & Schön, S. (2022).
A decade of first-semester student
and communication applications and eff
experiences for first-year st
Proceedings.
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Research Topic
•Annual survey among first -year students at Graz University of
Technology
•Change of IT equipment and communication beha
•Experiences regarding digital t
background of the Covid-19 pandemic
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Research Questions
How has the digital equipment of first -year students at TU
changed throughout the last 10 years (2011-2021)?
How is the use of digital communication and social
applications changing among first -year students at TU Graz
How did the experiences with online learning of first -
students change due to the COVID -19 pandemic and
school closures?
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Survey and Sample
•Questionnaire with comparable questions s
•Survey 2021:
Key characteri 2021
Number of ev
1,207
33.4%
58.7%
0.3%
7.6%
20.098
2.577
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Basic IT Equipment
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Wearables and other Digital Equipmen
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Communication Applications
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Social Media Tools
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Covid-19 Pandemic: Online Learning and
Teaching
171 15.3%
508 45.6%
370 33.2%
66 5.9%
1,115 100.0%
“Online classes were a posi
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Discussion
No significant changes of IT equipment and
behavior due to Covid-19 pandemic
Increased experience with technology-based learning and
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Contact
Dr. Martin Ebner (head of Educational
Technology team and iMooX)
Graz University of Technology
martin.ebner@tugraz.at
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Starting from the question of whether the students in the different fields of study differ in terms of several variables related to IT and learning with IT, namely their general extent of IT usage, the extent of IT usage for learning, the IT skills of the students, their participation in online courses, if they learned coding basics at school and the extent of IT usage in class at school, a
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