International journal of emerging technologies in learning Fairfax, VA : International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES), 2006 16(2021), 20, Seite 64-83 Online-Ressource
Responding to the lack of longitudinal analyses on media usage in higher education, this study explores the changes of higher education students’ access to and use of technology for learning in 2012, 2015 and 2018. Using an online questionnaire, a total of 5,572 German higher education students participated. Via descriptive and inferential analysis, the data show a clear trend towards using flexible, location-independent devices, accompanied by a rapid increase in the use of instant messaging. This is in line with an increasing demand for digital and flexible learning opportunities such as web-based training and lectures as podcasts or vodcasts, which is not met by higher education institutions. On that basis, improvements in development and application of these digital tools seem crucial for German higher education institutions and should be considered by educational technologists and decision makers. Of particular relevance against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic that started in Spring 2020, this longitudinal analysis provides a framework for the ongoing development and implementation of digital media in teaching and learning at higher education institutions.
Asian journal of distance education Wawasan : Asian Society of Open and Distance Education, 2003 16(2021), 1, Seite 31-53 Online-Ressource
von Olaf Zawacki-Richter ; Diana Conrad ; Aras Bozkurt ; Joachim Stöter ; Lisa Marie Blaschke ; Svenja Mareike Bedenlier ; Melissa Bond ; Andrea Broens ; Carina Dolch ; Victoria I. Marín ; Wolfgang Müskens ; Frank Senyo Loglo
Since the introduction of digital media the fear of women being left out of the virtual world is expressed in various contexts. With the aim to establish if these gender differences still exist and, if they do, what form they take this paper investigates the use of digital media by male and female higher education students. 1,327 students enrolled at German higher education institutions completed an online questionnaire concerning the digital devices that they own or have access to, and their usage of media and e-learning tools and services for their learning. Using multivariate analysis, the study indicates that male students show higher acceptance values for more general web tools higher than female students, but when it comes to e-learning related tools women show higher acceptance values for a lot more different tools and services than men. The findings indicate that differences in media usage patterns between male and female students are not a question of having access, but of the attitude toward and the reasons for using digital media, and that the mentioned fear of women being left out did not come true.
Turkish online journal of distance education Eskişehir : Anadolu Univ. Eskişehir, 2000 21(2020), 3, Artikel-ID 8, Seite 94-111 Online-Ressource
International journal of educational technology in higher education Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing, 2016 Bd. 15 (2018), 1, Artikel-Nr. 48, insges. 20 S. Online-Ressource
