Shifting Patterns in IT Equipment and Communication Application Preferences among Study Beginners: A Longitudinal Analysis at Graz University of Technology, Austria
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Walther Nagler, Bettina Mair, Martin Ebner, Sarah Edelsbrunner, Jakob Harden, Sandra Schön, TU Graz, Austria
EdMedia + Innovate Learning, in Vienna, Austria ISBN 978-1-939797-71-1 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC
Abstract
Within the last 11 years, more than 10.000 students participated in surveys amongst study beginners at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) in Austria. In autumn 2022, 1,089 students answered questions on their IT equipment, social media, and communication applications. While the evaluations of the last few years did not reveal major changes, this year is different: The apps Tiktok and Discord, newly introduced as an option in the survey, get equally large shares – of one-third and more than 40%, respectively. For the first time, the presentation of the survey data also includes questions regarding the usage of communication applications for learning. That shall give rise to future research on communication apps for teaching at TU Graz.
Citation
Nagler, W., Mair, B., Ebner, M., Edelsbrunner, S., Harden, J. & Schön, S. (2023). Shifting Patterns in IT Equipment and Communication Application Preferences among Study Beginners: A Longitudinal Analysis at Graz University of Technology, Austria. In T. Bastiaens (Ed.), Proceedings of EdMedia + Innovate Learning (pp. 120-127). Vienna, Austria: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved September 23, 2023 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/222491/.
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