Investigating Students' Perceptions of Educational Technology Use in College Teaching

• In Event: 21.062 - MTCC Roundtable Session Six
  In Roundtable Session: 21.062-3 - Conversations About Educational Technologies (Teaching, Social Media, Games, Plagiarism)

Abstract

This study analyzes a total of 34,480 survey responses on college students’ perceptions of educational technology use by their instructors. It also looks at students’ perceptions and their relationships with other instructional elements, such as teaching methods, progress on learning objectives and course features. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were conducted, including but not limited to Goodman-Kruskal’s gamma correlation coefficient. Results show that the increase of use of educational technology corresponds to an increase in effective teaching methods and higher scores on the overall quality of the teaching and the courses offered. Such analyses of large sets of institutional data can support both instructors and faculty developers on instructional decision-making for the betterment of college teaching.

Authors

• Ana-Paula Correia, The Ohio State University

• Karly Good, Drake University