Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2016
Journal
International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA)
First Page
491
URL with Digital Object Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42085-1_38
Last Page
502
Abstract
Trends in media usage by students can affect the way they learn. Students demand the use of technology, thus institutions and instructors should meet students’ requests. This paper describes the results of a survey where drivers in the use of media show continuously increasing or decreasing values from the first to the fourth year of study experience at the Western University, Canada, highlighting trends in the usage of new and traditional media in higher education by students. The survey was used to gather data on students’ media usage habits and user satisfaction from first to fourth year of study and found that media usage increases over the years from first to fourth. The presentation of data using bar charts reveals a slight increase over the years in students owning notebooks or laptops off-campus and a significant increase from first to fourth year of students accessing online academic periodicals and journals. Another noteworthy finding relates to fourth year students being more conscious of the quality of information that they read on the Internet in comparison to students in first year, even though this is a slight year on year increase.
Citation of this paper:
Gidion G., Capretz L.F., Grosch M. and Meadows K. Trends in Students Media Usage, International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA), Beijing, China, pp. 491-502, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-42085-1_38, Lecture Notes in Computer Science - LNCS 9786, Springer, July 2016.
Notes
10.1007/978-3-319-42085-1_38