UCLA freshman survey
Skills: successful learning behaviors
Concepts: Internet education applications
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Where does this topic fit?
• Internet concepts
– Applications
– Technology
– Implications
• Internet skills
– Application development
– Content creation
– User skills
Incoming freshmen -- one of five annual surveys
The college freshman survey covers a broad range of questions, lets
focus on two of those questions …
Question 1: during the last year
1. How often have you used an online instructional
website (e.g., Khan Academy, Coursera, Edx, etc.) as
assigned for a class?
2. How often have you used an online instructional
website (e.g., Khan Academy, Coursera, Edx, etc.) to
learn something on your own?
a.
b.
c.
Never
Occasionally (at least once)
Frequently
Answer these questions before continuing.
Percent answering Occasionally or Frequently
Baccalaureate institutions
2013
2014
Percent change
On your
On your
On your
Assigned own Assigned own Assigned own
All
4-year colleges
Universities
42.3
41.2
70.8
67.4
47.2
46.6
73.2
71.0
11.6
13.1
3.4
5.3
4-year colleges
Public
Private
Non-sectarian
Catholic
Other religious
42.2
42.4
41.6
42.5
43.3
72.9
68.3
68.0
66.2
69.4
46.6
48.0
48.1
48.8
47.6
74.6
71.2
72.3
66.8
72.2
10.4
13.2
15.6
14.8
9.9
2.3
4.2
6.3
0.9
4.0
Universities
Public
Private
42.5
40.3
68.1
64.9
46.2
48.1
71.0
70.9
8.7
19.4
4.3
9.2
Black colleges and Universities
All
Public
Private
53.4
54.2
51.8
87.5
89.3
84.3
58.6
58.0
59.9
89.4
89.1
88.9
9.7
7.0
15.6
2.2
-0.2
5.5
Analyzing these results, what can you conclude?
Why I told you about that question
Education is an important Internet application.
You can take responsibility for your education.
Question II. How often did you do each of the
following during the last year?
1. Ask questions in class
2. Support your opinions with a logical argument
3. Seek solutions to problems and explain them to others
4. Revise your papers to improve your writing
5. Evaluate the quality or reliability of information you received
6. Take a risk because you feel you have more to gain
7. Seek alternative solutions to a problem
8. Look up scientific research articles and resources
9. Explore topics on your own, even though it was not required for a class
10. Accept mistakes as part of the learning process
11. Seek feedback on your academic work
12. Work with other students on group projects
13. Integrate skills and knowledge from different sources and experiences
a. never, b. occasionally (at least once), c. frequently
Answer these questions before continuing.
Why I told you about that question
• Those learning behaviors correlate with use of online
educational sites like the Khan Academy and Coursera.
• More important, they “correlate with academic
success, forming the foundation for lifelong learning.”
Do you want to do well in school?
Survey of CIS students
spring and fall 2015
The UCLA Higher Education
Research Group says these
learning behaviors “correlate with
academic success, forming the
foundation for lifelong learning.”
More on these learning behaviors
* Occasionally (at least once)
*
A modest participation goal for this class
Ask at least one dumb question.
Give at least one wrong answer
to a question I ask.
If everything you say in class is correct, you are not taking enough risks.
Some other UCLA survey results – check them out …
After the first year
Faculty survey
Diversity survey
Freshman survey
Summary
Self-study questions
Which of the learning behaviors from the UCLA survey
did you practice last year?
Which are you going to practice this year?
Resources
Blog post on the UCLA Freshman Study
Report on UCLA Freshman Study
UCLA Higher Education Research Group
UCLA learning behavior and online course survey form
(Survey Gizmo)
UCLA learning behavior survey form (Google Doc)
UCLA learning behavior survey form (Survey Gizmo)