2013 Undergraduate
Student Technology Survey
Creighton University
Ryan Cameron
Tobias Nownes
About the Survey
• Questions from the ECAR National Study
of Undergraduate Students and Technology,
2012 Survey*
• Undergraduate Students only
• Deployed in January 2013
• Over 30% response rate to the survey
* All questions used and edited with permission
Respondent Profile
By Class
Senior
22%
Junior
24%
Freshmen
25%
Sophomore
29%
By College
UC
SON 8%
11%
Business
17%
A&S
64%
Academic Goal
4108 Email invitations
1301 Student responses
1173 Completed surveys
128 Abandoned surveys
By Gender
Professional
31%
Bachelor’s
27%
Doctoral Master’s
24%
18%
Female
62%
Male
38%
Location
Off campus
38%
On campus
62%
Computer Preference
In the past year, whether you own it nor not, have you used a laptop?
Other
2%
98% used a laptop
97% own their laptop
97% view as “Critical” or “Important” to
academic success
Mac
47%
PC
50%
By Class
Freshman
Mac
48%
PC
52%
Junior
Mac
49%
PC
51%
Sophomore
Mac
49%
PC
51%
Senior
Mac
49%
PC
51%
By College
Arts & Sciences
Mac
51%
PC
49%
Nursing
Mac
49%
PC
51%
Business
Mac
52%
PC
48%
University College
Mac
22%
PC
78%
Tablet Preference
In the past year, whether you own it nor not, have you used a Tablet Device?
iPad
Android
Windows
55% used a tablet device
48% own the tablet used
Don’t know
2%
9%
13%
28% view as “Critical” or “Important” to
academic success
76%
By Class
iPad
Android
Freshman
11%
7%
Windows
Don’t know
Sophomore
5% 10%
10%
75%
82%
Junior
1%
6%
16%
Senior
1%
8%
21%
77%
69%
By College
iPad
Android
Arts & Sciences
Windows
Don’t know
Business
2%
2% 10%
7%
10%
13%
75%
Nursing
3%
6%
6%
81%
University College
6%
30%
84%
64%
Smartphones
In the past year, whether you own it nor not, have you used a Smartphone?
iPhone
Android
Windows
Blackberry
2%
1%
86% used a smartphone
94% own the smartphone used
32%
41% view as “Critical” or “Important”
to academic success
65%
By Class
iPhone
Android
Windows
Blackberry
Freshman
1%
1%
1%
36%
60%
Sophomore
3%
1%
2%
31%
64%
Junior
Senior
3%
1%
2%
25%
2%
1%
2%
33%
69%
62%
Don’t know
By College
iPhone
Android
Arts & Sciences
3%
1%
1%
32%
63%
Nursing
2%
1%
1%
25%
72%
Windows
Blackberry
Business
1%
2%
30%
68%
University College
3%
1%
42%
53%
Don’t know
Mobile Access
How important is it to your academic success for you to do the following actions using a
handheld mobile device (e.g., smartphone or tablet)?
Critical
Access BlueLine
27%
Access BlueCast
8%
Check Grades
21%
Register for class
14%
View Financial aid
10%
Library resources
5%
0%
Important
Not Important
42%
17%
Haven’t used
19%
32%
43%
43%
17%
22%
20%
24%
12%
34%
35%
33%
34%
32%
25%
12%
43%
50%
75%
100%
Mobile Experience
Thinking about your experience in the past year, rate Creighton University on how well
you are able to do the following with a handheld mobile device:
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
No Mobile
Never Accessed
100%
75%
50%
25%
21%
22%
2%
2%
11%
16%
67%
3%
8%
28%
9%
0%
60%
58%
4%
13%
3%
8%
3%
9%
12%
12%
15%
11%
6%
11%
4%
Financial aid
Library
23%
23%
25%
57%
12%
8%
4%
14%
10%
5%
BlueLine
BlueCast
Check grades
Register
Learning Environments
In what type of learning environment do you tend to learn most?
3%
Courses completely online
Course with some online components
Courses with no online components
No response
9%
16%
72%
By Class
Completely Online
Some Online
Freshman
1%
10%
15%
No Online
Sophomore
3%
7%
12%
75%
Junior
3%
8%
14%
75%
78%
Senior
4%
9%
20%
68%
No Response
By College
Completely Online
Some Online
Arts & Sciences
2%
8%
16%
73%
Nursing
2%
11%
15%
72%
No Online
No Response
Business
2%
11%
15%
73%
University College
6%
9%
18%
67%
Online Courses
In the past year, have you taken a completely online course at Creighton?
No response
9%
No
74%
Yes
17%
Online Courses
The 17% of Creighton students that have taken an online course view of their
preferred learning environment.
Courses completely online
Courses with some online components
Courses with no online components
8%
14%
78%
Academic Resources
How important are the following resources or tools to achieving your academic success?
Critical
BlueLine
66%
BlueCast
21%
Google Drive
24%
E-Text
10%
Library Websites
23%
Online Citation Tools
19%
0%
Important
Not Important
Haven’t used
33%
30%
19%
38%
26%
31%
21%
17%
24%
40%
51%
41%
25%
0%1%
15%
18%
50%
10%
22%
75%
100%
Resources used by Faculty
Generally speaking, which resources or tools do you wish your instructors used less ...
or more?
Use a lot more
100%
Use more
Use less
5%
1%
5%
37%
75%
32%
4%
5%
4%
8%
50%
32%
36%
41%
26%
27%
BlueLine
23%
BlueCast
5%
6%
14%
13%
25%
Don’t know
27%
51%
63%
0%
Stop using
16%
11%
Google Drive
E-Text
17%
43%
12%
16%
19%
3%
Blogs
Simulations
Communication Tools
How important are the following forms of communication to achieving your academic
success?
Critical
Important
Not Important
Haven’t used
Email 74%
25%
Face to Face 72%
24%
BlueLine Message 34%
46%
Phone call 10%
35%
Text Message 15%
Facebook 5%
0%
15%
46%
36%
67%
25%
50%
3%
1%
5%
8%
44%
19%
0%
1%
4%
9%
75%
100%
Communication used by Faculty
Generally speaking, which forms of communication do you wish your instructors used
less ... or more?
Use a lot more
100%
5%
5%
Use more
8%
1%
Use less
Stop using
Don’t know
7%
4%
12%
75%
49%
48%
44%
14%
14%
25%
10%
5%
58%
50%
73%
57%
25%
33%
17%
0%
0%
0%
Email
Face to Face
21%
BL Message
25%
27%
3%
6%
Phone Call
Text Message
6%
10%
16%
Facebook
Use of New Technology
How important are the following to you?
Critical
Important
Not Very Important
That instructors use new, cutting edge technologies
7%
Make more or better technology available . . .
14%
To be better skilled using technology . . .
17%
0%
Not Important
32%
47%
57%
14%
22%
60%
25%
50%
6%
18% 5%
75%
100%
Cutting Edge Tech
You indicated that it is important that your instructors use "cutting-edge" technologies.
Give us up to three examples of cutting-edge technologies you want instructors to use:
200
Open response
1013 Responses
150
159
100
100
78
50
0
59
iPads
Smartboard
BlueLine
BlueCast
One Important Site
When it comes to your success as an undergraduate, what is the one website or online
resource you couldn't live without?
400
352
Open response
1077 Responses
346
300
200
100
89
84
47
0
Google
BlueLine
Wikipedia
CU Mail
Library
One Thing
Tell us ONE thing that your instructors can do with technology to better facilitate
or support your academic success.
300
Open response
1096 Responses
272
225
150
150
75
0
96
86
BlueLine
Grades
77
Lectures
Record
PowerPoint
59
BlueCast
One Thing
Tell us ONE thing that Creighton can do with technology to better facilitate or
support your academic success.
200
Open response
1058 Responses
190
150
124
100
71
50
0
47
BlueLine
WiFi
Internet
iPad
19
24
Tablet
Training
Thank you
Division of Student Life
Dr. W. Wayne Young Jr., Ph.D
Dr. C. Timothy Dickel, Ed.D
Student Participants