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Joy D. Britt MPH Graduate Student
Center for Community Engagement & Learning Diane Hirshberg
Associate Professor of Education PolicyInstitute of Social and Economic Research
Student and Faculty Knowledge of Social Media
Setting the Context Student-led initiative exploring the use of social
media (SM) tools to facilitate civic, educational and political engagement in undergraduate and graduate students
Paper and online survey of UAA Faculty & Students on knowledge, opinions and use of SM tools
Survey findings will guide next steps toward promoting use of SM for engagement and learning around a specific focus topic (to be determined by student leaders)
About
Open access institution, AA to Masters degrees
Students (Fall 2009)• Headcount 15,662
• Full-time 6,494• Part-time 9,168• Distance Education
6,260
Faculty (Fall 2009)• Regular Faculty 536 • Adjunct Faculty 447
Survey Demographics
Gender
Students Faculty
Female 58%
Female 72%
Male 42% Male 26%
Total Respondents
Students 126 Faculty 66
Respondents
Age Respondents
Age
# Students # Faculty
60 17-22 yrs 11 29-39 yrs
25 23-27 yrs 16 40-49 yrs
5 28-33 yrs 11 50-59 yrs
9 34- 58 yrs 9 60-69 yrs
Top Ten most familiar SM tools
Students
Top Ten most familiar SM tools
Faculty
How often are SM tools used?
Facu
lty
Studen
ts
“If you do not use SM tools described above, why not?”
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Faculty (n=66)Students (n=126)
If you do not use social media tools, would you be interested in learning
how?Yes 61% No 42%“Educate myself, broaden my scope of technology”
“…overloaded with information”
“it will enhance socialization with friends and UAA as a community”
Safety concerns Stu
den
ts
Yes 58% No 42%“To keep up to date” “Too much time and too
invasive”
“To connect with students”
Skeptical Facu
lty
Have your professors used or are they presently using social media tools in the classroom? Yes: 78% No: 22%
Student
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Have you used or are you presently
using social media tools in the classroom?
Yes: 66% No: 36%
Faculty
Tools faculty use:
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PresentPast
Top 8 Faculty responses
With the use of social media, was the class environment:
Faculty
StudentsMore Engaging
Somewhat Engaging
More Engaging
Somewhat Engaging
How important do you think SM tools are to the future?
3%
20%
30%
50%
6%
21%
31%
42%
Students
Faculty
How beneficial do you think SM tools are to the future of education?
49%
31%
18%
3%
31%
31%
35%
6%
Students
Faculty
“Would you prefer the use of more social media tools incorporated
into classes?”
65%
37%
61%
41%
Would you feel more connected to:through the use of SM tools..
Students
Faculty
Students
Students
Faculty
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
NoYes
“Do you feel more informed / aware of news because of social media?”
85%
17%
53%
47%
“Do you think social media tools allow you to become more engaged in community, nation and worldly
issues?”
Students Faculty 0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
YesNo
78%
22%
52% 49%
Summary & Next Steps Faculty and students generally favorable toward using
SM tools Training on SM tools needed on campus Next steps:
• Experiment with SM to engage students in upcoming elections
• Led by eCitizenship Student Council, with support from eCitizenship Faculty Council
• Identify topic area for project post-election• Identify Community Partners for project• Collaborate with the UAA Faculty Technology Center (FTC) & the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) to:
• Have faculty demonstrate how they use SM in the classroom
• Provide technical training for faculty on using SM tools in the classroom (Student led)
Joy BrittCenter for Community Engagement and Learningjoybritt@uaa.alaska.edu907-786-4011
Diane HirshbergInstitute of Social and Economic ResearchHirshberg@uaa.alaska.edu907-786-5413
Thank You!
www.uaa.alaska.edu/engage/