Skills: Successful learning behaviorsConcepts: Internet education applications

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UCLA freshman survey

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 …

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. Neverb. Occasionally (at least once)c. Frequently

Question 1: during the last year

Answer these questions for yourself before continuing.

2013 2014 Change, 2014 2015 Change, 2015Baccalaureate institutions Assigned

On your own Assigned

On your own Assigned

On your own Assigned

On your own Assigned

On your own

All 4-year colleges 42.5 70.8 47.2 73.2 11% 3% 55.9 83.9 18% 15%Universities 41.2 67.4 46.6 71 13% 5% 56.2 82.2 21% 16%

4-year colleges Public 42.2 72.9 46.6 74.6 10% 2% 57.2 86.5 23% 16%Private 42.4 68.3 48 71.2 13% 4% 54.3 80.8 13% 13%Non-sectarian 41.6 68 48.1 72.3 16% 6% 54.7 82.6 14% 14%Catholic 42.5 66.2 48.8 66.8 15% 1% 54.9 76 13% 14%Other religious 43.3 69.4 47.6 72.2 10% 4% 53.6 81.4 13% 13%

Universities Public 42.5 68.1 46.2 71 9% 4% 56 82.1 21% 16%Private 40.3 64.9 48.1 70.9 19% 9% 56.9 82.4 18% 16% Black colleges and universities All 53.4 87.5 58.6 89.4 10% 2% 63 93.1 8% 4%Public 54.2 89.3 58 89.1 7% 0% 62.8 93.6 8% 5%Private 51.8 84.3 59.9 88.9 16% 5% 63.4 92.1 6% 4%

Percent answering Occasionally or Frequently

Percent of freshman who have taken online classes on their own or as a school assignment

Analyzing these results, what can you conclude?

Percent answering Occasionally or Frequently

Overall percent of freshman who have taken online classes on their own or as a school assignment

Analyzing these results, what can you conclude?

UCLA freshman survey: all schools, three year trend

Assigned On your own

2013 41.8% 69.2%

2014 46.9% 72.1%

2015 56.0% 83.1%

Education is an important Internet application. You can take responsibility for your education.

Why I told you about that question

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

Answer this question for yourself before continuing.

a. never, b. occasionally (at least once), c. frequently

• 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.”

Why I told you about that question

Do you want to do well in school? What does “doing well” mean?

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.

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)