Begin forwarded message:

From: "EDUCAUSE" <educause@educause.edu> Date: November 29, 2011 11:05:17 AM EST To: claudia.perry@qc.cuny.edu Subject: ECAR Bulletin: A Field Study of Student Use of IT Reply-To: educause@educause.edu

If this e-mail message does not display correctly or hyperlinks are missing, please view our online version.

Research Bulletin November 29, 2011

ATTENTION: A new research bulletin is now available from the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research

How Are Students Actually Using IT? An Ethnographic Study by Christopher J. Cooley, Thomas Malaby, and David Stack

Abstract: This ECAR research bulletin describes an anthropological ethnographic analysis of student practices relating to the use of information technology on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) campus. Using EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) studies as benchmarks, this imaginative research examines learning management system usage and satisfaction, student ownership and use of technology devices (especially mobile devices), and where on campus students choose to compute. Field data for the project were collected from four sources: notes on participant observation of student practices, unstructured interviews with a selection of technology users, an online survey for enrolled students, and the shadowing of consenting students while they were on campus.

Audiences: This research bulletin may prove particularly interesting to chief information officers, facilities directors, faculty, librarians, instructional technologists, and students.

About EDUCAUSE | EDUCAUSE Home Page | Contact Us

View ECAR events and research publications. A variety of ECAR subscription levels allow you to select the services that best balance your needs and budget.

ECAR publications are proprietary and intended for use only by subscribers. If you belong to an eligible subscribing organization and do not yet have a username and password, create your login profile now. If you have forgotten your username or password, you may request a reminder.

If you prefer not to receive further research bulletin announcements, log in to remove yourself from the list. For other questions, e-mail or send a letter to us at 4772 Walnut St., Suite 206, Boulder, CO 80301.