The Demographics of Student Device Ownership: An Examination of the Personal Computing Ecosystems of Students in Higher Education

Autor/in	Elliott, Rob
Titel	The Demographics of Student Device Ownership: An Examination of the Personal Computing Ecosystems of Students in Higher Education
Quelle	In: Educational Technology & Society, 26 (2023) 3, S.129-140 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1176-3647
Schlagwörter	College Students; Computers; Ownership; Access to Computers; Age Differences; Socioeconomic Status; Computer Use; Educational Technology; Student Characteristics; Handheld Devices + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Digitalrechner; Eigentum; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Unterrichtsmedien
Abstract	Higher education has become dependent on the use of digital materials, which may include texts, audiovisual content, and software applications. Because students in higher education are largely responsible for providing the computing devices they are required to use to interact with their digital course materials, instructors and instructional designers are often unaware of the personal computing ecosystems in use by their students. This study describes a large-scale survey of student ownership and use of computing devices at a large public university in the midwestern United States. The results demonstrate that students generally have access to devices that allow them to engage with their digital course materials, but age and demographic factors correlated with socioeconomic status appear to impact the type and quality of devices owned. The study also shows that students have access to a variety of device types and that most students perform their computing tasks on a single screen. Understanding the personal computing ecosystems of students will allow instructors and instructional designers to develop course materials that are accessible to students on the devices in use and can inform the decision-making process when an institution considers adoption of new learning technologies. This data can also be used as a foundation for future studies that examine the influence of a student's technology access and ownership on their academic outcomes. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01