University of Wisconsin-Madison Instructional Technology Survey 2004

Prepared for the 2005 Teaching and Learning Symposium held in Madison, WI from May 23rd-25th.

Questionnaire (Appendix A) available here.
Report is available here.
Appendices B-E (tables) available here.

What is the UW-Madison IT Survey?
Academic Technology is responsible for providing technology services for teaching and learning. The information provided helps us understand habits and preferences and develop services to better meet teaching needs (p. 40).

Who took the survey?
University of Wisconsin-Madison tenured faculty, tenure track but untenured faculty, non-tenure track faculty/instructors/lecturers/faculty associates, instructional support staff, project assistants, teaching assistants, and others.

We surveyed 4,340 individuals on the UW-Madison campus. After removing non instructional staff, the remaining potential respondents totalled, 194 respondents (4.5%). Sixty-three percent (63%) of respondents were faculty/instructors, and thirty-seven percent (37%) were instructional support staff. (p. 14). go to demographic graphs and tables

What are the different categories of people (customers vs. non customers, Early Adopters vs. Early Majority, Faculty/Instructors vs. Instructional Support Staff) used in the survey?
Customers vs Non Customers
Noncustomers are potential new customers on campus who have not used Academic Technology services.

Early Adopters vs. Early Majority (p. 10)

Faculty/Instructors vs. Instructional Support Staff

Faculty/instructors refer to those who taught a timetable course. Those who did not but aided in creating materials or providing technical or pedagogical assistance are considered instructional support staff.

What is the current use of technology in teaching for instructors on campus?
Higher percentages of LTDE customers report using course management system than non-customers (50% compared with 18% for Learn@UW usage). Similarly, higher percentages of LTDE customers report providing lecture materials online for their students (38% versus 7%), promoting online student discussions (38% versus 20%), provide skills building (30% versus 10%), and grade online (23% versus 17%). In addition, a higher percentage of LTDE customers teach an online course (25% versus 8% among non-customers) (p. 18).see graph

How did respondents rate their experience with technologies available on campus?
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How often is technology used in the classroom at UW-Madison?
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What features are used in a Course Management System?
Regarding course management system features used, respondents who were ATS customers were twice as likely to use all CMS features as non-customers (Question 10.) (p. 28). see graph

What impedes the use of instructional technology?
Instructional support staff perceptions differ from faculty perception on what impedes their use of instructional technology.

Faculty/instructors are very aware of course rosters available through the My UW-Madison portal. Faculty/instructors indicate a lack of time and classroom equipment impedes their use of instructional technology (p. 24). see graph

What motivates the use of instructional technology?
Faculty/instructors differ only slightly from instructional support staff regarding what motivates them to use instructional technology. see graph

What support services would help faculty/instructors incorporate technology in teaching?
Individual consultations are a highly desired support service needed to implement instructional technology. However, a steady increase in support from peers, colleagues, and departmental staff is also important to note. (p. 22). see graph

Faculty/instructors rank slightly higher the need for individual consultations and the New Media Centers. Whereas, instructional support staff rank the benefit of having online resources slightly higher than teaching staff. A majority (77%) of LTDE customers indicated an interest in the Engage awards programs. (p. 26). see graph

How important do faculty, instructors, and instructional support staff feel it is that Academic Technology keeps up with new and emerging technologies?
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