SURVEY ON IMPACT OF ADVANCES IN COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTING
TECHNOLOGIES ON HUMAN SOCIETY
This questionnaire seeks your feedback on Impact of advances in communication and computing technologies on human society. The objectives of this questionnaire are: 1. To investigate the impact of advances in communication and computing technologies. 2. To examine the impact it has on students. Your responses will be kept confidential and used only in aggregated form. Your cooperation is very much appreciated.
Please tick your response in the appropriate boxes. SECTION A: General Information 1. Your gender: Male 2. Your age: 18-20 3. Year of study: alpha 4. Your faculty: FOE FOM FIT FCM beta gamma delta epsilon 21-23 24-above
Female
SECTION B: Use of Technology and Ownership
5. On average how many phone calls do you answer a day?
0 2 calls
3 6 calls
7 10 calls
more than 10 calls
6. Roughly how many hours a day do you use the internet?
0 - 1 hour
1 - 3 hours
3 - 5 hours
more than 5 hours
7. For what purpose do you use the internet most?
Chatting & Messaging Streaming Videos News & Current Affairs Gamming
8. State your ownership of the following portable devices a) Tablet device (eg: iPad, xoom, galaxy)
Own already Do not own but like to buy
b) Smart Phone (eg: iPhone, Blackberry)
Not interested in owning one
Own already Do not own but like to buy
c) Mini Laptop, Netbook or handheld computer
Not interested in owning one
Own already Do not own but like to buy
d) e- book reader
Not interested in owning one
Own already Do not own but like to buy
Not interested in owning one
9. Rate each of the following statements about the role educational technology plays in your learning process a) Educational technology has helped me to interact with my lectures
Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
b) It has resulted in prompt feedback
Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
c) It has made it easy to work with other students
Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
d) Advantages gained by educational technology are far greater than its disadvantages
Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
10. What is your preference about taking fully online courses opposed to fully face to face courses
Strongly prefer fully online courses Sum what prefer fully online courses Neutral Sum what prefer face to face courses Strongly prefer face to face courses
11. Grade the usefulness of the following computing technologies, depending on how much it has helped you in your course work. a) Email
Not useful at all
Moderately useful
Very useful
Never used
b) Web based thread discussion
Not useful at all
Moderately useful
Very useful
Never used
c) Texting & instant messaging
Not useful at all
d) Blogging tools
Moderately useful
Very useful
Never used
Not useful at all
Moderately useful
Very useful
Never used
e) Visualization & Simulation tools
Not useful at all
Moderately useful
Very useful
Never used
Section C : Problems faced 12. To what degree has each of the following factors been a problem to you a) Price of computing equipment
Large degree
b) Cost of software
Moderate degree
Small degree
Not a problem
Large degree
Moderate degree
Small degree
Not a problem
c) Amount of time needed to learn new technologies
Large degree
Moderate degree
Small degree
Not a problem
d) Lack of technical support
Large degree
Moderate degree
Small degree
Not a problem
Thank you very much for your time and cooperation.