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.