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Architecture Students Hate Twitter

and Love Dropbox!

Does the Field of Study Correlates with Web 2.0 Behavior?

Martin Ebner

Walther Nagler Martin Schön

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Gamification? Mobile Learning?

Informal Learning?

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Anyway … students of tomorrow

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„Our students have changed radically. Today‘s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach.“ Mark Prensky 2001

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Research Questions: Which trends can be seen towards: •  Technical equipment •  Internet access at study home •  Communication behavior •  Useage of e-learning platforms (secondary school level)

•  Web2.0 competence

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Study over 6 years (n=4205):

•  Term 2007/2008 (n=578) •  Term 2008/2009 (n=821) •  Term 2009/2010 (n=757) •  Term 2010/2011 (n=702) •  Term 2011/2012 (n=632) •  Term 2012/2013 (n=715)

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Usage of Web2.0 and Internet offers of first year’s students at TU Graz in 2012, part 1

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Usage of Web2.0 and Internet offers of first year’s students at TU Graz in 2012, part 2

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Special Focus On: Correlation of Field of Study : Web 2.0

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•  Cluster 1 “Architecture”: Architecture

•  Cluster 2 “Civil and Mechanical Engineering”: Civil Engineering with Environment and Construction Management, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Business Economics

•  Cluster 3 “Electrical Engineering and Computer Science”: Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Audio Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Telematics, Computer Science, Software Development and Business Management

•  Cluster 4 “Mathematics and Physics”: Mathematics, Technical Physics, Geomatics Engineering, Earth Sciences

•  Cluster 5 “Chemistry and Biology”: Chemistry, Chemical and Process Engineering, Molecular Biology, Environmental Systems Sciences / Natural Sciences-Technology

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Listing of variables resulting from discriminant analysis; residual variant causes the rank list

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Graphical illustration of the results of the discriminant analysis; the right sided numbers

stand for the clusters 1 to 5

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Discussion and Conclusion •  Increase of mobile devices unbroken •  Mobile Internet as well increasing •  Internet for cloud purpose upcoming

•  there is a slightly verifiable difference between the technological habits according to the fields of study.

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Martin Ebner martin.ebner@tugraz.at

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