Artifact 1 - Questionnaire

The effect of technology towards learning and education

I am currently carrying out research into the effect of multimedia technology within education, past, present and future. With a view to understand whether it has had a positive effect on learning and if it increases to do so with the advances of technology.

Section 1 – About You

The following information gathered in this questionnaire will be used only for research within a Multimedia BA degree environment.

Age (Please Tick)

15 – 19
20 – 29
30 – 39
40 – 49
50 – 59
60 +

Sex (Please Tick)

Male
Female

Profession (Please Tick)

Accountancy
Armed Forces
Art & Culture
Banking
Building (Construction and Engineering)
Care Assistant (Social Work)
Catering
Civil Service
Dentistry
Education (Teaching)
Electrician
Fashion
Health Service (Medicine)
Human Resources
Information technology (Computers and IT)
Internet (New Media)
Journalism
Languages
Law
Leisure (Sport and Leisure)
Management
Marketing
Museum and Heritage
Nutrition
Occupational Therapy
Photography
Police Force
Public Relations
Retail
Sales and Marketing
Self Employed
Tourism
TV Film and Music
Utilities
Youth Work
Other

Salary (Please Tick)

£0 - £5000
£5000 - £10000
£10000 - £20000
£20000 - £30000
£30000 - £40000
£40000 - £50000
£50000 - £60000
£60000 - £70000
£70000 - £80000
£80000 +

Section 2 – Technology

Technology and Media based technology are being produced and reproduced at an expediential rate. Newer, fast, sexier, easier, more advanced versions of the basics already in place are being put on the market everyday.

The World Wide Web has over 11.5 billion web pages in the publicly indexable web as of the end of Jan 2005.

A YouGov poll in 2006 stated that 51% of 10yr old’s and 70% of 11yr olds own a mobile phone. That’s 648,300 children aged 10 and 11 that own a mobile phone.

Which of these items do you use on a daily basis? (Please Tick)

Mobile Phone
Paging Device
MP3 Player (iPod)
Games Console
Handheld Gaming Device
Personal Computer
Laptop
Internet
Graphics Tablet
PDA

Which of these items do you own? (Please Tick)

Mobile Phone
Paging Device
MP3 Player (iPod)
Games Console
Handheld Gaming Device
Personal Computer
Laptop
Internet
Graphics Tablet
PDA

On a scale of 1 – 10, 1 being the least amount of time and 10 being the most amount of time, do you use these items? (Please circle)

Mobile Phone
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Paging Device
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
MP3 Player (iPod)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Games Console
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Handheld Gaming Device
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Personal Computer
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Laptop
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Internet
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Graphics Tablet
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
PDA
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Section 3 – Internet

The Internet is an international computer network providing email and information from computers in educational institutions, government agencies, and industry, accessible to the general public via modem links.

Since the public were able to gain access to the Internet the economics of the world changed. More people are now able to do so many different things that usually they would have to pay to be done; themselves.

Do you have a computer at home connected to the Internet?

Yes No

If yes what is the Internet connection type? (Please Tick)

Dial-up
ADSL
Cable

Do you have wireless capability?

Yes No

What do you use your Internet connection for?

Email
Research (ie: Google)
Downloading
Music
Film
Documents
Photos
Networking (Ie: Facebook or MySpace)
Internet Shopping
Video Conferencing
Education
Edutainment

Section 4 – Mobile Technology

With wireless capabilities available in many different forms of mobile technology you can now access the Internet anywhere without the use of a computer or laptop assuming that there is a wireless network in the area.

Do you use any of the following on the Internet? If yes how often do you use that item for that purpose? 1 = Everyday, 2 = Every other day, 3 = Every week, 4 = Every couple of weeks and 5 = Every now an again.

Mobile Phone
1 2 3 4 5
ipod
1 2 3 4 5
Hand-held Gaming Device (ie: PSP)
1 2 3 4 5
PDA
1 2 3 4 5

Do you find that as you are able to now access the internet more on the move that you a relying less on actual contact with people with regards to such things as services or support? For instance, online banking?

Yes No

Section 5 – Education, Learning Styles and Usages

Education is a very important part of today’s society, using education as a tool to better ourselves. Many people associate education and learning with going to school, college and then university, however there are many different levels of learning and education.

For instance many people sit their driving tests every year. But the learning behind that is and can be done in many different ways. There’s a practical examination of which the learning is done through practical lessons for example, driving lessons, there is also the theory and aptitude tests of which can be learnt through many different mediums.

Internet, book’s, DVD’s and classroom instruction are just a selection of the different types of learning.

Do you educate yourself or others in any of the following environments?

Home
Educational Institute
Work
Night Class
Other_______________________

If yes to any of the above, are there any modern tools such as computers or smart boards used in that particular environment?

Yes No

If you answered yes, what forms of technology do you use?



Are these tools helpful?

Yes No

Did you find these tools more effective than traditional methods?

Yes No

If yes, why?





Can you think of an instance in the past 12 months of where you have been taught or learnt something new, either a skill or knowledge based, where modern technology has aided in successfully educating you in a way that traditional methods would not? If yes, what?