Learning Environment Architecture Development Project
Faculty Survey Responses

  • Responses by College

  • Question 1: In the last week, for each platform listed below, how many different desktop and laptop computers have you used for instruction-related tasks?

  • Question 2: Of all the time that you devoted to instruction in the last week, what percent did you spend working from an off-campus location (including home)?

  • Question 3: From off-campus locations during the past week, how often did you logon for instruction-related activities (e.g., e-mail, listservs, WWW, Telnet, etc.)?

  • Question 4: Please indicate if you currently suggest or require that students in your class(es) use the following instructional resources.

  • Question 5: Which of the following best describes your situation with regards to having at least one course web page?

  • Question 6: How important are each if the following elements for your existing or anticipated course webpage (assume technology and support are available)?

  • Question 7: Which instructional tools do you, your TA, or other staff person under your direction use?

  • Question 8: Considering the time you spend on the following tasks, if technological advances allowed you to be more productive, what order of priority would you recommend for implementation?

  • Question 9: When you have a computer problem or questions, where do you go for help?

  • Question 10: For teaching in your discipline, how important is technology with regard to...


Population = Academic Senate and Unit 18 Lecturers (N = 1295)
Sample = Simple Random Sample (N=650)
Completed Surveys Returned (N=227; 35%)

Responses by college and department:

College and Department # in population # responded % of total surveyed
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Agric. & Resource Economics 28 1 4%
Agronomy & Range Science 21 8 38%
Animal Science 34 9 26%
Bio & Ag Engr 15 1 7%
Entomology 18 4 22%
Environmental Design 28 2 7%
Environmental Horticulture 10 5 50%
Environmental Science & Policy 15 2 13%
Environmental Toxicology 6 2 33%
Food Science & Tech 18 4 22%
Human & Community Development 24 8 33%
LAWR 35 9 26%
Nematology 6 0 0%
Nutrition 15 4 27%
Plant Pathology 16 4 25%
Pomology 15 3 20%
Textiles & Clothing 7 1 14%
Vegetable Crops 17 3 18%
Viticulture & Enology 13 1 8%
Wildlife, Fish & Conserv Biology 9 4 44%
Total: 350 86 25%
Division of Biological Sciences
Evolution & Ecology 23 4 17%
Microbiology 17 0 0%
Molecular & Cellular Biology 33 7 21%
Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior 23 3 13%
Plant Biology 17 2 12%
Total: 113 16 14%
Engineering
Chemical Engr/Materials Sci 20 7 35%
Civil & Environ Engr 26 7 27%
Electr & Comp Engr 35 4 11%
Engr Applied Science 14 3 21%
Engr Computer Science 22 3 14%
Institute Of Transportation Studies 1 1 100%
Mech & Aero Engr 28 8 29%
Total: 146 33 23%
Letters and Science: Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies
African-American & African Studies 4 1 25%
American Studies 5 1 20%
Art 21 3 14%
Asian American Studies 3 0 0%
Chicano Studies 5 0 0%
Chinese & Japanese 16 4 25%
Comparative Literature 10 0 0%
English 69 11 16%
French & Italian 18 1 6%
German & Russian 11 1 9%
Linguistics 16 1 6%
Music 31 1 3%
Native American Studies 8 1 13%
Religious Studies 8 0 0%
Spanish & Classics 20 5 25%
Theatre And Dance 13 1 8%
Women's Studies 4 1 25%
Total: 254 32 13%
Letters and Science: Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Chemistry 25 6 24%
Geology 19 5 26%
Mathematics 43 5 12%
Physics 33 5 15%
Statistics 15 2 13%
Total: 135 23 17%
Letters and Science: Social Sciences
Anthropology 22 2 9%
Communication 7 2 29%
Economics 23 3 13%
Education 18 2 11%
Exercise Science 8 2 25%
History 33 4 12%
Military Science 7 0 0%
Philosophy 11 0 0%
Political Science 20 2 10%
Psychology 30 6 20%
Sociology 24 5 21%
Total: 192 28 15%


Population: By College


Respondants: By College


  1. In the last week, for each platform listed below, how many different desktop and laptop computers have you used for instruction-related tasks?

Desktop Platforms % Using
Win 61.7%
Mac 47.6%
(Both Mac + Win) (17.6%)
Unix 15.4%
None (excluding laptop users) 6.2%


On-campus Desktop Platforms % Using Median Range
Win 49.8% 1 1-60
Mac 42.3% 1 1-24
Unix 14.5% 1 1-40
None (excluding laptop office users) 11%      


Off-campus Desktop Platforms % Using Median Range
Win 34.8% 1 1-3
Mac 27.8% 1 1-2
Unix 3.1% 1 1-1
None(excluding laptop home users) 23%      




Desktop Platforms
Desktop Platform Use by College
College N Mac PC UNIX None
AES 75 32% 68% 7% 12%
DBS 15 53% 67% 7% 0%
ENGR 33 54.5% 67% 33% 0%
L&S HACS 32 78% 50% 3% 0%
L&S MPS 23 56.5% 35% 48% 9%
L&S SS 28 43% 75% 11% 0%


Desktop Platform Use by Rank
RANK N Mac PC UNIX NONE
Lecturer / SR Lecturer 43 67% 53% 5% 7%
Assistant Professor 30 47% 63% 20% 3%
Associate Professor 31 39% 55% 23% 10%
Professor 104 45% 65% 15% 7%

Platform Use by College



Question 1 Continued: What laptop platform(s) do you use? From what locations do you use laptop computers (home, office, classroom, travel, don't use a laptop)?

Laptop Platforms % Using Median # Range
Mac 18.5% 1 1-5
Win 32.2% 1 1-4
Unix 1.8% 1 1-1
None 50.7%      
Laptop Platforms
Locations of laptop use

Home 81%
Travel 54%
Office 52%
Class 39%
Lab 20%
"Other" 6%


Laptop Locations
  1. Of all the time that you devoted to instruction in the last week, what percent did you spend working from an off-campus location (including home)?

    0% time 10.1%
    1-25% time 48.5%
    26-50% time 25.1%
    >50% time 14.5%


  2. From off-campus locations during the past week, how often did you logon for instruction-related activities (e.g., e-mail, listservs, WWW, Telnet, etc.)?

    Did not logon 27%
    < daily 26%
    1 or 2 daily 25.5%
    >3 daily 20%


Times Logged On from Off Campus - By College
Logging on from Off Campus by College

College N Did not log on < daily 1-2 daily > 3 daily
AES 75 37% 24% 24% 13%
DBS 15 47% 27% 13% 7%
ENGR 33 21% 39% 21% 15%
L&S HACS 32 31% 9% 28% 31%
L&S MPS 23 13% 30% 30% 26%
L&S SS 28 11% 32% 29% 29%

  1. Please indicate if you currently suggest or require that students in your class(es) use the following instructional resources.

Tasks Required Suggested
e-mail 36% 51.5%
Elect file distribution 22% 14%
Course Web Pages 16% 21%
Melvyl 11% 31%
Other on-line resources 10% 26%
Computer presentation 8% 8%
On-line discussion / News groups 3.5% 11%
Web Development 3% 3%
Database Development 0.4% 3%

Student Requirements by College


Question 4 Continued. Student Requirements by college
e-mail N Required Suggested
AES 75 40% 49%
DBS 15 20% 47%
ENGR 33 42% 48%
L&S HACS 32 34% 59%
L&S MPS 23 35% 57%
L&S SS 28 21% 57%


Electronic File Dist. N Required Suggested
AES 75 20% 13%
DBS 15 20% 27%
ENGR 33 24% 6%
L&S HACS 32 19% 12.5%
L&S MPS 23 36% 35%
L&S SS 28 18% 14%


Course Web Page N Required Suggested
AES 75 23% 13%
DBS 15 13% 53%
ENGR 33 24% 21%
L&S HACS 32 3% 16%
L&S MPS 23 26% 43%
L&S SS 28 7% 25%


On-line Library / Melvyl N Required Suggested
AES 75 12% 27%
DBS 15 20% 27%
ENGR 33 9% 21%
L&S HACS 32 9% 41%
L&S MPS 23 4% 17%
L&S SS 28 11% 43%


On-line Research N Required Suggested
AES 75 11% 33%
DBS 15 7% 27%
ENGR 33 9% 15%
L&S HACS 32 12.5% 31%
L&S MPS 23 0% 9%
L&S SS 28 11% 32%

Computer Projection N Required Suggested
AES 75 13% 9%
DBS 15 13% 7%
ENGR 33 6% 6%
L&S HACS 32 6% 9%
L&S MPS 23 0 0
L&S SS 28 7% 4%


On-line discussion N Required Suggested
AES 75 3% 17%
DBS 15 7% 13%
ENGR 33 6% 15%
L&S HACS 32 3% 12.5%
L&S MPS 23 0 9%
L&S SS 28 4% 0


Web Page Devel. N Required Suggested
AES 75 4% 4%
DBS 15 0 0
ENGR 33 3% 3%
L&S HACS 32 0 3%
L&S MPS 23 0 0
L&S SS 28 7% 0


Database Devel. N Required Suggested
AES 75 1% 4%
DBS 15 0 0
ENGR 33 0 0
L&S HACS 32 0 3%
L&S MPS 23 0 0
L&S SS 28 0 4%


  1. Which of the following best describes your situation with regards to having at least one course web page?

Don't have one 35%
Plan to have one 26%
Have at least one. (Mean =1.8) 39%

Where are your web pages located (departmental server, personal server, TRC server, PUBWEB, etc)? URLs available

 Importance of Web Page Elements


  1. How important are each if the following elements for your existing or anticipated course webpage (assume technology and support are available)?(scale 1 to 5; 5=essential)


OVERALL
Element N Mean SD
General Information 151 4.56 .86
Visualization 145 2.89 1.46
Class Password 144 2.63 1.60
Database interface 139 2.45 1.47
Automated responses 143 2.44 1.37
Individual Passwords 145 2.29 1.50


Those who have a web page
Element N Mean SD
General Information 87 4.55 .85
Visualization 83 2.69 1.47
Class Password 84 2.49 1.32
Automated responses 83 2.36 1.39
Database interface 81 2.27 1.46
Individual Passwords 83 2.04 1.39

Those who plan to have a web page
Element N Mean SD
General Information 58 4.6 4 .77
Visualization 56 3.21 1.40
Class Password 54 2.85 1.53
Database interface 52 2.77 1.49
Individual Passwords 56 2.73 1.60
Automated responses 54 2.57 1.31


  1. Which instructional tools do you, your TA, or other staff person under your direction use?

Top three
Current Used Future Use
Melvyl 52% Web Page Creation 25%
On-line Texts 20% On-line Texts 20%
Web Page Creation 18.5% Melvyl 20%


  1. Considering the time you spend on the following tasks, if technological advances allowed you to be more productive, what order of priority would you recommend for implementation?
    (1=highest priority)

Task N % ranked "1" or "2"
Presentation and Distribution 201 61%
Record Keeping / Grading 200 52.5%
Student Contact 191 44.5%
Web page creation 188 35%
Student Collaboration 176 19%
Assignment Mgt. 173 15%


Presentation and distribution N % ranked "1" or "2"
AES 72 65%
DBS 13 54%
ENGR 28 64%
L&S HACS 29 55%
L&S MPS 19 74%
L&S SS 23 57%


Record Keeping / Grading N % ranked "1" or "2"
AES 68 43%
DBS 14 43%
ENGR 28 68%
L&S HACS 29 38%
L&S MPS 21 52%
L&S SS 23 74%


Student Contact N % ranked "1" or "2"
AES 68 41%
DBS 12 50%
ENGR 25 24%
L&S HACS 29 55%
L&S MPS 19 58%
L&S SS 20 35%

Web Page Creation N % ranked "1" or "2"
AES 67 37%
DBS 11 45%
ENGR 28 18%
L&S HACS 26 27%
L&S MPS 17 41%
L&S SS 23 57%


Student Collaboration N % ranked "1" or "2"
AES 63 16%
DBS 11 27%
ENGR 26 8%
L&S HACS 27 44%
L&S MPS 16 6%
L&S SS 17 12%


Assignment Management N % ranked "1" or "2"
AES 64 19%
DBS 11 0
ENGR 24 25%
L&S HACS 26 4%
L&S MPS 16 12.5%
L&S SS 17 12%


Priorities by College


  1. When you have a computer problem or questions, where do you go for help?
   Hardware Software Web Page Courseware Network
Top Source Dept Technical Support Staff (84%) Dept Technical Support Staff (73%) Dept Technical Support Staff (38%) Dept Technical Support Staff (19%) Dept Technical Support Staff (60%)
Second Source Colleague (24%) Colleague (37%) Student (17%) Colleague (15%) IT-Express (23%)
Third Source Other (16%) Other (22%) Colleague (15%) Other (8%) College Technical Support Staff (12%)


Use of department technical support staff by college and task

College N Hardware Software Web Page Courseware Network
AES 75 81% 71% 33% 15% 55%
DBS 15 87% 73% 47% 20% 67%
ENGR 33 85% 73% 48% 21% 73%
L&S HACS 32 88% 75% 38% 25% 69%
L&S MPS 23 96% 87% 57% 30% 83%
L&S SS 28 86% 68% 25% 4% 43%


  1. For teaching in your discipline, how important is technology with regard to...
     Rate from 1 to 5. 5=Very important; 1=Not important
       N % Rated
    5 or 4
    ...access to information content 216 66%
    ...student computer literacy 213 65%
    ...improving pedagogy 215 46%


    Importance by College. % Rated 4 or 5

    College N content computer literacy pedagogy
    AES 62 82% 64% 47%
    DBS 15 67% 47% 47%
    ENGR 30 43% 80% 30%
    L&S HACS 32 62.5% 57% 59%
    L&S MPS 23 65% 78% 52%
    L&S SS 23 61% 70% 48%


    Importance of Technology