This survey of NIE faculty found that: - Blackboard is the primary ICT tool used for teaching and learning, used daily or weekly by most faculty. Google Apps is also commonly used. - Common features used across tools are content repositories, discussion forums, and communications. - While most faculty are proficient with Blackboard, other tools proficiency levels vary. - Additional training is needed in instructional strategies for technology integration and tools like Google Apps. - A diversity of secondary tools are being experimented with but support is needed for their effective use in teaching and learning.

1. Faculty Survey on Use
of ICT Tools 2012
Summary of Responses

2. Objectives of this survey
How is e-learning like in NIE?
• What are the current practices?
• Who uses what? and for what?
• Proficiency of users?
• What will be the gaps? (technical,
pedagogy?)

3. Background
 Administered on 14 May 2012 (2 weeks
response time)
 Faculty Staff
 Survey using Google Forms
 Response rate: 10% or 55 responses (to
date)

4. Responses

5. Mobile Devices Owned

6. Use of Mobile Devices for Learning

7. What do you use it for?
Remote Flipped
access to classroom, 1
desktop, 1
mGeo
(upload picts,
comments), 1
Content
Delivery (access
video, course
Comms materials), 5
(Tweet, FB), 2
Reflection, 2
Poll /
Surveys, 3
Discussion, 3
Interactive
Games, 1

8. Why aren’t you using mobile devices for
Teaching & Learning (T&L)?
Not yet, 4
Not well
supported, 2
Resources, 8
Unreliable, 2
Do not know
how to use, 4
Don't see the
need, 10

9. What support do you need to start using
mobile devices for T&L?
Demo /
Sharing /
Materials, 3
Not sure, 1
Training, 16
Hardware
& Apps (iPad),
16

10. What is the primary ICT tool you are
using currently for T&L?
Facebook, 1 Dropbox, 1 PB Works, 1
Edmodo, 1
Google Apps ,
13
Blackboard, 36

11. Common Features Used in Blackboard
Communications
,6
Assignment
Submission, 4
Wiki, 3
Content
Repository, 28
Blogging, 3
Discussion
Forum, 14

12. Common Features Used in Other ICT
Tools (e.g. Google Apps, Dropbox)
Wiki, 1
Blogging, 2 Discussion
Forum, 7
Content
Repository, 7

13. Common Features Used (Collated)

14. Comparison of Features Used
Communications
Assignment Submission
Wiki Blackboard
Others (e.g.
Blogging Google Apps)
Discussion Forum
Content Repository
0 10 20 30

15. How often do you use Blackboard for
T&L?
Seldom, 2
Daily, 5
Once a mth, 9
Weekly, 20

16. How often do you use other ICT tools
for T&L?
Only during e-
learning week, 1
Seldom, 1
Once a mth, 2
Daily, 8
Weekly, 4

17. Frequency of Use – BB & Others
Only during e-learning week
Seldom
Once a mth Blackboard
Others
Weekly
Daily
0 5 10 15 20 25

18. How proficient are you in the use of
Blackboard for T&L?
Expert - 5
4
3
2
Beginner - 1
0 5 10 15 20

19. How proficient are you in the use of
other ICT tools for T&L?
Expert - 5
4
3
2
Beginner - 1
0 2 4 6 8 10

20. Secondary ICT tools used for T&L
Soft Chalk YouTube, 1 2nd life, 1
Lesson Builder, Computer
1 assisted
Socrative, 1
assessment
Prezi, 1 Cmap, 2 software, 1
Powerpoint, 1 Content sharing
sites and
resource
Popplet, 1 archives, 1
Pbworks, 1 Facebook, 1 Edmodo, 1
Glogster, 1
Mindmeister, 1
Mind manager, 1 Google docs, 4
IWB, 2
IPad and iPhone
apps and
diverse type of Group Google sites, 1
web tools, 1 Scribbles, 1

21. Features Used
Concept map, 2 Gaming, 1 Creating an
interactive
Develop online
lesson, 1
narrated
lectures., 1
Content
repository, 7 Google Docs, 1
Google +, 1
Creating teaching
materials, 1
Collaborative
content Assessment, 2 Online concept
development,
mapping, 1
5
Youtube Video, 2
Discussion
Forum, 6
Presentation of
content, 3
Teaching
demonstrations, 3

22. Frequency of Use
Weekly
Seldom
Only during 'e-learning' week
Once a month
Never
Daily
0 2 4 6 8 10 12

23. Proficiency of Use
Expert - 5
4
3
2
Beginner - 1
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14

24. Other ICT Tools Needed
Virtual World
Use of iPad for Teaching
Developing Surveys / Quizzes
Nvivo
PB Wiki
Farstone Capture
Evernote
Popplet
Diigo
Not Sure / No idea
Social Media Tools
Google Docs
Google Sites
Apps Development
0 2 4 6 8 10 12

25. Intent of Usage

26. ICT Workshop Needed
Virtual World, 1
Evernote, 1
Best practices Google Apps, 1
sharing, 1
Educational
Apps, 1
Google Sites, 1
Instructional
Strategies, 13
Developing E-
Portfolios, 7

27. Implications
 Staff PD – Instructional Strategies (e.g. use
of collaborative classrooms for T&L)
 Developing internal competencies – Google
Apps Certification Training
 Diversity of secondary ICT tools used
• Staff are highly encouraged to develop personal
competencies

28. Thank you.