To gain statistical evidence regarding the opinions and preferences that students have on the use of technology in an academic setting, we conducted an online questionnaire that was sent out to all English 101 students at WWU. Here are the most significant results we were presented with:

According to these responses, more than half of students prefer to learn by participating in hands on experiences/activities. What we could pull from these stats was that only 32% of students think it is easier to learn through the use of technology.

According to this data, the majority of students prefer to communicate their ideas through typing it out on a word document, second to verbal communication.

This chart shows that the vast majority of students prefer to communicate with a professor in person, rather than over email. We learned from the interview process that this is because it is easier to express your feelings and concerns in person, rather than in an email.

These responses show that the majority of students interviewed believe that technology makes learning easier most of the time and can be helpful in most situations. We found these answers to be interesting because they conflict with the answer to question #1, which state that the students believe the non-technological learning methods were more helpful than technological ones.

The data from these responses show that the majority of the students believe that the advancement of technology throughout the years has only slightly helped further their communication skills in the classroom. This is interesting because we initially thought that more students would have stated that technology has significantly furthered their skills.

These responses show that 100% of the students surveyed are dependent on communication technologies.