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Student Computer Usage Surveys

In both Fall 1999 and Fall 2000, Language Arts faculty administered a computer usage questionnaire to students in English, reading, and ESL classes. Selected highlights from the survey are displayed in the table below. Complete results of the 40-question survey are available from the Office of Institutional Research.
Student Computer Usage Survey Results
Skyline College, Fall 1999 and Fall 2000
Measure
All Respondents
1999
N=491		 2000
N=297		 Change
from 99
% of respondents that use a computer for school work 93.0% 97.3% 4.3%
% of respondents that work 5 or more hours per week
at a computer for school work		 67.6% 74.3% 6.7%
% of respondents that have a computer at home 84.5% 93.0% 8.5%
% of respondents with Internet access at home 69.4% 84.6% 15.2%
% of respondents with an e-mail account 71.3% 81.3% 10.0%
% of respondents that feel comfortable and able
to use computers for school		 82.0% 81.5% -0.5%
% of respondents currently enrolled in a
course that requires computer access		 79.9% 83.8% 3.9%
% of respondents that spend 5 or more hours
per week on the Internet		 53.7% 73.7% 20.0%
% of respondents that have constructed a web page 13.6% 26.8% 13.2%
% of respondents required to use a computer for
each the following activities
  homework 59.5% 68.7% 9.2%
  papers 65.3% 76.4% 11.1%
  reports 48.5% 56.9% 8.4%
  research 43.4% 60.6% 17.2%
  Internet 45.1% 60.6% 15.5%
  course information 33.7% 47.5% 13.8%
  bulletin boards 6.8% 11.8% 5.0%
  discussion groups 12.7% 17.2% 4.5%
  lectures 19.1% 23.6% 4.5%
  quizzes 14.4% 19.2% 4.8%
  spreadsheets 12.5% 14.8% 2.3%
  meetings 6.1% 7.4% 1.3%