Tufts Students Respond: Key Findings from The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology.
In 2003, the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) launched its first major study of college students and their use of information technology (IT). Conducted annually, the study asks undergraduates to respond to an extensive set of questions concerning their ownership of, use of, and perceived skill with various information technologies both inside and outside the classroom.
Tufts University has participated in the ECAR Study for the past two years by surveying freshmen and senior undergraduates on a self-selected basis. The ECAR survey has been conducted locally by UIT Academic Technology, in coordination with the Offices of the Dean of Student Services and the Dean of Undergraduate Education, and with support from Dawn Terkla, Associate Provost for Institutional Research. Tufts’ participation in the survey lends value to the overall research study, which, in 2008, included survey data from 27, 317 freshmen, senior, and community college students and interview data from students at 98 institutions of higher education.
The 2008 Tufts Students Respond report represents a distillation of The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2008 with a focus on how Tufts students compare to their peers at other ECAR four-year institutions in terms of their perceptions of and use of information technology. This year's report includes key highlights and observations from the full ECAR data set, key findings and observations from the Tufts data set, and a comprehensive series of charts graphically representing the full set of ECAR Study findings.
Previous Years' Reports
2007 Tufts Students Respond Report
Your Course Online: Services and Tools to Support Online Teaching and Learning at Tufts University
This guide is designed to help you find answers to your questions about putting your course materials online and using technology tools available at Tufts to support your teaching.
Download PDF Here: Your Course Online.pdf
Distance Education Planning Guide
Originally created for the Sept. 27, 2002 Distance Education Symposium, this guide contains information on building a business case; a workbook with questions concerning important planning issues; and a list of online resources and articles.
Download PDF Here: DE Planning Guide.pdf
Innovations in Learning (newsletter archive)
November 2005 (download PDF)
- Learning Tools for the Net Generation
- Facilitating Communities through the Use of Social Bookmarks
- What is ARTStor?
May 2005 (download PDF)
- The Role of Technology in Student Feedback and Assessment
- Eco-Linkup: Connecting Tufts University’s Environmental Community
- Classroom Response Systems: Case Scenarios for Use
- ICPSR Summer Program Available
- How Can I Use Tablet PCs for Teaching?
- Technology Resources for Student Feedback and Assessment
March 2005 (download PDF)
- What is a Digital Library?
- Technology Assistance at Tufts (Part II)
- Digital Libraries at Tufts and Beyond
November 2004 (download PDF)
- Cognitive Desiderata: Answering the Question Before Choosing the Technology
- Pedagogy into Instructional Technology: An Interview with Nick Laudato
- Technology Assistance at Tufts
- Webcast
September 2004 (download PDF)
- Technologies for Active Learning
- Innnovative Roles of Technology in Research, Part Two
- Faculty Development at Academic Technology
- What is a Wiki?
- 2004 APT Grant Recipients Announced
- Additional Resources for Active Learning
June 2004 (download PDF)
- Ethics and Technology
- What is the IRB?
- Article Review / Ethical Issues Concerning the Use of Geographic Information Systems Technology with Indigenous Communities
March 2004 (download PDF)
- Transforming Research Through Technology
- Innovative Roles of Technology In Research, Part One
- Article Review / Scientific Collaboratories: Evaluating their Potential
- What is an ePortfolio?
November 2003 (download PDF)
- Critical Thinking and Technology Roundtable
- Profiles in Faculty Development, Part 2
- Article Review: How to Improve Critical Thinking Using Educational Technology
- What is Just-in-Time Teaching?
- Additional Resources
September 2003 (download PDF)
- Innovations in Faculty Development
- Profiles in Faculty Development, Part 1
- What is a Blog?
- Additional Resources
April 2003 (download PDF)
- The Spectrum of Cognitive Tools
- ILDs: Cognitive Tools at Tufts
- Instructional Strategies
Februrary 2003 (download PDF)
- The Nature of Situated Learning
- E-Government: A Course in Situated Learning
- Instructional Strategies
November 2002 (download PDF)
- Learning - A Social Process
- Facilitating Social Learning
- Instructional Strategies
September 2002 (download PDF)
- Universal Design for Learning and Teaching
- Human Factors and UDL at Tufts
- UDL in Practice: Dr. Sheryl Burgstahler's Approach
