12061

1/24/2012 10:27:15 AM

General Session - Conference Presentation Only (20 minutes, no formal paper)


 * The passive usage of ICT by Japanese undergraduate students**

The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the features of the Japanese undergraduate students’ attitude towards a variety of information communication technology (ICT) in order to construct the effective learning environment at a Japanese university. In Japan, it is mandatory to take the subject called “information” at the upper secondary schools, and the transition from the upper secondary schools to the higher education program is crucial to develop the effective learning environment. However there are not much studies that are specifically tried to grasp the current freshmen’s attitude towards the usage of ICT. Therefore, in order to investigate the Japanese undergraduate students’ attitude towards the usage of ICT, a survey questionnaire was administered at the beginning of the first semester in 2011 at 6 different universities in Japan. A total of 862 students responded to the survey. Of a total of 70 questions items, 68 items were closed-ended multiple choice questions and two were open-ended questions.

The basic descriptive data analysis shows that the usage of ICT by the freshmen is passive rather than active such as watching YouTube instead of watching TV and reading someone’s blog instead of commenting due to the short length of the possession of own computer etc. In the presentation, the results of the detail statistical analysis as well as the depth discussion by focusing on the Japanese cultural context will be presented.

All Audiences ICT Japanese undergraduate students questionnaire culture