4.0913 Responses: Computer Use on Campuses (2/43)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Sun, 20 Jan 91 17:14:12 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 0913. Sunday, 20 Jan 1991.


(1) Date: Thu, 17 Jan 91 12:36:19 EST (26 lines)
From: LL23000 <LL23%NEMOMUS.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: 4.0903 Age and the Use of Computers & E-Mail

(2) Date: Thu, 17 Jan 91 17:56:49 EST (17 lines)
From: Robert Hollander <bobh@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Subject: Re: 4.0903 Age and the Use of Computers & E-Mail

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Date: Thu, 17 Jan 91 12:36:19 EST
From: LL23000 <LL23%NEMOMUS.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: 4.0903 Age and the Use of Computers & E-Mail (4/74)

Adam,

I made the original comment that led to the Dartmouth info.

> the details). I'd be interested in seeing similar data from other
> schools - or do schools where computing is more difficult not do surveys
> about computer use? :-)

I, too, would be very interested to see similar info. I personally
never owned a computer till two summers ago, though I have been using
mainframes extensively for over ten years. So I question that the
students have to own their own computers. My university has pretty
good facilities, I think, but students don't use them as much as I would
like them to.

I was fascinated by the Dartmouth data, and would be interested to
see more data from other schools. Although my university's Plan explici
tly states computer literacy as a goal, I think we have relied on comput
er center usage for our stats.
Karen Kay
Asst. Prof. of Japanese
Northeast Missouri St.Univ
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Date: Thu, 17 Jan 91 17:56:49 EST
From: Robert Hollander <bobh@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Subject: Re: 4.0903 Age and the Use of Computers & E-Mail (4/74)

Adam Engst is correct, I think, when he suggests that the environment
at Dartmouth is so "pro-computational" that David Bantz's report on
the high degree of undergraduate use of the facilities there is at
least a bit exceptional. Since I've spent some time on that campus
teaching (if only a few summers) I think my anecdotal experience is
worth adding: I have found Dartmouth students a lot more computer-
oriented than Princeton ones. Among the people I teach, who are not
necessarily a typical bunch, perhaps, I find that almost exactly
half do _not_ use computers to communicate. After I come back off
leave next fall I am going to require that students in my course on
Dante use the bulletin board our computing people have set up for
the course. That will take only a little hand-holding, but will
make for Better Things.