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Steve Yuen

comScore Spotlights 2010 Mobile Growth 02/14/2011 - 0 views

  • Smartphone adoption accelerated in both the U.S. and Europe. U.S. smartphone adoption reached 27% of mobile subscribers as of December, up 10 percentage points from the prior year, while European adoption reached 31%, also up nearly 10 points.
  • Network quality and cost of monthly plan were the top two purchase consideration factors for mobile subscribers in the U.S. and U.K.
  • Nokia was the top manufacturer in the U.K., Germany, Italy and Spain. Samsung took the top spot in the U.S. and France, and also ranked in the top three in the U.K., Germany, Italy and Spain.
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  • More than a third (36%) of mobile Americans and 29%  of Europeans browsed the mobile Web in December, with access through an application reaching 34% of Americans and 28% of Europeans. Across regions, mobile browsing and application usage is growing in the range of seven to nine percentage points per year.
  • More than 75% of mobile subscribers in Japan are connected media users (identified as those who used their browser, accessed applications or downloaded content), far exceeding their U.S. and European counterparts. Japan also saw nearly 10% of its mobile audience make a purchase with their mobile wallet in December 2010.
  • The number of mobile users that accessed a social networking site at least once a month via their mobile device in 2010 grew 56%, to nearly 58 million in the U.S., and 75% in Europe, to 42 million.
  • uptake of the mobile Web and apps (34.5%) in the U.S. is roughly on par. It will be interesting to see in 2011 if the mobile Web outpaces app growth as HTML5 gains ground as a platform for building mobile Web sites and creating a more user-friendly experience.
Steve Yuen

New Cengage Learning: Instructors and Students: Technology Use, Engagement and Learning... - 0 views

  • Today’s college students are juggling multiple demands and are also entering school lacking essential skills, which is significantly impacting their ability to study and focus, according to a survey released by Cengage Learning.
  • more than 25 percent of their students enter the classroom without basic skills in reading, writing, math and other areas.
  • nearly half of today’s college students hold jobs and 30 percent report being distracted by external responsibilities,
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  • Tech Effect: Technology Positively Impacts Student Engagement
  • • A majority (58 percent) of instructors believe that technology in courses positively impacts student engagement. • Seventy-one percent of instructors that rated student engagement levels as “high” report seeing a great benefit to learning outcomes as a result of using technology in courses. • Seventy-one percent of students who are employed full-time and seventy-seven percent of students who are employed part-time prefer more technology-based tools in the classroom.
  • Survey Says: Increased Need and Support for Educational Technology According to the survey, students and instructors have seen technology improve engagement in the past 12 months. • In fact, 79 percent of instructors and 86 percent of students have seen the average level of engagement improve over the last year as they have increased their use of digital educational tools. • Additionally, 67 percent of students reported they preferred courses that use a great deal of technology, a nine percent increase from the previous year. • Similarly, 58 percent of instructors said they prefer teaching courses that use a great deal of technology, a 10 percent increase from 2009.
  • What type of impact have the following technologies had on your overall learning? ■ 87% of students believe online libraries and databases have had the most significant impact on their overall learning. ■ 62% identify blogs, wikis, and other online authoring tools while 59% identify YouTube and recorded lectures. ■ E-books and e-textbooks impact overall learning among 50% of students surveyed, while 42% of students identify online portals.Which of the following technologies will have the greatest impact on student engagement? ■ 44% of instructors believe that online libraries and databases will have the greatest impact on student engagement. ■ 32% of instructors identify e-textbooks and 30% identify interactive homework solutions as having the potential to improve engagement and learning outcomes. (ereaders was 11%) ■ 49% of students believe that online libraries and databases will have the greatest impact on student engagement. ■ 31% identify e-textbooks and 27% identify interactive homework solutions as having the potential to improve engagement and learning outcomes. (ereaders was 11%) Students are more optimistic.
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