Students' Acceptance of Web 2.0 Technologies in Higher Education: Findings from a Survey in a Romanian University

Abstract

This paper reports findings from a survey on students' attitude towards the use of Web 2.0 tools in a Romanian university. The purpose of the study is threefold: i) establish students' initial level of familiarity with various Web 2.0 tools, as well as their usage habits (time spent, frequency of accesses, purpose of use); ii) capture students' feedback after a practical learning experience involving the use of social software (in terms of ease-of-use, perceived usefulness, advantages and disadvantages); iii) analyze students' general opinion regarding the prospective large-scale introduction of Web 2.0 technologies in education. To this end, students participated in a team project assignment which required the use of blogs and wikis and were asked to fill in two opinion questionnaires. The paper provides a detailed report of the results, together with a discussion of findings and lessons learned.