Środki naukowo-dydaktycznej komunikacji zdalnej środowisk akademickich

Abstract

Thesis/Objective – The progress of human civilization and technology induces the evolution of communication means, methods and tools. The directions of this evolution are defined by the need for effective communication and the effectiveness in question may be variously understood depending on the communication needs of a given community. The aim of the article is to present the results of research on communication means used by various academic community groups and identify trends in preferences for the particular means. Research methods – Data required for the research were collected with survey interview method using closed queries. Analyses and conclusion drawing were facilitated with data visualization techniques with data aggregated beforehand to specified demographic groups. Nominal and ordinal characters of individual attributes of collected data enabled the author of the article to use a formal statistical tool of chi-square test that provides the possibility of verifying the article thesis on the assumed level of importance. Results – The results of the research help to identify most preferred communication means for various demographic groups of the academic community and preferences/ expected trends within this area. The research shows that the preferences for communication means do not depend on gender but depend on the age of the particular community members. Conclusions – The research revealed significant expectations as regards changes in the communication means used by the academic community. The results of the analyses may help to improve planned updates of the communication processes among university departments and their staff and students as well as within the community itself. The dependence of preferred communication means on the age of the community members and the continuous development of technology imply further changes of discussed preferences.