Digital students - Is there a Gap? presentation at the EDEN 2012, Porto

DIGITAL STUDENTS – IS THERE A GAP? Dr.ing. Diana Andone EDEN Fellow 2012 “Politehnica” University of Timisoara, Romania EDEN 2012 Porto

Digital studentshttp://homepage.mac.com/dvchelo/page1/page3/files/page3-1003-pop.html

digital ones  Millennials  N‐Gen – Net Genera1on Echo Boomers  Internet Genera1on  Boomlet Nexters  Homo Zappiens The Nintendo Genera1on  Genera1on Y  the Digital Genera1on  

Digital natives Digital immigrants distinction is based on age SIMPLISTIC neuroplasticity of the brain Mark Prensky, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2010

Digital students & Technology

Digital students RWW

Digital students Take tehnology for granted

Digital students & Technology PewInternet Research

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The RO students’ use of technology 1. Mobile phone 2. SMS – text messaging 3. E-mail 4. Search engines (like Gogle) 5. Online messenger (Yahoo, MSN, others) 6. Skype, Google Talk, etc (VoIP) 7. Youtube (or other online video) 8. Flickr, Picassa (or other online photo album) 9. Online games 10. Blog 11. Wikipedia 12. FaceBook, MySpace, Hi5 or other online social networking 13. Second Life 14. Google Documents 15.Twitter

Digital students & Technology  the technology is very much embedded in young generation life their “use and skills are not uniform. There is no evidence of widespread and universal disaffection, or of a distinctly different learning style the like of which has never been seen before.” (Bennett, Maton and Kervin 2008).  there is a ”relation to the links between social disadvantage and digital disengagement”, “technological and social disadvantages are inextricably linked” (Helsper 2008).

how the young generation mixtechnology in learning  Accesses to technology, education level, society implications, media exposure

Digital students & Technology & Learning

Digital students & Learning Selwyn’s (2006) indicate also that students, which had an extensive use of technology, were also frustrated that their freedom of use was diminished in the educational environment and “were well aware of a digital disconnect but displayed a pragmatic acceptance rather than the outright alienation from the school that some commentators would suggest

Digital students & LearningOblinger, 2005,2009, Raines 2010, Livingstone 2008, 2010 :  Ability to multitask  Preference to learn from pictures, sounds and video rather than text  Interactive and networked activities are their first choice  young people lack key skills in evaluating adequately online content and they are inclined to use it as their own without knowing or understanding the skill of paraphrasing (Livingstone, Bober and Helsper 2005)

Digital students & Learning Homo Zappiens communicates using tools such as MSN, chat rooms and cell phones (Vern) Bob Woods they “rely on the ‘Net to help them with completing their schoolwork virtual guidance counsellor virtual study groups (Jones and Madden)

They are not “the many”…. Digital students 

Digital students 

Technology Characteristics Learning CommunicationComputers Confident Constant use of technology Write electronically Tech-savvy (type)Games Strategic thinking Learn from images, audio, Goal focused Evaluation and ‘reputation videos systems’ Doing rather then knowing Motivated for achieving (winning)Internet & Search and browsing for Rely on the online data Permanently onlineWeb information Danger of plagiarism Immediate response Networking Non-linearMobiles Use of multiple tools and Share and exchange Instant media ‘Push’ information and communication ‘Texting thumb’ knowledge Meet and connect instantly

enjoy enhanced interactivity and connectionsperceive their learning environment as boundlessno single approachleave the power of choice of the ‘right one’ to the student

Master the technology!

Think differently!!

Is it a Gap?  debate about digital natives represents an academic form of moral panic” (Bennett, Maton and Kervin 2008)  connection between the use of technology and age several others indicates that “learning and technology has nothing to do with generational divides.” (Ponterfact, 2010).  Vaidhyanathan states “there is no such thing as a digital generation”, as he mentions that in every generation there is a similar bell curve for accepting technology (Vaidhyanathan 2008).

Is it a Gap?April 2012, 53% of American adults age 65 and older use the internet or email69% of adults ages 65 and older report that they have a mobile phone, up from 57% in May 2010February 2012, one third (34%) of internet users age 65 and older use social networking sites such as Facebook, and 18% do so on a typical dayAugust 2011, 86% of internet users age 65 and older use email Pew Intrenet – 6 June 2012 Older adults and internet use

Don’t beafraid!

Diana Andone Director eLearning Center“Politehnica” University of Timisoara Romania diana@cm.upt.ro @diando70 EDEN 2012 Porto

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