Is Your University Ready For the Ne(x)t-Generation?

Is Your University Ready For the Ne(X)t-Generation

Walther Nagler, Martin Ebner

http://www.flickr.com/photos/maebmij/123180774 „ Our students have changed radically. Today‘s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach.“ Mark Prenksy 2001

„ These new generations of learners do not see technology as something foreign. They readily accept technology and consider technology to be part of their lives. Moreover, the use of mobile technology is a 21st Century skill that students and workers must have to function in society .“ M. Ally 2007 Ally, M. (2007). Mobile Learning . The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning , 8 (2).

Mobile Learning? http://flickr.com/photos/thomcochrane/416206133/

Students of Today? http://flickr.com/photos/galipette/181912081/

http://flickr.com/photos/powerbooktrance/289992273/ / Students of Today?

Net Gener http://pizdaus.com/pics/MC3KUw7uCDtL.jpg Digital Native Gamer Instant messager Multitasker Millenial Generation Y 4 Generation @ Digitally literate student Technology-savvy student

It is important to talk about Net Generation no longer in a private subjective way but to undertake it a scientific research on base of empiric data about media behavior of our kids and teenagers. Rolf Schulmeister, 2007/2008

Studies about media behavior of the young

The JIM-Study 2008

Since 1998 the JIM study annually surveys the media and information behavior of 12 to 19 years old german (n = 1000).

Cell phones and MP3-player have become standard devices

More than 50% have an own Internet access

Internet has become the most important media

Internet means communication

Online communities gain a boom

Internet Usage at European Universities in 2008

Where people connect to the Internet

Internet Usage 1997 and 2009

What is it like at our University?

Kangaroos to be seen at the Vienna Zoo  Graz

Study facts

Study covers freshman to TU Graz in 2007 and 2008

2007 n = 578; 2008 n = 821 (56% of all freshman08)

Survey took place during Welcome Days

Paper form survey to reach more stundent

Topics: Technological equipment Digital communication Web2.0 activities in general Web2.0 activities towards E-Learning2.0

Equipment

Internet Access

Digital Communication Tools

Overall Usage of Web2.0 in 2007

Overall Usage of Web2.0 in 2008

Target of web2.0 Usage in 2007

Target of web2.0 Usage in 2008

Discussion

Access to Internet not limited

A lot of different devices

Mobil devices on upward trend

Digital communication is very common

Social Communities gain importance

Web2.0 means Wikipedia and YouTube

E-Learning2.0 means Wikipedia

Discussion Universities suffer from less power sockets and WLAN Training the lecturers e-Learning competence E-Learning activities should become part of the paid teaching responsibilities Some of the Web2.0 achievements must be taken serious and integrated into modern didactics

The Net-generation is close to come but has not arrived university yet They are very well equipped and get slowly experienced to Web2.0 They are not used to have e-Learning implemented during their school time … which is not their fault

SOCIAL LEARNING Computer and Information Services Graz University of Technology Walther Nagler http://elearning.tugraz.at http://elearningblog.tugraz.at