This document summarizes theories about 21st century learners and explores mobile resources for faculty development. It examines the digital native theory which describes those born in the 90s as growing up with technology. It also discusses how habitual technology use develops digital skills regardless of age. While students may think they can multitask, research shows they cannot. The document promotes the use of mobile technology for faculty development through a wiki, newsletter, and upcoming iBook to support medical education.

1. Deirdre Bonnycastle
CCME 2013
@bonnycastle
© Life in the Fast Lane

2. 1. Examine some of the theories about 21st
century learners
2. Explore mobile resources for faculty
development that I developed.
Objectives

3. Is There a Generation Gap?

4. “Our students have changed
radically. Today‟s students are no
longer the people our educational
system was designed to teach.”
Mark Prensky
http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/prensky%20-
%20digital%20natives,%20digital%20immigrants%20-%20part1.pdf
.
Digital Natives Theory

5. “If you feel the need to refer to mobile
phones, computer games, or digital
cameras, you‟re probably a „digital
immigrant.‟ To the natives [including
most of those born in the 90s], these
are simply phones, games and
cameras.”
Anonymous

6. Generation Z:
• Has had access to the Internet from birth
• Has had access to email since elementary
school
• Has been using social networking programs
since high school
• Has used a smartphone since university
Do people access information
differently?

7. “Habitual use of technology develops
sophisticated digital skills regardless of
the age or birth date of the user. They
call these users „Digital Residents‟ and
suggest that those who are „Digital
Visitors‟ are less likely to be digitally
adept because of their casual or
infrequent use of digital tools.”
White and Le Cornu (2011)

8. • May think they can multitask, but can‟t
• Has access to information overload like no
other generation
• May not know how to access legitimate
information (science vs opinion)
• May never have been exposed to
educational technology.
Do people learn differently?

9. Distributed Medical
Education (2015)
Undergrad
• 60 in Saskatoon
• 40 in Regina
• 20 in Rural Sites
So why do I use mobile technology?

10. My Wiki
http://medicaleducation.wetpaint.com/
My Newsletter
http://www.scoop.it/t/medical-education-
canada
My Faculty Development Tools

11. My Faculty Development iBook is
still in development but will be
available for iPad through iTunes in
May 2013.
Presentation available at
http://www.slideshare.net/DeirdreB/presentations
I Support #FOAMED
Thank You