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Slide1
THE DIGITAL GENERATION
Esther Keith
Jarrod Steinmetz
Slide2Who are they?
Slide3Who are they?
Digital natives and the Net generation (
Bittman
et al, 2011)
Natural aptitude to technology
Proficient at using it
Never been in a world without
it
Slide4Who are they?
Highly connected
Want quick access to information
Want customization
Able to process parallel sources of information
(Contreras et al, 2011).
Slide5Who are they?
Millennials
Have “never experienced a ‘pre-digital’ world” (Jones et al , 2010)
Slide6Supporters
“Generation Gap” (Buckingham, 2006)
Stereotypes: (Carlson, 2005)
Smart
ImpatientTech SavvyMultitaskingWant to choose what kind of education they receive including how and where they learn.Technology has impacted how people learn. (
Ransdell
, 2008)
Photo Credit: Quinn
Dombrowski
; http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/3286019142/
Photo Credit: Brad
Flickinger
; http://www.flickr.com/photos/56155476@N08/5326220628/
Slide7Skeptics
“Digital Generation” = over-simplified
(Jones et al, 2010)
Digital Natives & Immigrants
Slide8Skeptics
Created because of “elite” up-bringing
(Brown et al, 2010)
Photo Credit:
Genta
Masuda
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnt/3518267115
/
Slide9Skeptics
Age range is not set.
Slide10Skeptics
Does technology control instruction or do instructors control technology?
Slide11Which point stands out the most?
Slide12Impact of Technology on Instruction
Photo Credit: Jay
Yohe
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yohe/405027936/
Slide13Differentiated
Instruction
Photo Credit: Rich Johnson
http://www.flickr.com/photos/richjohnsonphoto/6256185600
Slide14Examples
Wikis (
Boulos
)
Blogs
Podcasts
Video Games
E-
Books (
Siegle
)
Digital
Cameras
(Tartar)
Photo Credits:
wikipedia.com
; B2B Blog (b2bsocialmediaguide.com),
podcast.casaforchildren.org
, Fujifilm (
digitalcamera.blogspot.com
)
Video Games can:
Activate prior learning
Provide context
Offer feedback and assessment
Foster transfer of information
Foster experimentation
Encourage social interactions
(
Oblinger
, 2004)
Slide15Our Response:
Don’t assume too much.
Expectations on Teachers.
Photo Credit
:
CollegeDegrees360
http://www.flickr.com/photos/83633410@N07/7658298768/
Slide16Purposeful Integration
Preparation for Work Force
Interact to
Learn
Slide17References
Bittman
, M., Rutherford, L., Brown, J., &
Unsworth
, L. (2011). Digital natives? New and old media and children's outcomes. Australian Journal of Education , 55
(2), 161-175
.
Boulos
, M.,
Maramba, I., & Wheeler, S. (2006). Wikis, blogs and podcasts: a new generation of Web-based tools for virtual collaborative clinical practice and education. BMC Medical Education, 6:41. Retrieved July 10, 2012, from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1564136/ Brown, C. & Czerniewicz, L. (2010). Debunking the 'digital native': beyond digital apartheid, towards digital democracy.
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
, 26(5), 357-369.
Doi
:
10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00369.x.
Buckingham, D., & Willett, R. (2006). Is there a Digital Generation?.
Digital Generations: Children, Young People and New Media
. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
.
Carlson, S. (2005). The net generation goes to college.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
,
52
(7). Retrieved July 10, 2012, from http://www.msmc.la.edu/include/learning_resources/todays_learner/The_Net_Generation.pdf
Slide18Contreras, D, Meyer, E,
Salinas, A, &
Sánchez
, J. (2011). Does the New Digital Generation of Learners Exist? A Qualitative Study.
British Journal of Educational Technology, 42 (4), 543-556. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2010.01069.xJones
, C &
Czerniewicz
, L. (2010). Describing or debunking? The net generation and digital natives.
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
, 26 (5), 317-320. Doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00379.xJones, C. & Healing, G. (2010). Net generation students: agency and choice and the new technologies. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 26 (5), 344-356. Doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00370.xOblinger
, D. (2004). The next generation of educational engagement.
Journal of Interactive Media in Education
,
8
. Retrieved July 10, 2012, from http://jime.open.ac.uk/2004/8/oblinger
Ransdell
, S., Kent, B., Gaillard-Kenney, S., & Long, J. (2011). Digital immigrants fare better than digital natives due to social reliance.
British Journal of Education Technology
,
42
(6), 931-938
.
Siegle
, D. (2012). Embracing
e
-Books: Increasing students’ motivation to read and write.
Gifted Child Today
,
35
(2), 137-143.
Tatar, D., & Robinson, M. (2003). Use of the Digital Camera to Increase Student Interest and Learning in High School Biology.
Journal of Science Education and Technology
,
12
(2), 89-95.