Student and faculty inter-generational digital divide: Fact or fiction?

Salajan, Florin D.; Schönwetter, Dieter J.; Cleghorn, Blaine

doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2010.06.017

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“…Is generation really the issue? Some research studies (Kennedy, et al, 2010;McNaught et al, 2009;Bennett, Maton, & Kervin, 2008;Guo et al, 2008;Selwyn, 2009;Salajan et al, 2010Romero et al, 2011;Gros, Garcia, & Escofet, 2012) show that there is a scientific gap demonstrating the principal claims about this generation. In fact, some of the authors mentioned refute the Net Generation characteristics arguing that they can also be found in other generations: The oft-used example of a young person doing homework while engaged in other activities was also applied to earlier generations doing homework in front of the television (Bennett, Maton, & Kervin, 2008).…”

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Do UOC students fit in the Net Generation profile? An approach to their habits in ICT use

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Catasús

Sangrà

et al. 2013

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Some authors have stated that university students born after 1982 have been profoundly influenced by digital technologies, showing different characteristics when compared to previous generations. However, it is worth asking if that is a current observable phenomenon. Are those students born after the 80s really more familiar with ICT tools than those born in previous generations? Do they show different study habits and learning paths? Different research lines (Kennedy, et al., 2010;Bennett, Maton, & Kervin, 2008; Gros, García, & Escofet, 2012) highlight that scientific data is rarely used when discussing this generation's characteristics; however, none of them have proved in statistical terms that college students do not fit in the Net Generation characteristics and that their habits of ICT use in social and professional activities do not differ from older generations. The international research project, Digital Learners in Higher Education, seeks to develop a sophisticated and evidence-based understanding of university learners in different institutional contexts and the perception of cultures in their use of technology in a social and educational context. Data has been collected from four institutions in Canada and Spain: the British Columbia Institute of Technology, the University of Regina, the Open University of Catalonia (UOC), and the University Rovira i Virgili. In order to develop this project, we used a multi-case study embedded design (Yin, 2009). The UOC's case is deeply analysed in this paper to affirm that the Net Generation is more speculative than real and that includes students' perception about this phenomenon, and guidelines are proposed in an eLearning context.

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Do UOC students fit in the Net Generation profile? An approach to their habits in ICT use

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“…1). Although Prensky is not specific about the timing, some authors claim that students born after 80s' can be considered as a new generation (Palfrey & Gasser, 2008;Tapscott, 2008;Salajan et al, 2010), and those born before 80s' as digital immigrants (Salajan et. al, 2010;Margaryan et al, 2011).…”

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Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives: Learning Business Informatics at Higher Educational Level

Štreimikienė

2014

Business Systems Research Journal

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“…Their results suggest that there are age-related differences in how the so-called digital natives and digital immigrants interface with digital technologies, but these differences are minimal, with no universal applicability (Salajan et al, 2010). Moreover, even Prensky who coined the term "digital natives and digital immigrants", has suggested this distinction may no longer be relevant and now talks instead about digital wisdom (Prensky, 2009) and highlights the necessity of cultivating digital wisdom for the profit of enhancing natural human intellectual capacities through digital technology (Prensky, 2011).…”

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Let’s talk about digital learners in the digital era

Gallardo-Echenique

Marqués-Molías

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This paper reports on a literature review of the concept of "Digital Natives" and related terms.More specifically, it reports on the idea of a homogeneous generation of prolific and skilled users of digital technology born between 1980 and 1994. In all, 127 articles published between 1991 and 2014 were reviewed. On the basis of the findings, there appears to be no commonly-accepted definition of a "Digital Native". The concept varies among individuals, societies, regions and nations, and also over time. Moreover, there are a number of variables other than age that may help us understand the nature of students' use of digital technologies. The so-called "Digital Native" literature demonstrates that despite students' high digital confidence and digital skills, their digital competence may be much lower than those of their "digital teachers". Given the confusion surrounding "Digital Native" and its affiliates, we propose to unify them under the concept "digital learners".

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Student and faculty inter-generational digital divide: Fact or fiction?

Cited by 98 publications

References 21 publications

Do UOC students fit in the Net Generation profile? An approach to their habits in ICT use

Do UOC students fit in the Net Generation profile? An approach to their habits in ICT use

Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives: Learning Business Informatics at Higher Educational Level

Let’s talk about digital learners in the digital era

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