The Net Generation's Informal and Educational Use of New Technologies | in education - 0 views
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undergraduates in this group are high users of new technologies in their daily lives
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the 18-24 year olds in this group were consumers, not producers of content using new technologies – few had created blogs (47%), wikis (16%) and podcasts (8%).
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it is also important that students be critical consumers of online content, are able to assess the value of content, and are able to put it to good use in their academic endeavors
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The research reviewed reported that 18-24 year olds do not transfer their expertise with technologies to academic contexts
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students in this group use Instant Messenger when completing assignments, and Google Docs for archiving and group work, even if their professors are unfamiliar with Google Docs
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The findings of this pilot survey, along with the research reviewed, indicate that undergraduates’ application of new technologies for academic purposes can be likened to the five stages of technology adoption – Awareness, Adoption, Adaption, Appropriation, and Invention - reported in the Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow research
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undergraduates’ creation of online content for educational purposes was low in both this and prior research
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a small sample of 26 undergraduates of education at an urban private university in 2008, and can therefore not be generalized to all other contexts
