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The net generation are not big users of Web 2.0 technologies: preliminary findings Open
A great deal has been written over the past few years about the characteristics of a new generation of students and the implications for teaching and learning. This generation, which has variously been referred to as the 'Net Generation', …
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<span>COVID</span> ‐19 as an accelerator for digitalization at a German university: Establishing hybrid campuses in times of crisis Open
As a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, teaching in universities needed to be quickly transitioned from regular on-campus classes into technology-enhanced teaching formats. In this article, we present the case study of Chemnitz University of…
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Telemedical Education: Training Digital Natives in Telemedicine Open
Telemedicine plays an important role in the delivery of medical care, and will become increasingly prominent going forward. Current medical students are among the first generation of "digital natives" who are well versed in the incorporati…
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Education in the Context of Digitalization and Culture: Evolution of the Teacher's Role, Pre-pandemic Overview Open
This study was conducted before the outbreak of the pandemic and now the results seem clear. The intensive forced use of distance technologies in the educational process has changed the approach to education forever. What exactly has chang…
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The four phases of the digital natives debate Open
The challenge of educating digital natives has caused educators to radically rethink the ways in which they teach the generations who have come of age immersed in modern technology. Over the years, the discussion has caused a certain level…
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Not just digital natives: Integrating technologies in professional education contexts Open
In 2001, Prensky characterised a new generation of learners entering higher education as digital natives – naturally digitally literate and inherently proficient users of technology. While many educational technology researchers have long …
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Informal and deliberate learning with new technologies Open
Due to the ready availability of new technologies, opportunities for the incidental as well as deliberate practice of English have multiplied and far exceed what can be done in more formal environments. Yet, despite the sizeable literature…
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LITERASI MEDIA PADA GENERASI MILENIAL DI ERA DIGITAL Open
Media literacy in the Millennial generation in the digital era is still not well implemented. We still see and read a lot of information that is still not clear the truth on social media. This research was conducted to see how media litera…
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Immigrants and natives: investigating differences between staff and students' use of technology Open
The corollary of the 'Digital Native'---young, technologically avid and literate---is the 'Digital Immigrant'---older, less familiar and comfortable with technology. The accompanying rhetoric posits that in the higher education sector, sta…
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Exploring the Use of Digital Technologies from the Perspective of Diverse Learners in Online Learning Environments Open
This qualitative study explored digital technologies that promote educational experiences and achievements of culturally diverse learners via interviews with 46 culturally and linguistically diverse students across different academic progr…
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The rise and fall (?) of the digital natives Open
Building on the earlier net generation and millennials concepts, Prensky popularised the notion of a generation of “digital native” students through his 2001 two-part series “Digital natives, digital immigrants”. Although his ideas about h…
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FACING THE GENERATION CHASM: THE PARENTING AND TEACHING OF GENERATIONS Y AND Z Open
The Millennials, or Generation Y, have been receiving increasing attention as these young people have entered tertiary institutions and the workplace over the past decade. Their behavior towards authority is coming under sharper scrutiny a…
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Inroad of Digital Technology in Education: Age of Digital Classroom Open
Technology has become an integral part of human life, and it has made inroads in the sphere of education. Digital technology is largely reshaping the nature of learning in classroom. Digital classroom is one clear manifestation of this eme…
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Do digital natives use mobile payment differently than digital immigrants? A comparative study between generation X and Z Open
Consumers use increasingly Near Field Communication mobile payment to buy products and services. However, the adoption of NFC mobile payment varies by individual attributes of consumers. This paper aims to study the generational difference…
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The praxis of digital literacy in the EFL classroom: Digital-immigrant vs digital-native teacher Open
Myriads of theories account for the primacy of digital literacy on ELT as the demand of the 21st century, yet studies on digital media literacy of distinct English teacher generations are thin on the ground. Thus, this descriptive qualitat…
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Examining the impact of digital technologies on students’ higher education outcomes: the case of the virtual learning environment and social media Open
Digital natives is a term used to describe current Higher Education (HE) students,whose lives are proliferated by digital technologies. To cater to needs of this new generation of students, HE institutions increasingly adopt digital tools …
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INNOVATION IN EDUCATION AND LANGUAGE LEARNING IN 21ST CENTURY Open
Innovation evolves all the time and it has tremendously changed English Language Teaching (ELT) particularly alongside advances in technology. This seemingly obvious fact, however, is not necessarily evident to everybody in our profession.…
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Digital Native Advertising: Practitioner Perspectives and a Research Agenda Open
Digital native advertising is a subtle form of digital advertising that is integrated closely with its context. Practitioners are increasingly assigning budgets to this advertising strategy. On the basis of 22 in-depth expert interviews wi…
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The Impact of Digital Disruption: Influences of Digital Media and Social Networks on Forming Digital Natives’ Attitude Open
Generation Z, who are prospective customers, are digital natives. As the infrastructure and technology of the internet have developed, this study examines whether digital disruption demonstrates the uniqueness of Generation Z and affects t…
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Leading and Teaching with Technology: School Principals’ Perspective Open
Technology has changed the way people live, from use of the Internet to the way they communicate with text messages and e-mails. This change is also evident in education system. This study traced how principals' leadership roles have chang…
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University students' perceptions through e-learning implementation during COVID-19 pandemic: Positive or negative features dominate? Open
English language instruction that moves away from offline to online should become the EFL lecturers’ concern for their students’ successful learning outcome. The students must be kept in the lecturers’ mind when they plan and program the i…
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Challenging the Myth of the Digital Native: A Narrative Review Open
Background and Aims: Nurses are increasingly engaging with digital technologies to enhance safe, evidence-based patient care. Digital literacy is now considered a foundational skill and an integral requirement for lifelong learning, and in…
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Adolescents’ Vulnerability to Fake News and to Racial Hoaxes: A Qualitative Analysis on Italian Sample Open
Following the Digital Revolution, we are witnessing an increase in the number of manipulated sources of information. For this reason, virtual environments can be a breeding ground for the proliferation of prejudices and stereotypes, result…
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Cultures and Technology: An Analysis of Some of the Changes in Progress—Digital, Global and Local Culture Open
L’analisi presenta alcune riflessioni sui cambiamenti prodotti dall’uso delle tecnologie digitali nelle società contemporanee. La finalità è capire che cosa è accaduto nel recente passato, dalla seconda metà del ‘900, e che cosa sta accade…
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The Role of Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube Frequency of Use in University Students’ Digital Skills Components Open
The literature provides rich evidence on students’ levels of digital skills as well as on their frequency of Internet and social media use. Several studies have examined the relationships between social media use and academic achievement. …
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Generation Z – A New Lifeline: A Systematic Literature Review Open
A generation is a group of people who share similar birth years, life experiences, and cultural influences. Generation Z is the current generation that has attracted much attention from researchers and practitioners. They are defined as th…
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Journalism Expands in Spite of the Crisis: Digital-Native News Media in Spain Open
Digital-native news organizations have grown steadily in Spain since the mid-1990s and they have become established as a major force in the media market. Paradoxically, their biggest expansion coincided with the Great Recession (2008–2014)…
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An Exploration of the Potential Role of Digital Technologies for Promoting Learning in Foreign Language Classrooms: Lessons for a Pandemic Open
This research study focuses on long-term digital technologies assisted cross-cultural communication as an instructional model. Secondary school foreign language learners of German and English collaborated online with the same age-cohort pe…
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Double lockdown: The effects of digital exclusion on undocumented immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic Open
The COVID-19 pandemic shifted many activities online. However, there is little research on the digital inclusion of undocumented immigrants and their experience of the pandemic in the United States. We conducted 32 interviews with undocume…
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Digitalization in Higher Education: A Qualitative Approach Open
The increasing use of digital technology by young people has become a major concern in the 21st century. This access to technology has led to hot-button arguments surrounding the place of these technologies in our lives and the implication…