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Teaching the digital natives

Teaching the digital natives. Dr Matthew Coxon. Aims of this workshop. To introduce you to issues, debates and emerging trends within technology enhanced learning (TEL); To reflect on and discuss two different perspectives on some of these issues. T echnology E nhanced L earning. Videos

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Teaching the digital natives

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  1. Teaching the digital natives • Dr Matthew Coxon

  2. Aims of this workshop • To introduce you to issues, debates and emerging trends within technology enhanced learning (TEL); • To reflect on and discuss two different perspectives on some of these issues.

  3. Technology Enhanced Learning • Videos • Audience Response Systems (Clickers)/Online polling • Blogs • Wikis • Online discussions • Computer games (gamification) • Mobile computing • Twitter feeds • Photos • Animations

  4. Who are we teaching? • Digital Natives vs Digital Immigrants; • Terms first introduced by Prensky (2001); • Used widely in popular media and now in educational institutions.

  5. Perspective A • Digital natives: • Can multi-task effectively; • Prefer graphics over text; • Seek instant gratification/rewards; • Prefer to collaborate; • Are keen ubiquitous learners; • Who process information in non-linear ways.

  6. Perspective A • Learners have changed, and education needs to; • Individualised/ubiquitous learning, anywhere, anytime; • Problem-based learning to replace formal instruction.

  7. Supported by emerging trends • Blogs; • Wikis; • Online discussions; • MOOCs; • MUDs and MUVEs.

  8. What technology is used? In your groups complete the table with as much as you can think of! On a piece of paper draw the following table

  9. Perspective B MOST FREQUENT LEAST FREQUENT • A hierarchy of actual technology usage (adapted from Thompson, 2013): • Web Resource Use • Rapid Communication Technology • Productivity Tool Use • Gaming • Active Web Reading/Blogging • Multimedia Creation • Collaborative Web Tool Use

  10. Perspective B • Evidence = wide individual differences in usage and expectations; • Students still engage with lectures, instructional activities, books; • A revolution is not inevitable, and may not be necessary.

  11. Some related debates: • (Adapted from Plesch et al., 2013)

  12. Some useful readings Perspective A Barnes, K., Marateo, R., Pixy Ferris, S. (2007). Teaching and learning with the net generation. Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 3(4). Prenksy, M. (2001). Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants. On the Horizon, 9(5). Perspective B Bennett, S., Maton, K., & Kervin, L. (2008). The ‘digital natives’ debate: A critical review of the evidence. British Journal of Educational Technology, 39(5), 775-786. Thompson, P. (2013). The digital natives as learners: Technology use patterns and approaches to learning. Computers & Education, 65, 12-33.

  13. Summary • Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) is a growing part of educational practice; • Perspectives on ‘who’ we are teaching and how they relate to technology differ widely; • These reflect broader debates within the TEL community, and the fast pace of change.

  14. Discussion time • In pairs choose two ways that technology are used in your departments (e.g. online discussions, twitter, virtual learning environments) • What do you think about how it is used? Do you think it is effective? • Do you think their use reflects Perspective A or Perspective B?

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