ERIC Number: EJ1200802
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Dec
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-1532-0723
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Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants, Digital Learners: An International Empirical Integrative Review of the Literature
Creighton, Theodore B.
Education Leadership Review, v19 n1 p132-140 Dec 2018
The author, preparing for a new position as a doctoral research faculty at the American College of Education (ACE), conducted an extensive integrated literature review of "digital natives" and related terms. Focus of the review was directed specifically around digital learners defined as those born between 1980 and 1994. The results clearly revealed a variety of definitions for "digital natives" and "digital immigrants" with no specific clarification or research-based rationale. In addition, strong evidence points toward little connection between a student's age and digital skills and increased learning. Much of the research suggests that students' digital competence may be much lower than their "digital professors."
Descriptors: Generational Differences, Technological Literacy, Competence, Age Differences, Research, Foreign Countries, Context Effect, College Students, College Faculty
International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership. Web site: https://www.icpel.org/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States; United Kingdom; Switzerland; Iran; Spain; Canada; Belgium
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