Educational Technologies for the Neomillennial Generation

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Author(s): Regina Kaplan-Rakowski (Southern Illinois University, USA)and David Rakowski (Southern Illinois University, USA)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 20
Source title: Interactive Media Use and Youth: Learning, Knowledge Exchange and Behavior
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Elza Dunkels (Umeå University, Sweden), Gun-Marie Franberg (Umea University, Sweden)and Camilla Hallgren (Umea University, Sweden)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-206-2.ch002

Keywords: Human Aspects of Technology / Information Science Reference / Social Sciences & Humanities

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The purpose of this chapter is to provide educators, researchers, and policy-makers with an overview on how modern technology has been influencing the learning styles of the “neomillennial” generation. The authors begin by describing the demographic and cultural characteristics of the neomillennial generation and how they differ from preceding generations. They follow with a discussion of how neomillennial learning styles have changed as a result of new technology. The authors then take a detailed look at two examples of how modern technology can be used to design novel learning approaches: digital game-based learning and learning in virtual worlds. Disadvantages, difficulties, and barriers to acceptance of these approaches are then examined. They conclude by summarizing the characteristics of the neomillennial generation and why technological changes are likely to influence educational practices for them, as well as how these changes fit in the broader context of educational theory.

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