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M-Learning and Y Generation: The Reality Behind the Myth

M-Learning and Y Generation: The Reality Behind the Myth
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Author(s): Melanie Ciussi (SKEMA Business School,France), Gill Rosner (SKEMA Business School, France), Marc Augier (SKEMA Business School, France)and Gabriele Suder (SKEMA Business School, France)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 15
Source title: Combining E-Learning and M-Learning: New Applications of Blended Educational Resources
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): David Parsons (Massey University, New Zealand)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-481-3.ch017

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Abstract

This chapter explores “Y generation” students’ attitudes to mobile technologies in the context of education, and use of podcasts on their handhelds in particular. The authors’ intention is to investigate how students use mobile devices to support their formal and informal learning practices. One of the “Big Issues” in mobile learning that the authors address here is the co-existence of personal informal learning and traditional classroom education. After conducting two experiments and a survey, they conclude that the diversity of student attitudes towards using podcasts in education means that they are in the time of “in between years”. Learning “anytime/anywhere” and “digital natives” prove as yet to be a myth for many. The current challenge for podcasting in education is to move from information transmission to knowledge construction and sharing within a formal setting.

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