with the radio on
PicasaA site for discussion on digital inclusion:
In addition to equality, explicit and implicit definitions of digital inclusion encompass a number of inter-related concepts
* Access
* Use
* Empowerment
* Participation
via Digital Inclusion Commentary Site » Chapter 1: Definitions of Digital Inclusion.
A sociology perspective:
The focus of the review is on one of the most crucial questions facing educational policy makers – the relationship between school and everyday or common sense knowledge
Rejecting technological determinism should be a mantra in our professional conversations.
Says Danah Boyd
via Symposium for the Future » It is easy to fall in love with technology… (by danah boyd).
A UK organisation discussing generation Y
Are Generation Y actually different? What has made them the way they are? Are there appropriate new ways of working and learning?
The Ashridge Generation Y research project provides a knowledge base which can be used to inform and initiate discussion on educational policy, parenting, recruitment and staff development.
A signpost to some more education research on this topic
The terms ‘exaggeration’ and ‘inconsistency’ and criticism of methodology in Net Gen studies give some idea of where Selwyn’s article goes. As a literature review Selwyn’s paper gives an excellent summary of how the Net Gen’s innate potential has been built up beyond reality.
Mark Bullen pointing the way to some education research:
Here’s another study that contradicts the widely-held view about the existence of a “digital divide” between so-called digital natives and digital immigrants. Guo, Dobson and Petrina (2008) collected data from over 2,000 pre-service teachers between 2001 and 2004 and concluded:
via Net Gen Skeptic: Digital Native/Immigrant Distinction Not Supported by Evidence.
Sorry, but I’m just not buying it. This is just the same old closed-system, content-free, jargon-filled cheerleading that the the entire digital native crowd has been throwing around for years. When the citations for the claims you make — such as the common proposition that students today “learn digitally” — boil down to slogans on t-shirts, out-of-context quotes from a single unnamed high school student, and the single word “richness” from Bill Gates, then you can’t expect your ideas to be taken seriously.
Educating the Net Generation is a collaborative project involving the University of Melbourne, the University of Wollongong, and Charles Stuart University.
via Educating the Net Generation : The University of Melbourne.
New Millennium Learners Conference.
Supporting documents from this conference in Brussels in September 2009
From a website maintained at Harvard on Digital Natives
To be sure, the term “Digital Native” is misleading, because no two Digital Natives are created equal. Each of them has varying degrees of access to digital technologies, literacy skills, and participation within their peer culture. What’s more alarming is the “divide” opening up between those that have access to the network and those without. But that in itself isn’t the whole problem, because having access alone isn’t the solution. While access speaks of the stark contrast amongst the haves and have-nots, digital literacy reveals the difference in those who have the skills to navigate this new landscape and those that don’t.
via Digital Natives » Minds for the Future: Why Digital Immersion Matters.
Moving Forward 