NetGen learners: Interacting, collaborating, and participating

Gayle K. Stein, Ph.D.Associate Director for Instructional Technology and Instructor, Information Technology and InformaticsRutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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The Net Generation: Digital Natives

• “NetGeners”• “Millenials”• “The Internet generation”• “Generation Y”• “Echo boomers”• “The Google generation”• “The mySpace generation”• “The iPod generation”

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The Net Generation

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Millenials go to college

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Digital natives

Digital immigrants

Digital foreigners

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What does this mean for higher education?

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We have to Change!

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Moving from the 1990s to the future

The 1990s: Education 1.0– One way process– Students consume what it given to them by professors– Largely solitary– Technology:

• Involves “going to” someplace on the Web• Someone else, like a programmer or designer, creates info

for the Web

~ Adapted from Keats, 2006

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Moving from the 1990s to the futureToday: Education 2.0

– Two way content creation– Increased social interaction– Technology:

• Can interact with stuff on Web, enter information• Many sites to post to- Blogs, for text; Flickr for photos,

YouTube for video, mySpace and Facebook for posting personal information and relationship links

• Can have information “pushed” to you instead of having to go to where it is on the Net

• Beginning to “tag” information on web, with user-created keywords

~ Adapted from Keats, 2006

Online, personal, hyperlinked journals

Online, shared photo album

Online, shared video repository

Personal social networking site where you are linked with others

who have the same interests

College version of mySpace

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Moving from the 1990s to the future

Tomorrow: Education 3.0– Collaborative knowledge creation– Learners create knowledge artifacts– Technology:

• Information is “pushed” to you based on selected tags and search criteria

• Anyone will be able to create information• Standards to allow “drag and drop” between applications• Greater educational uses of social networking technologies

~ Adapted from Keats, 2006

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Educational generations in higher educationEducation 1.0 Education 2.0 Education 3.0

Primary role of professor

Source of knowledge

Guide and source of knowledge

Orchestrator of collaborative knowledge creation

Learning activities

Traditional-essays, assignments, tests some groupwork in classroom

Traditional with more collaborative technologies

Open, flexible learning allowing students to create knowledge to be shared among peers around the world

Student behavior

Largely passive Passive to active, absorptive

Active, strong sense of ownership of own education, co-creation of resources

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Education 1.0 Education 2.0 Education 3.0

Reference sources

CD-based encyclopedia software

Google search

Wikipedia

Google Scholar

Citizendium

Content immersion

Handouts, powerpoint, books

Smart games Online, collaborative games and simulations

Textbooks Paper Integration w/ course management system (CMS)

Fully online, dynamically edited texts integrated w/ other tools in CMS

Office hours

In-person, email, phone

Online shared whiteboard, chat/ instant messaging, videoconferencing

Virtual offices/worlds

Software Individual licenses Site licensed software Web-based software

Online, collaborative encyclopedia

Scholarly Wikipedia

Simulated environment intended for user interaction

Online scholarly literature finder

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Moore’s theory of learner interaction

Learner-Instructor Learner-LearnerLearner-Content

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Instructional technologies used in the 1990sLearner-Content Learner-Instructor Learner-Learner

• Books

• Electronic databases for fee

• Websites

• Reference sources on CD

• Language tapes

• Course packs

• Computer labs

• Paper portfolios

• Office hours

• Telephone

• Class time

• Email

• Paper assignment submissions

• Bulletin boards

• Usenet news groups

• Email lists

• Study groups

• Classroom group activities

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Instructional technologies used today

• ePortfolio

• Podcasting

• RSS feeds

• Electronic and online publisher content

• Educational games

• Simulations

• eReserves

• Chat

• Desktop videoconferencing

• Blogs

• Wikis

• Clickers

• Instant messaging

• Online shared calendars

• Smart classrooms

• Blogs

• RSS feeds

• Wikis

• RefWorks

• Discussion boards

• Instant messaging

• Google docs/spreadsheets

• ePortfolios

• Digital language labs

• Discussion boards

• Online grades

• Degree audit

• Photo rosters

• RSS feeds

• Cell phones

• Refworks

• RefShare

• ePortfolios

Learner-Content Learner-Instructor Learner-Learner

Subscription service for news, podcasts, and other

“pushed” contentMedia file that you can

subscribe to

Online tool for creating shared bibliographies

Online collection of electronic artifacts, managed by a user to dynamically demonstrate

abilities over time

Online tools for creating shared text documents and

spreadsheets

Online tool for creating personal bibliographies

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Learner-Content Learner-Instructor Learner-Learner

Instructional technologies for tomorrow

• Learner created content

• Ubiquitous computing• Flickr• del.icio.us• Folksonomy

• iPhone• Ubiquitous computing• Virtual worlds• Converged networks• Online collaborative

games and simulations

• YouTube video responses

• Facebook/mySpace groups

• Ubiquitous computing

• Flickr

• del.icio.us

• Coverged networks

• Virtual environments/worlds

• Online collaborative games and simulations

Device that combines email, text messaging, web

browsing, camera, multimedia player, mobile telephone

When computer functions are integrated into everyday life, often in an invisible way

Website that allows users to categorize and retrieve webpages, photographs, weblinks and other

web content using tags

Social bookmarking web service for storing, sharing, and discovering

web bookmarks

Network where data, video, and voice are carried on same fiber

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Putting it all togetherLearner/content Learner/instructor Learner/learner

1990s Books, electronic dbs-for fee, websites, CD-based ref sources, language tapes, course packs, computer labs, online news, paper portfolios

Office hours, telephone, class time, email, paper assignment submissions

Bulletin boards, Usenet, email lists, study groups

Today ePortfolios, RSS, eReserves, electronic and online publisher content, educational games, podcasting, simulations

Chat, blogs, wikis, RefShare, clickers, online calendars, desktop videoconferencing, smart boards, IM, smart classrooms, digital language labs, discussion boards, online grades, degree audit, photo rosters, RSS feeds, cell phones, Refworks, ePortfolios

Blogs, RSS, wikis, RefWorks, discussion boards, IM, Google docs/spreadsheets, ePortfolios

Tomorrow Learner created content, ubiquitous computing, Flickr, delicious, flickr, folksonomy

iPhone, ubiquitous computing, virtual worlds, converged networks, online collaborative games and simulations

YouTube video responses, Facebook/mySpace groups, ubiquitous computing, Flickr, delicious, Skype, virtual environments/worlds, online collaborative games and simulations

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Course management systemsaka learning management systems, collaborative learning systems

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del.icio.us

Flickr Free content sites

Video chat and video software system

blog

Sustainable livelihood communityof practice

A short story about the future

Interaction and collaboration:Anytime, anywhere

Gayle K. Stein, Ph.D.Associate Director for Instructional Technology and Instructor, Information Technology and InformaticsRutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Special thanks to NetGeners

Jesse Schibilia

Karen Campbell

Dan Cunningham

and all of my SCILS students

for helping this digital immigrantbegin to assimilate into their digital culture