Archive for the tag "digital natives"
A Full Day of Information Literacy
Last week I went to the ACRL New England chapter’s Library Instruction Group (NELIG) annual program Meeting Digital Natives Where They Are: New Standards for the New Student. This was my first conference entirely devoted to library instruction, and it was great to have the opportunity to think and talk about information literacy all day. [...]
Posted: 12 June, 2010 in Conference Blogging, Information Literacy, Teaching.
Tags: digital natives, library instruction, millennial students, pedagogy, student engagement, technology
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Not So Native?
You may have seen a few news items recently about the millennial generation and technology. Last month’s issue of Sociological Inquiry published an article by Eszter Hargittai describing differences in internet skills among college students. And an article in The Economist last week quotes several scholars who emphasize that digital natives are not necessarily as [...]
Posted: 14 March, 2010 in Student Issues, Technology Issues.
Tags: digital natives, millennial_students, student_technology
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