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IT Training: Do We Have to Talk the Talk?
8/22/2005
For instance, we can be more understanding and tolerant of their use of acronyms and emoticons in online discussions, yet still encourage them to use standard English to author a term paper. Yet, the facts are these: Today’s college grads have little or no memory of a life without computers; non-traditional students have learned to utilize modern technologies in many aspects of their lives; and we, too, are providing technologies to enhance learning and the access to learning. We may be a bit slower in adjusting our teaching to meet the needs of students in the tech-enabled global community, but it’s time to catch up. The 21st century learner is here. Are your faculty members ready to be 21st century teachers?
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- A full description of Diana Oblinger’s Net Generation learner can be found on the Educause Web site, including a link to a streamed version of her Educause 2004 presentation on the topic. And see her Syllabus2005 keynote address
- More about teaching digital natives can be found in the recently released Educating the Net Generation from Educause
- Education and learning visionary Marc Prensky describes digital natives and digital immigrants at www.marcprensky.com.
- Another good digital native education source: Millennials Go to College: Strategies for a New Generation on Campus (Strauss and Howe, American Association of Collegiate Registrars, 2003).
- A few articles related to the evolving language of the Net-Gen student can be found in the February 2004 issue of AFT On Campus, and the June 19, 2003 issue of Syllabus IT Trends Online.
- Good resources for information literacy can be found at: www.infolit.org and www.ala.org.
David Starrett is dean of the School of University Studies and director of the Center for Scholarship in Teaching and Learning at Southeast Missouri State University. *Request a copy of the property rights policy review by sending an e-mail to
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