http://www.openeducation.net/2009/09/10/s-craig-watkins-a-professor-who-understands-the-digital-nature-of-today%e2%80%99s-students/ Free Education for All Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:29:29 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.openeducation.net/2009/09/10/s-craig-watkins-a-professor-who-understands-the-digital-nature-of-today%e2%80%99s-students/comment-page-1/#comment-6939 Mark Bullen Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:59:32 +0000 http://www.openeducation.net/?p=2201#comment-6939 It continues to amaze me how enduring these unsupported claims about the digital generation are. Only the first claim about this being the first generation to grow up with the computer and the Internet is accurate. All the rest about what this means for teaching and learning is pure speculation and increasingly the research does not support the kind of suggestions being made by Watkins. Most recently, the OECD has released an excellent review of the literature (http://www.netgenskeptic.com/2009/09/oecd-report-calls-for-more-research-on.html) that concludes, among other things, that although this may be a digital generation, they have a very conservative view of the role of technology in teaching and learning. It continues to amaze me how enduring these unsupported claims about the digital generation are. Only the first claim about this being the first generation to grow up with the computer and the Internet is accurate. All the rest about what this means for teaching and learning is pure speculation and increasingly the research does not support the kind of suggestions being made by Watkins. Most recently, the OECD has released an excellent review of the literature (http://www.netgenskeptic.com/2009/09/oecd-report-calls-for-more-research-on.html) that concludes, among other things, that although this may be a digital generation, they have a very conservative view of the role of technology in teaching and learning.

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