“What do we know about today’s ‘new students’? Perhaps most obviously, we know that these students have been heavily influenced by information technology.” Diana Oblinger —Boomers, Gen-Xers, and Milennials (via KairosNews)Educause Review)
The article referenced was pulished as a .pdf document, so I won’t bother to transcribe a longer excerpt and post it here. The link above takes you to a summary of the main points.
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