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Camillo, Denise M. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The topic of study was communication technology preferences of online students and online instructors. The generational cohorts of each group were all assessed to see if preferential differences existed due to age. The research problem was that technical generational differences cause challenges with effective communication between faculty and…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Generational Differences, Computer Mediated Communication, Interpersonal Communication
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Ransdell, Sarah; Kent, Brianna; Gaillard-Kenney, Sandrine; Long, John – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
Older adult cohorts show greater external locus of control (LOC), a marker of social reliance, compared to younger cohorts. In the present study, American college students from 27 to 61 years of age participated in online courses in a graduate health science programme. Four birth-year cohorts were included: "millennials", born in 1982+;…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Baby Boomers, Older Adults, Cognitive Ability