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Valtonen, Teemu; Dillon, Patrick; Hacklin, Stina; Vaisanen, Pertti – International Journal of Educational Research, 2010
This paper takes as its starting point assumptions about use of information and communication technology (ICT) by people born after 1983, the so called net generation. The focus of the paper is on social networking. A questionnaire survey was carried out with 1070 students from schools in Eastern Finland. Data are presented on students' ICT-skills…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Users (Information), Generational Differences, Information Technology
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Valtonen, Teemu; Pontinen, Susanna; Kukkonen, Jari; Dillon, Patrick; Vaisanen, Pertti; Hacklin, Stina – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2011
The research reported here is concerned with a critical examination of some of the assumptions concerning the "Net Generation" capabilities of 74 first-year student teachers in a Finnish university. There are assumptions that: (i) Net Generation students are adept at learning through discovery and thinking in a hypertext-like manner…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Learning Modules, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teaching Methods