Open AccessTheory of Digital Natives in the Light of Current and Future E-Learning Concepts
Author(s) -
Bodo Von der Heiden,
Stella Fleischer,
Anja Richert,
Sabina Jeschke
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of emerging technologies in learning/international journal: emerging technologies in learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.454
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1868-8799
pISSN - 1863-0383
DOI - 10.3991/ijet.v6i2.1555
Subject(s) - digital native , meaning (existential) , relevance (law) , digital media , computer science , value (mathematics) , multimedia , data science , epistemology , world wide web , political science , machine learning , philosophy , law
The digital generation has many names: Net Generation, Generation@ or Digital Natives. The meaning behind these terms is, that the current generation of students is digitally and media literate, technology-savvy and are able to use other learning approaches than former generations. But these topics are discussed controversial and even the cause-effect-relationship is not as clear as it seems. Did the digital generation really have other learning approaches, or do they have only the possibility to live other learning modes? Against this background this article tries to shed some light on this debate. Therefore we use current and future projects performed at RWTH Aachen University to illustrate the relevance, value and significance due to the theory of the digital natives.