Thursday, October 21
2:45 PM-3:45 PM
UTC
Palms Ballroom G

Engaging Digital Natives: An Ecological Investigation

Brief Paper ID: 30832
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    Junia Braga
    Federal University of Minas Gerais
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    Glenda Gunter
    University of Central Florida

Abstract: Drawing on the ecological perspective and on learning principles viewed as being typical for today’s digital generation, this presentation reports on research conducted with 300 students to suggest that young people rely on technology to organize, and reorganize their own world experience, which involves participation, agency, and reinterpretation of actions and conceptions. Our findings also indicate that, although technology resources are embedded in students’ practice, it is not a significant part of their formal education.

Presider: Heather Miller, Walden University

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