Using Wikis with Net Generation Students

As we have seen in previous posts, the Net Generation students use the Internet and many online tools as a learning aid, and they are collaborative learners. Another online collaboration tool that can be used with Net Generation Students is a wiki. Christy shared a link with us to the Flat Classroom Project wiki, [...]

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Talk about Change!

Why is it so important in Online Course Development to look at the differences in generations? Are we really that different? Is it only in our students that we see differences?
At the August FISH meeting in Nashville, I presented an overview of PLS Online Course Development: who we are, what we do, how we do [...]

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Learning by Creating and Collaborating—Digitally

The video A Vision of K-12 Students Today shows net generation learners sharing a message about how their preferred digital learning style doesn’t always match up with how they are taught.
My favorite quote from the video is “If we learn by doing, what are we learning sitting here?”

The video’s message is [...]

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Using Mobile Devices to Teach the Net Generation

In a previous post, I gave a brief introduction to Mobile Learning, but here is a great visual example of Mobile Learning in action. This is a terrific video that demonstrates how handheld devices can be used to engage students in learning. The students in this video are using a pocket PC in their learning. [...]

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Who is the Net Generation? How do they Learn?

The Net Generation categorization includes the generation of children and adolescents in the population today. According to some, the label also extends to individuals of the Generation Y bracket. The Net Generation has never known a world without the computers or internet. They are a different breed of learner compared to their Generation X and [...]

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