Current Students

Joe Morgan
Eliot Finkelstein
Ian Benton


The mobile web & texting
University of Southern Indiana: 

University of Nebraska - Lincoln: 

Yale University Text Site: 









But they will send an average of 96 text messages during the same time
Digital Native
Describing the Net Generation
Sheltered
Team Oriented
Confident
Achievement Oriented and Pressured
Tech-Savvy
Describing the Net Generation "Tech Wise"
My computer is the nucleus of my workspace
When I need information I go online
Besides IM or email my cell phone is my primary method of communication
I'm usually juggling five things at once
Power Users
Technology facts 
      and figures.
Searching for commonality










The more things change...
What does that compromise look like
Common language
Visual literacy
Giving over control
Not assuming a baseline of technology know-how
Trends About Current Students




The average teen will spend 6 minutes per day talking on the phone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JyGlqZN5EE
How would you define digital native?
What are common characteristics?
What are common expectations?
Lessons from the Literature
Their World/Our World

University of Wisconsin
Current undergrads are not so different from  previous generations of students
Digital natives are adjusting (migrating) to college-level research and the systems that go along with them
But migration is a two-way street and the university is also co-opting the systems of digital natives
How would you define a Power User?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_user
PS Stats tells a story ...
So does the ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2009 ...

The Net Generation
is not composed entirely of power users!
http://www.library.yale.edu/science/textmsg.html
http://library.unl.edu/search*eng
Transition from High School to College






  
  


Structured, predictable environment -- days filled with classes

Memorization

Papers are mostly summaries, rarely require research

Regular quizzes and tests


Unstructured environment

Looking for and recognizing patterns, analyzing connections and "seeing relationships"

Papers require synthesizing of information, creating new knowledge

Midterm and a final exam
High School
College
Learning Styles
Influenced by television and internet (immediacy, visual richness)
Need to be engaged by a participatory, sensory-rich environment
Learn by doing, rather than telling or reading
Teach themselves how to use technology, or learn from friends
How do Undergrads Approach Unknown Systems
List of Similarities

List of Similarities
1. Common Layout
List of Similarities
1. Common Layout
2. Visual Cues
List of Similarities
1. Common Layout
2. Visual Cues
3. Multiple Paths to the Same Resource
https://www.college.library.wisc.edu/
http://library.wisc.edu/intro-databases.html
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Madison-WI/College-Library/6130983219
Demonstration of Different Systems
http://library.usi.edu/vwebv/searchBasic
"Only 29.5% of seniors owned a laptop one year old or less, compared with 79.0% of freshmen ..."
No student has ever been "native" to the university
This isn't a new dynamic, but it's speed is greater because it is technology-driven