Resources

• The Net Gen Skeptic
  A blog that tracks the Net Gen discourse and highlights current commentary and research.

Reference List
(last updated: September 1, 2015 – latest references in red)

• Bekebrede, G., Warmelink, H.J.G., Mayer, I.S. (2011). Reviewing the need for gaming in education to accommodate the net generation. Computers & Education, 57(3), 1521-1529
• Bennett, S., & Maton, K. (2010). Beyond the digital natives debate: Towards a more nuanced understanding of students’ technology experiences. Journal of Computer-Assisted Learning, 26(5), 321-331.
• Bennett, S. , Maton, K. & Kervin, L. (2008). The `digital natives’ debate: A critical review of the evidence.  British Journal of Educational Technology 39 (5), 775-786.
• Bullen, M. & Morgan, T. (2015). Digital Learners in Higher Education: Implications for Teaching, Learning & Technology. In M. Gisbert & M. Bullen (Eds.). Teaching and Learning in Digital Worlds: Strategies and Issues in Higher Education, 11-19. Tarragona, Spain: Publicaciones URV
• Bullen, M. & Morgan, T. (2011). Digital Learners not Digital Natives. La Cuestión Universitaria.
• Bullen, M., Morgan, T. & Qayyum, A. (2011, July). Digital learners in higher education: Looking beyond stereotypes. Proceedings of ED-MEDIA, July 2011.
• Bullen, M., Morgan, T. & Qayyum, A. (2011). Digital learners in higher education: Generation is not the issue. Canadian Journal of Learning Technology, 37(1), .
• Bullen, M., Morgan, T., Belfer, K., & Qayyum, A. (2009). The Net generation in higher education: Rhetoric and reality. International Journal of Excellence in E-Learning, 2(1).
• Conway, L.S., Radford, M.L., & Williams, J.D. (2009). Engaging net gen students in virtual reference: Reinventing services to meet their information behaviors and communication preferences. Unpublished paper.
• Corrin, L., Bennett, S. & Lockyer, L. (2010). Digital natives: Everyday life versus academic study. In L. Dirckinck-Holmfeld, V. Hodgson, C. Jones, M. de Laat, D. McConnell & T. Ryberg (Eds.). Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Networked Learning.
• Corrin, L., Lockyer, L., & Bennett, S. (2010). Technological diversity: An investigation of students’ technology use in everyday life and academic study. Learning, Media & Technology, 35(4), 387-401.
• Frand, J. (2000). The Information-Age mindset: changes in students and implications for higher dducation. EDUCAUSE Review, September/October 2000, 15-24.
• Friesen, N. (2010). Education and the social web: Connective learning and the commercial imperative. First Monday, 15(12).
• Gabriel, M., Campbell, B., Wiebe, S., MacDonald, R.J., & McAuley, A. (2012). The Role of Digital Technologies in Learning: Expectations of First Year University Students.   Canadian Journal of Learning & Technology, 38(1).
• Gallardo-Echenique, E. E., Marqués-Molías L., & Bullen, M. (2015). Students in higher education: Social and academic uses of digital technology. RUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal.
• Gallardo-Echenique, E. E. (2014). An Investigation of the Social and Academic Uses of Digital Technology by University Students (Unpublished Doctoral dissertation). Tarragona: Rovira i Virgili University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10803/277423
• Gallardo-Echenique, E.E., Marqués-Molías, L. & Bullen, M. (2014). Usos Académicos y Sociales de las Technolgías Digitales del Estudiante Universitario de Primer Año.  Tendencias Pedagógicas, 23, 191-204.
• Gallardo-Echenique, E. E. (2012). Hablemos de estudiantes digitales y no de nativos digitales. Universitas Tarraconensis. Revista de Cièncias de l’Educación, 7–21.
• Hong, K., Abdul Azia, N. (2014). Technology Use and Digital Learning Characteristics Among Malaysian Undergraduates. Sains Humanika, 2(1), 117-124.
• Gros, B., Garcia, I. & Escofet, A. (2012). Beyond the Net Generation Debate: A Comparison of Digital Learners in Face-to-Face and Virtual Universities. International Review of Research in Open & Distance Learning, 13(4).
• Guo, R.X., Dobson, T., & Petrina, S. (2008). Digital natives, digital immigrants: An analysis of ICT competence in teacher education. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 38(3), 235-254.
• Hargitttai, E., Fullerton, L., Menchen-Trevino, E., & Yates Thomas, K. (2010) Trust online: Young adults’ evaluation of web content. International Journal of Communication 4, 468–494
• Hargittai, E. (2010). Digital na(t)ives? Variation in Internet skills and uses among members of the “Net Generation”. Sociological Inquiry.
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• Helsper, E.J. & Eynon, R. (2010). Digital natives: Where is the evidence. British Educational Research Journal, 36(3), 503-520.
• Hosein, A., Ramanau, R., & Jones, C. (2010). Learning & living technologies: A longitudinal study of first year students’ frequency and competence in the use of ICT. Learning, Media & Technology, 25(4), 403-418.
• Howe, N. & Strauss, W. (2000). Millenials rising: The next great generation. New York: Random House.
• Jones, C. & Healing, G. (2010). Networks and locations for student learning. Learning, Media & Technology, 35(4), 369-385.
• Jones, C. & Healing, G. (2010). Net generation students: agency and choice and the new technologies. Journal of Computer-Assisted Learning, 26(5), 344-356.
• Jones, C. & Cross, S. (2009). Is There a Net Generation Coming to University? In: ALT-C 2009 ”In dreams begins responsibility”: Choice, evidence and change, 8-10 September 2009, Manchester, UK.
• Jones, S. & Fox, S. (2009). Generations online. Pew Internet and American Life Project report, January 2009.
• Jones, C. & Shao, B. (2011). The Net Generation and Digital Natives: Implications for Higher Education. The Open University, Institute of Educational Technology.
• Kennedy, G., Judd, T., Dalgarno, B. & Waycott, J. (2011). Beyond natives and immigrants: Exploring types of net generation students. Journal of Computer-Assisted Learning, 26(5), 333-343.
• Kennedy, G. et al. (2009). Educating the net Generation: A handbook of findings for practice and policy. University of Melbourne.
• Kennedy, G. , Judd, T.S., Churchward, A., Gray, K. & Krause, K. (2008). First year Students’ experiences with technology: Are they really digital natives. Australian Journal of Educational Technology, 24(1), 108-122.
• Kennedy, G., Dalgarno, B., Gray, K., Judd, T., Waycott, J., Bennett, S., Maton, K., Krause, K., Bishop, A. , Chang, R. & Churchward, R. (2007). The net generation are not big users of Web 2.0 technologies: Preliminary findings. Paper presented at the ASCILITE conference, Singapore.
• Koutropoulos, A. (2011). Digital Natives: Ten Years After. Journal of Online Learning & Teaching, 7(4)
• Krywulak, T. & Roberts, M. (2009). Winning the “Generation Wars”: Making the most of generational differences and similarities in the workplace. Ottawa: Conference Board of Canada.
• Kvavik, R.B. (2005). Convenience, communications, and control: How students use technology. In D.G. Oblinger & J.L Oblinger (Eds.) Educating the Net Generation, pp. 7.1-7-20. Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE.
• Lai, Kwok-Wing & Hong, Kian-Sam (2014). Technology use and learning characteristics of students in higher education: Do generational differences exist? British Journal of Educational Technology, doi: 10.1111/bjet.12161
• Livingston, S. (2011). Digital learning and participation among youth: Critical reflections on future Research priorities. International Journal of Learning & Media, 2(2-3), 1-13.
• Lohnes, S., & Kinzer, C. (2007). Questioning assumptions about students’ expectations about technology in college classrooms. Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 3(5).
• Lomas, C. & Oblinger, D.G. (2006). Student Practices and Their Impact on Learning Spaces. In D.G. Oblinger (Ed.) Learning Spaces, pp. 5.1-5.11. Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE.
• Margaryan, A., Littlejohn, A. & Vojt, G. (2011). Are digital natives a myth or reality?: Universtiy students’ use of digital technologies. Computers & Education, 56(2), 429-440
• Montgomery, K. (2007). Generation digital: Politics, commerce and childhood in the age of the Internet. MIT Press.
• Nagler, W. & Ebner, M. (2009, June). Is Your University Ready for the Ne(x)t-Generation. Paper presented to Ed-Media 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii.
• OECD (2012). Connected Minds: Technology and Today’s Learners. Paris: Educational Research and Innovation, OECD Publishing.
• Nasah, A., DaCosta, B., Kinsell, C. & Seok, S. (2010). The digital literacy debate: an investigation of digital propensity and information and communication technology. Educational Technology Research & Development, 58(5), 531-555.
• Oblinger, D.G. & Oblinger, J.L. (Eds) (2005). Educating the Net Generation. Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE.
• Ophir, E, Nass, C., & Wagner, A.D. (2009). Cognitive Control in Media Multitaskers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Published online before print August 24, 2009
• Palfrey, J. , Gasser, U., Simun, M., & Barnes, R.F. (2009). Youth, Creativity and Copyright in the Digital Age. International Journal of Learning & Media, 1(2), 79-97.
• Palfrey, J. & Gasser, U. (2008). Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives. Philadelphia, PA: Basic Books.
• Pedró, F. (2009). New Millennium Learners in Higher Education: Evidence and Policy Implications. Paris: OECD-CERI.
• Prensky, M. (2001a). Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants. On the Horizon, 9(5)
• Prensky, M. (2001b ). Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants, Part II; Do They Really Think Differently? On the Horizon, 9(6).
• Prensky, M. (2005). Listen to the Natives. Educational Leadership, 63(4), 8-13
• Rapetti, E. & Marshall, S. (2010). Observing ICTs in Learners’ Experiences Around the World. Qwerty, 5(2), 61-88.
• Reeves, T. & Oh, E. (2007).  Generational Differences. In J.M. Spector, M.D. Merrill, J. van Merrienboer, & M.P. Driscoll (Eds.) Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology, 295-303.
• Rickes, P. C. (2009). Make Way for the Millenials!: How Today’s Students are Shaping Higher Education Spaces.Planning for Higher Education, 37(2), 7–17.
• Romero, M., Guitert, M., Bullen, M., & Morgan, T. (2011). Learning in Digital: An Approach to Digital Learners in the UOC Scenario. European Journal of Open & Distance Learning. Special Issue: The Best of EDEN 2010.
• Schulmeister, R. (2010). Deconstructing the Net Generation Thesis. Qwerty, 5(2), 26-60
• Schulmeister, R. (2010). Students, internet, eLearning and web 2.0.
• Schulmeister, R. (2009). Is There a Net Gener in the House: Dispelling a Mystification. E-Learning & Education, 5.
• Seely-Brown, J. (2002). Growing Up Digital. USDLA Journal, 16(2).
• Selwyn, N. (2010). The educational significance of social media: a critical perspective. Ed-Media conference, Toronto, June 28 – July 2, 2010.
• Selwyn, N. (2009). The Digital Native: Myth and Reality. Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives, 61(4), 364-379.
• Smith, E. (2012). The Digital Native Debate in Higher Education: A Comparative Analysis of Recent Literature. Canadian Journal of Learning & Technology, 38(3)
• Stoerger, S. (2009). The Digital Melting Pot: Bridging the Digital Native-Immigrant Divide. First Monday 14(7)
• Tapscott, D. (1998). Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation. Toronto: McGraw-Hill.
• Tapscott, D. (2009). Grown Up Digital: How The Net Generation is Changing Your World. Toronto: McGraw-Hill.
• Thirunarayanan, M.O., Lezcano, H., McKee, M., & Roque, G. (2011). “Digital Nerds” and “Digital Normals” not “Digital Natives” and “Digital Immigrants. International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, 8(2).
• Thompson, P. (2013). The digital natives as learners: Technology use patterns and approaches to learning. Computers & Education, 65, 12-33.
• Turkle S. (2011). Alone together: Why we expect more from technology and less from each other. Basic Books.
• University College London (2008). Information Behaviour of the Researcher of the Future.
• Valtonen, T. , Dillon, P., Hacklin, S. & Väisänen, P. (201o). Net generation at social software: Challenging assumptions, clarifying relationships and raising implications for learning. International Journal of Educational Research, 49.
• van den Beemt, A., Akkerman, S., & Simons, P.R. (2010). Pathways in interactive media practices among youth. Learning, Media & Technology, 35(4), 419-434.
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Related Research Projects

• The New Millennium Learner – OECD
• Educating the Net Generation – University of Melbourne
• Generation Y’s Impact on Learning – Ashbridge Business School
• Researching Students Voices – University of Capetown, Centre for Educational Technology
• The Net Generation Encountering eLearning at University – UK Open University, Institute of Educational Technology