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Jones_and_Ramanau-_CSCL2009_Net_Gen_158. Net_Generation. Describing or debunking? The net generation and digital natives. ALT-C_09_proceedings_090806_web_0299. Digitalyouth-TwoPageSummary.pdf. Who’s Talking, Listening, and Learning Now. Those 'not digital natives' references. This is me using my blog again as a dumping ground for my references. This time it's for all those lovely papers debunking the myth of the 'digital native': Bayne, S. and Ross, J. (2007). The ‘digital native’ and ‘digital immigrant’: a dangerous opposition. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) December 2007. Bennett, S., Maton, K. and Kervin, L. (2008).

Bennett, S. and Maton, K. (2010). Brown, C. and Czerniewicz, L. (2010). Burhanna, K.J. et al. (2009). Hargittai, E. (2010). Helsper, E. Jones, C. and Czerniewicz , L. (2010).Describing or debunking? Jones, C. and Healing, G. (2010). G. Margaryan, A., Littlejohn, A. and Vojt, G. (2010). Selwyn, N. (2009). If you have any more please pass them on. Viewcontent.cgi?article=1045&context=medpapers&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Furl%3Fsa%3Dt%26rct%3Dj%26q%3Dbeyond%2520the%2520%25E2%2580%2598digital%2520natives%25E2%2580%2599%2520debate%253A%2520towards%2520a%2520more%2520nuanced%2520u. Is There a Net Gener in the House? Dispelling a Mystification — eleed. Is There a Net Gener in the House? Dispelling a Mystification Zentrum für Hochschul- und WeiterbildungUniversität HamburgVogt-Kölln-Str. 30, Haus E22527 Hamburg Abstract The subject of this essay is the so-called ‘net generation’, the ‘generation @’, or the ‘millennials’ and the speculations about the importance of this generation for teaching.

This essay represents both a critical analysis of such allegations and assumptions and a discourse, from the perspective of socialization, on the use of media in teaching. Keywords: e-learning; social behaviour, computer networks, internet, web 1 The Invention of the Net Generation In 1997 Don Tapscott described those born after 1978 as the ‘net generation’, in 1999 Horst Opaschowski dubbed them the ‘generation @’, and in 2000 Neil Howe and William Strauss coined the term ‘millennials’ to refer to those born in 1982 and thus graduating from high school in the United States at the turn of the millennium. 2 The Concept of Generation.