Title :
Characteristics of digital natives generation in the context of mobile learning
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Syst. Eng. & Inf., Univ. of Pardubice - FES, Pardubice, Czech Republic
Abstract :
This article reports key findings from the part of larger research investigating if university students possess characteristics specific for digital natives generation. Concept of digital natives generation assume that students born in eighties and nineties are more skilled in operation of information and communication technologies and that they also developed different learning style. Research was held in two consecutive years with 146 participants in 2014 and 175 participants in 2015. The study revealed that students share the same pattern according to the ownership of mobile technologies however there is no clear evidence to support the affirmation about special ability to use information and communication technologies with respect to the success at m-learning task. Findings according to different learning style support the claim that there is similar pattern in annual comparison but disapproved the assumption about the generation being more creative, independent in search of materials and collaborative.
Keywords :
mobile learning; digital natives generation; information and communication technologies; learning style; m-learning; mobile learning; mobile technologies; university students; Conferences; Context; Decision support systems; Mobile communication; digital natives; information and communication technology; mobile learninng; mobile technology; net generation;
Conference_Titel :
Information and Digital Technologies (IDT), 2015 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Zilina
DOI :
10.1109/DT.2015.7222966