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What is Net Generation

Chapter 29
Handbook of Research on Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments: Trends and Perspectives
The generation of youth which is growing up with modern information and communication technologies shaping strongly their mental models, i.e. views on the world around them. While using several technologies they are learning to develop new skills and exhibiting new behavior patterns.
Published in Chapter:
Possibilities of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments in Educational Institutions
Peter Mikulecký (University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic), Kamila Olševicová (University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic), Vladimír Bureš (University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic), and Karel Mls (University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic)
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-857-5.ch029
Abstract
The objective of the chapter is to identify and analyze key aspects and possibilities of Ambient Intelligence (AmI) applications in educational processes and institutions (universities), as well as to present a couple of possible visions for these applications. A number of related problems are discussed as well, namely agent-based AmI application architectures. Results of a brief survey among optional users of these applications are presented as well.
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Chapter 1
Predicting Multi-Generational Technology Adoption Practices in a South African Context: Millennials vs. Generation X
Also known as ‘Millennials or digital natives’, as they have been subjected to digital technologies throughout their lives and describes them as being more technologically prominent compared to older cohorts.
Published in Chapter: Predicting Multi-Generational Technology Adoption Practices in a South African Context: Millennials vs. Generation X; From: Perspectives on ICT4D and Socio-Economic Growth Opportunities in Developing Countries
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Technology in Education, Win or Fail?: Are Teacher Candidates Being Prepared?
People born between January 1977 and December 1997, the first to grow up with digital media surrounding their every being.
Published in Chapter: Technology in Education, Win or Fail?: Are Teacher Candidates Being Prepared?; From: Handbook of Research on Global Education and the Impact of Institutional Policies on Educational Technologies
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Conceptual Foundations for Interactive Programming Activities with the Conjunction of Scratch4OS and Open Sim
With this term students defined as “digital immigrants.” Usually this comes from their utilization with innovative platforms which are widespread and specifically referred to their needs and demands, basically for collaboration and communication with others with the same age in a virtual world.
Published in Chapter: Conceptual Foundations for Interactive Programming Activities with the Conjunction of Scratch4OS and Open Sim; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Chapter 12
The Digital Divides in the U.S.: Access, Broadband, and Nature of Internet Use
The generation of individuals who have grown up with computer technology and the Internet as a commonplace. The distinguishing mark of this generation is that its members spent their formative years during the rise of the World Wide Web. They usually have no memory of (or nostalgia for) pre-Internet history. Most were born after 1993.
Published in Chapter: The Digital Divides in the U.S.: Access, Broadband, and Nature of Internet Use; From: Handbook of Research on Overcoming Digital Divides: Constructing an Equitable and Competitive Information Society
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Chapter 4
Learning and Teaching with CMC in the U.S. Higher Education Arena
Individuals born between 1981 and 1994, whose defining characteristic is their familiarity with the Internet.
Published in Chapter: Learning and Teaching with CMC in the U.S. Higher Education Arena; From: Handbook of Research on Computer Mediated Communication
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Operational Performance Guidelines for Online Instructors
individuals who have grown up with information technology in many aspects of their lives. These individuals have aptitudes, attitudes, expectations, and learning styles that reflect the technology-rich environment in which they were raised.
Published in Chapter: Operational Performance Guidelines for Online Instructors; From: Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition
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Chapter 5
Net Generation Features that Enhance Mobile Learning
A group of people born between the early 1980’s and the late 1990’s, into technological advances.
Published in Chapter: Net Generation Features that Enhance Mobile Learning; From: Handbook of Research on Mobile Devices and Applications in Higher Education Settings
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Chapter 10
Exploring Ideas and Possibilities of Second Life as an Advanced E-Learning Environment
Net generation is students who were born in the 1980s and later. They have grown with computer and the Internet and been digitally literated.
Published in Chapter: Exploring Ideas and Possibilities of Second Life as an Advanced E-Learning Environment; From: Handbook of Research on Practices and Outcomes in E-Learning: Issues and Trends
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Chapter 4
Learning and Teaching with CMC in the U.S. Higher Education Arena
Individuals born between 1981 and 1994, whose defining characteristic is their familiarity with the Internet.
Published in Chapter: Learning and Teaching with CMC in the U.S. Higher Education Arena; From: Handbook of Research on Computer Mediated Communication
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Wireless Technologies and Multimedia Literacies
Young people, usually under 25 years of age, who rely on Internet connectivity through wireless technology to communicate quickly and efficiently both socially and educationally.
Published in Chapter: Wireless Technologies and Multimedia Literacies; From: Handbook of Research on New Media Literacy at the K-12 Level: Issues and Challenges
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Net Generation
Refers to the description given to young Americans born from 1976 to 2001.
Published in Chapter: Net Generation; From: Encyclopedia of Information Technology Curriculum Integration
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Chapter 10
From Digital Distraction to Digital Motivation: Utopia or Reality
It refers to the generation of children that have grown up using technological devices. They are also known as millennials or digital natives.
Published in Chapter: From Digital Distraction to Digital Motivation: Utopia or Reality; From: Digital Distractions in the College Classroom
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Chapter 21
Barriers to and Strategies for Faculty Integration of IT
Persons born in the 1980’s or later; members of the Net Generation have never known life without the Internet.
Published in Chapter: Barriers to and Strategies for Faculty Integration of IT; From: Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition
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Chapter 10
The Changes Brought by Digital Technology to Cognitive Learning
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Key Aspects of Teaching and Learning in the Online Environment
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Chapter 11
Art Education in eSports: How to Incorporate Aesthetics Into the eSport Marketing Curriculum
The cohort of people who were born after the 1980s and are constantly exposed to computer-based technology during growing up.
Published in Chapter: Art Education in eSports: How to Incorporate Aesthetics Into the eSport Marketing Curriculum; From: Handbook of Research on Pathways and Opportunities Into the Business of Esports
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