Students in the New Millennium: How Much do We Know about Them?

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Author(s): Jianxiong Wu (Southern Connecticut State University, USA)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 22
Source title: Computer-Assisted Foreign Language Teaching and Learning: Technological Advances
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Bin Zou (Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China), Minjie Xing (University of Manchester, UK), Yuping Wang (Griffith University, Australia), Mingyu Sun (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA)and Catherine H. Xiang (The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2821-2.ch008

Keywords: Computer-Assisted Language Learning / Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference

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Vast and fast technological advancements mark the new millennium. New emerging technologies are changing the world and our society at a magnitude and scope never witnessed before. Who are our students in this new millennium? What do they look like? Are they a fundamentally different new generation as some claim, or do they still look similar to us in many ways? A clear understanding of the characteristics of our students is vitally important for our educational practice. The current study was conducted to contribute to this understanding. The findings of the study show that while students nowadays do enjoy a much broader access to new technology than students of the past, they still look similar to us in many ways. As educators, it is important for us to treat our students as individuals instead of just labeling them and placing them in a black and white dichotomy.

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