The "Net Gen" Research

EDUCAUSE: Educating the Net Generation  (2005)

• Pre-Net Gen students (over 22) are most happy with online education as it stands.
• Net Gen'ers (16-22 or experienced online users) are different from other students in their relationship to technology and education. Net Gen'ers:

	do not think of hardware and software as technology -- "technology" is       what's really super new
	care more about the instructor's ability to use the technology well       than the bells and whistles
	scan text and are frustrated by long written anything
	process images quickly
	multitask at a superficial level when they learn ("hypertext mind" or "continuous partial attention")
	need social interaction with instructor and other students to learn
	handle multiple sensory inputs