Mark Bullen

University of British Columbia | UBC

In most developed countries, young people (around 17-20 years old) are arriving at universities having grown up in a world in which digital technology was central to their lives. Most higher education institutions have successfully introduced media and new digital technology for teaching. However, the same cannot be said for many developing countri...

In most developed countries, young people (around 17-20 years old) are arriving at universities having grown up in a world in which digital technology was central to their lives. Most higher education institutions have successfully introduced media and new digital technology for teaching. However, the same cannot be said for many developing countri...

This paper reports on research into how first-university students communicate with peers and professors and their general study habits and to examine the possible relationship between students’ use of digital technologies. The research is positioned in the interpretive paradigm. We conclude that most students feel comfortable with digital technolog...

This paper reports on research into how first-university students communicate with peers and professors and their general study habits and to examine the possible relationship between students’ use of digital technologies. The research is positioned in the interpretive paradigm. We conclude that most students feel comfortable with digital technolog...

This article presents the results of an in-depth interview of twenty Education students at a public face-to-face university in Catalonia on how they use digital technologies in their social and academic lives. The results show that while students have a certain level of competence in digital technology, the way they use the technologies varies acco...

En muchos países desarrollados, la mayoría de los estudiantes, quienes nacieron aproximadamente entre 1980 y 1994, representan las primeras generaciones que crecieron con la tecnología digital y se han caracterizado por su familiaridad y confianza con respecto a las TIC. Algunos afirman que esto ha dado lugar a una visión diferente de los estudiant...

Many reports over the last few years have analysed the potential use of games, videogames, 3D environments and virtual reality for educational purposes. Numerous emerging technological devices have also appeared that will play important roles in the development of teaching and learning processes. In the context of these developments, learning rathe...

This paper reports on a literature review of the concept of “Digital Natives” and related terms. More specifically, it reports on the idea of a homogeneous generation of prolific and skilled users of digital technology born between 1980 and 1994. In all, 127 articles published between 1991 and 2014 were reviewed. On the basis of the findings, there...

This paper aims to provide some important insights into how first-year university students use digital technology for academic and social purposes. We conclude that most students feel comfortable with digital technologies and they see social networks as more about connecting and interacting with friends than for academic communication. Results show...

Some authors have stated that university students born after 1982 have been profoundly influenced by digital technologies, showing different characteristics when compared to previous generations. However, it is worth asking if that is a current observable phenomenon. Are those students born after the 80s really more familiar with ICT tools than tho...

Some authors, most of them from the United States, have stated that university students born after 1982 have been profoundly influenced by the advent of digital technologies, showing different characteristics when compared to previous generations. These students, called the \\\\\\\"Net Generation\\\\\\\", are supposed to be digitally literate, cont...

Some authors, most of them from the United States, have stated that university students born after 1982 have been profoundly influenced by the advent of digital technologies, showing different characteristics when compared to previous generations. These students, called the Net Generation, are supposed to have some particular characteristics relate...

Generation is often used to explain and rationalize the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in higher education. However, a comprehensive review of the research and popular literature on the topic and an empirical study at one postsecondary institution in Canada suggest there are no meaningful generational differences in how le...

A qualitative research project was conducted to evaluate the suitability of e-learning as a means of delivering training to workplace learners in the South African furniture manufacturing sector. Twenty learners participated in a three-month pilot e-learning course and were monitored throughout. While the study was designed primarily to investigate...

This study investigated appropriate pedagogical techniques for workplace e-learning programs in the South African wood products (furniture) manufacturing sector. The study found that learners responded favourably to constructivist teaching approaches, such as asynchronous discussions, open-ended task-based activities, and assignments incorporating...

Since 2004, the National Institute of Education (NIE) in Samtse, Bhutan, has made systematic efforts to introduce information and communication technology (ICT) for learning support into its distance teacher education program. This article describes the early experiences of using ICT for distance education in Bhutan by teachers and students with re...

This paper discusses an exploratory study to investigate the existence, and nature, of student problem formulation and resolution processes in an undergraduate online Problem-Based Learning (PBL) course in Agricultural Sciences. We report on the use of a content analysis instrument developed to measure problem formulation and resolution (PFR) proce...

Higher education institutions around the world are increasingly turning to e-learning as a way of dealing with growing and changing student populations. Education for the knowledge society means new skills and knowledge are needed and it means that lifelong learning has become a necessity. Higher education institutions are looking to e-learning to...

The use of e-leaning is growing in universities and colleges across North America but these institutions do not fully understand how and in what form it can contribute to their missions, what the indicators of the successful implementation of e-learning would be, and how to assess the changes caused by e-learning. The study approaches e-learning fr...

This longitudinal study evaluated the amount and type of interaction and interpersonal content in messages posted by online graduate students in small group asynchronous forums. It also assessed the relationship between interpersonality and interactivity. To achieve this, a new coding scheme was developed to categorize the content of online forums....

This paper reports on a research project to implement and evaluate an ICT supported teacher education program in Bhutan. The project involves using ICTs to provide learner support and expand access to a print-based, correspondence style teacher education program (DTEP) that has been delivered by the National Institute for Education, Samste, since 1...

Aprendices digitales no nativos digitales RESUMEN En el discurso de los usuarios habituales de las nuevas tecnologías se percibe un llamamiento urgente que sugiere que los estudiantes de hoy en día no están muy satisfechos con los modos tradicionales de aprendizaje. Nuestra investigación, llevada a cabo en seis países diferentes y en diversas insti...