{"id":14328,"date":"2020-01-03T09:25:34","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T15:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=14328"},"modified":"2020-01-03T09:29:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T15:29:11","slug":"students-say-they-are-not-as-tech-savvy-as-educators-assume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/students-say-they-are-not-as-tech-savvy-as-educators-assume\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Say They Are Not as Tech Savvy as Educators Assume"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\"young<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

In an Edsurge article<\/a> by Jenny Abamu, she notes that one of the biggest misconceptions following Millennials is that they are digital natives<\/a>. Students at a New Media Consortium Summer Conference<\/a> (NMC) pushed back on the generational generalizations, noting that assumptions regarding their attitudes, hobbies, and abilities are hurting them academically.<\/p>\n

I did not know how to use headers, footers or page number in Microsoft Word, so I got five points off every essay for an entire semester. - Alyssa Foley, Student<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jenny goes on to say that Alexandra Pickett, the Director of New York State University\u2019s Center for Online Teaching Excellence, noted that many of her students know how to use online platforms such as Twitter and Facebook for fun, but have no idea how to leverage them for academic and professional use. This is a point the students at NMC echoed.<\/p>\n

The students said that in order for their educational institutions to better serve them, it is important to challenge the assumption that students are digital natives.<\/p>\n

While the EdSurge article's results were from surveying Millenials, anecdotal evidence shows that the same holds true for Gen Z<\/a> students. That is, Gen Z is savvy about using social media personally. However, they are not as savvy about how to use tech tools academically or professionally.<\/p>\n

Instructors can help students learn the basics for the tools that will be used in their course by providing them links to how-to resources.<\/p>\n

Did you know that we have a list of Brightspace how-to resources for students on our CAT FooD blog? You can find the Brightspace how-to\u2019s and other help resources at the following links:<\/p>\n

Brightspace help for students<\/a>
\nBrightspace video tutorials for students<\/a>
\nHelp students get started with Google Docs (video)<\/a>
\nHow to add headers and footers in Microsoft Word (video)<\/a>
\nUsing Google Drive Video Playlist<\/a>
\nUsing Google Docs Video Playlist<\/a>
\nUsing Gmail Video Playlist<\/a><\/p>\n

Here's an example of how you might include how-to instructions for a discussion forum in your Brightspace course:<\/p>\n

\"example<\/a>
Example of Q&A discussion forum with instructions on how to post to the forum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In this example, instructions for the Q&A forum are provided along with instructions on how to post to the forum as well as a link to a how-to video.<\/p>\n

Including information on how to use course tools will go a long way to helping students to be successful in your course.<\/p>\n

Image credit: image<\/a> by Jan Va\u0161ek from Pixabay<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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