Lesson 5

Preferences of Technology Generation 

What the old generation likes may not be the same as what the new generation prefers in their life, work and leisure. Sad to say, much of the good things enjoyed by elders when they were students are no longer available to the new generation.

The state dictates educational priorities based on perceptions on the country’s need to strengthen its agricultural, business or industrial economy.

In the field of education, it is important that critical differences in perception between old and young which create a generation gap:

 ·         Texts versus Visual

·         Linear versus Hypermedia

    

 ·         Independent vs social learners

    
      ·        Learning to do versus learning to pass the test

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     ·       Delayed rewards versus instant gratification

 ·         Rote memory versus fun learning

In sum, teachers need to connect with digital learners, and not think of them as entering their past-30 years old traditional world. While there are apparent setbacks or limitations to digital learning, there are opportunities to tap through:

• ·         visual learning
• ·         hyperlinked multimedia
• ·         problem-solving activities