The myths of the digital native and the multitasker

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 67, Issue , 2017, Pages 135-142

  Kirschner, Paul A ^a,b   De Bruyckere, Pedro ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Digital native; Educational reform; Homo zappi ns; Multitasking

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028398925     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2017.06.001     Document Type: Review

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