Are digital natives open to change? Examining flexible thinking and resistance to change

Computers and Education

Volumn 121, Issue , 2018, Pages 115-123

  Barak, Miri ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Digital natives; Flexible thinking; Higher education; Information and communication technologies; Resistance to change

Indexed keywords

STUDENTS;

DIGITAL NATIVES; FLEXIBLE THINKING; HIGHER EDUCATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; RESISTANCE TO CHANGE;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85042873104     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2018.01.016     Document Type: Article

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