Generational Differences

Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology, Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 295-303

  Reeves, Thomas C ^a   Oh, Eunjung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational technology research: Research focused on describing, predicting, understanding, and designing effective applications of technology to serve the goals of education, training, and performance support.; Generational differences: The theory that people born within an approximately 20 year time period share a common set of characteristics based on the historical experiences, economic and social conditions, technological advances, and other societal changes they have in common; the term first came into popularity in the 1960s when it was used to distinguish the rebellious Baby Boomer Generation from their parents.; Instructional design: The systematic process of analyzing, designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating instruction; also known as instructional systems design.

Indexed keywords

EID: 85144946088     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203880869-28     Document Type: Chapter

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