21st+Century+Literacies

21st Century Literacies refer to the skills needed to flourish in today's society and in the future. Today discrete disciplines have emerged around [|information], [|media], [|multicultural], and [|visual] literacies. It is the combination of literacies that can better help K-12 students and adult learners address and solve the issues that confront them.

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=Convenience, Communications, and Control: How Students Use Technology=  //EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research and University of Minnesota, Twin Cities// © Robert B. Kvavik
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Introduction
Much has been made about the new generation of technology-savvy students currently in and entering college. These students possess unprecedented levels of skill with information technology; they think about and use technology very differently from earlier student cohorts. They are characterized as preferring teamwork, experiential activities, and the use of technology. Prensky calls them "digital natives," referring to the fact that they have grown up with technology as opposed to "digital immigrants" who did not.[|1a],[|b] Jason Frand observed that today's young students take technology for granted and that staying connected is a central part of their lives. Doing is more important than knowing, and learning is accomplished through trial and error as opposed to a logical and rule-based approach.[|2] Similarly, Paul Hagner found that these students not only possess the skills necessary to use these new communication forms, but there is an ever increasing expectation on their part that these new communication paths be used.[|3] The assumption of the technology literate undergraduate student population needs to be demonstrated with quantitative data. Much of the work to date, while interesting and compelling, is intuitive and largely based on qualitative data and observation. A study by the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR), using both quantitative and qualitative data, addressed four questions:
 * What kinds of information technologies do students use, and what are their preferences?
 * With what levels of skill are they using these technologies?
 * How does this use contribute to their undergraduate experience?
 * What value does the use of information technology add in terms of learning gains?