Q. Why do people think young people are so Web-wise?
A. I think the assumption is that if it was available from a young age for them, then they can use it better. Also, the people who tend to comment about technology use tend to be either academics or journalists or techies, and these three groups tend to understand some of these new developments better than the average person. Ask your average 18-year-old: Does he know what RSS means? And he won’t.
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A. Students have difficulty evaluating the credibility of information online.
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Q. What are the challenges for colleges that hope to better educate students about Web use?
A. How do you fit this into the curriculum? Is it supposed to be an academic department, or through libraries? How can you legitimately stand in front of a classroom when the students have an assumption that they know more about technology than you?

Extrait de: A Sociologist Says Students Aren't So Web-Wise After All
(source: The Wired Campus, 29/04/08 / via liste Dig_Ref)

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