Share Paper: Nexters, Digital Tools, and the 2020 Education Context

  1. Caroline Akhras, Notre Dame University, Lebanon

Abstract: It is posited that teaching/learning today in the new age of data is steered differently. The internet of everything irrevocably means a digital lifestyle. Intergenerational cohorts and reckless upstarts have stepped up innovation impacting education. This new age of data seems to include a new generation of learners and educators that are starkly different. This case study explored these variables within a situated context. 81 participants were included in the case study. Two research questions were posed: (1) Research Question One: Are educational teaching/learning information technology tools integrated into your learning context? (2) Hypothesis One: Younger educators, like Nexters, teach ...