Research+Questions

Hi Group D! This is where we will post our research questions for our project. I apologize for it being up a day late. (Thanks Deborah for the calendar-it's great!!) So by Wednesday, post the questions you developed as part of this week’s discussion. Then between Wednesday and Thursday, we'll all check them out and decide on our final research questions for the project. By Thursday, everyone post your suggestion for the main research question and three guiding research questions.

I will also be starting a discussion about what media everyone thinks we should use. So check out the group project page in our classroom for this week and let us know what you think! Have a great rest of the week! ~Dana Hall~

Dana - thanks for getting this page up and running. Great job!. I have added my questions to the list below with my name in parenthesis. It is easier for me to read this list in this way. ~Deb Polson~

Ok, so here are some ideas I had for the main research question and the follow up questions-what do you think? -Dana Hall Main research question possibilities: Supporting question possibilities: _
 * What effect does previous experience to technology have on the learning experience for the adult learner?
 * How do the different learning styles of digital natives and digital immigrants affect their ability to learn using technology?
 * Do the learning styles of the digital natives and digital immigrants actually differ? **(Deb Polson)**
 * What is the definition of: digital native, digital immigrant, learning style.
 * Do digital natives and immigrants have more or less of an ultimate understanding of technology?
 * Is there a difference in the outcome of what is being learned between digital immigrants and digital natives?
 * Who are digital natives and digital immigrants? **(Deb Polson)**
 * What are their learning styles? **(Deb Polson)**
 * How do their styles differ? **(Deb Polson)**

__**I propose the following: **__ __ Main research question: __

__ In the last 50 years, in what ways has technology impacted what is taught in school and what is emphasized in the curriculum? __

__ This question is focused on the last 50 years to cover most of the digital immigrant students and digital natives. __ __ Guiding questions: __ __ 1. Who are these digital natives and digital immigrants? __ __ 2. How are digital natives taught differently from digital immigrants? __ __ 3. How should higher education, specifically, address the differences between the generations in regards to familiarity with and ease of use in technology? __

__ These questions would be effective in beginning the research and also offer a path to further research and exploration of the topic. Since online education is becoming more common and user friendly, looking at how these groups were/are taught helps us look at possible reasons for different learning styles. I believe strongly that higher education needs to do more to help digital immigrants become more at ease in their use of the tools technology offers to them as students. __

__ Just some thoughts... __

__ Theresa __

Who are digital natives? Who are digital immigrants? What are the generational learning differences and how do they effect learning styles of each? Why are their differences in the way these two groups learn? What are the preferred learning styles of digital natives? What are the preferred learning styles of digital immigrants?
 * Hello, this is Cheri Gaydos-here are the questions I put into my discussion post this week:**

I noticed that we had some overlapping ideas. I think it will important to define who "digital immigrants and digital natives" are in general. Deb, I really like your #2 question; I think answering this question will really help us to explore WHY there is a difference in preferred learning styles between these two groups.

DR. P here: A suggestion - 50 years is much too long a time period. I suggest you focus on no more than 10 years as this is when the concept of digital native and e-learning has really started to come up. Focus on the technology of e-learning and not all the other learning technologies! A good start, but try to narrow the focus!!!


 * Hi, everyone-this is Cheri-since our questions are going to be voted on by tomorrow, I thought I would put these under the DISCUSSION section as a list. Then everyone go in and vote for the number of the question you want to vote for. I came up with a couple more that were a little better developed below: **


 * Main question: What are the differences in learning styles between digital natives and digital immigrants? **


 * 1. Who are digital immigrants and digital natives, and what characteristics define a digital native vs. a digital immigrant? **


 * <span style="color: #4a154a; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. How has the evolution of educational technologies impacted the skills and learning styles of today's student? How do they differ from those used 10 year? **
 * D<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #4a154a; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">﻿ eb Polson here - I think we need to be more on point with our questions. Digital natives refers to more than just one generation and so does Digital Immigrants. We need to select a group from each, select a specific learning style for each, and discuss the differences. As Dr. Porter said there are over a dozen learning styles and we can't possible discuss all of them in a 10 - 15 slide presentation. Let me know what you think. **