This workshop has been offered several times, including once in May 2009, generously hosted by the University of Richmond.

I. Introductions

II. The concept

• Proponents, aspects, criticisms

III.  The net.generation information landscape

• Blogs
• Facebook
• Google (wide spread of services)
• music (Pandora, Amazon)
• YouTube
• selected sites (DeviantArt, Fanfiction.net)
• gaming (casual games)

IV. Key concepts and issues

• Privacy
• Reading
• Copyright
• Fears (see below)

Notes from discussion

Notes from Twitter

• Media literacy for both Faculty and students!
• Not impressed by "coolness" of technology. They just expect it to work.
• digital native is not the same as digitally fluent
• More useful ways to subdivide those categories. Or ways to assess behavior in your user community, not a general stereotype
• Faculty/dig immigrants need to become life-long-learners when it comes to technology, not just students/dig.natives
• "Blackboard" (or other CMSs) is not "the answer" to technology in the classroom. Often, Bb hobbles not empowers
• getting academics on board. They hate VLEs and that taints their expectation of all elearning + massive IP concerns
• How teaching & learning is changing b/c of technology - "guide at the side" pedagogy, rather than "chalk & talk."
• Providing services that are consistent with students' experiences in the world outside of academia

Thanks to slaatsslaats, grotophorst, jmcclurken, joefromkenyon, JessieNYC, clobridge!