Develop an 800-word critical comparison of two articles. You can choose any two of the following articles for your critical comparison essay. Make sure your essay is formatted in the proper APA style.
Bennett, S., Maton, K., & Kervin, L. (2008). The ‘digital natives’ debate: A critical review of the evidence. British Journal of Educational Technology, 39(5), 775-786.doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2007.00793.x
Bullen, M., Morgan, T., & Qayyum, A. (2011). Digital learners in higher education: Generation is not the issue. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 37(1), 1-24. Retrieved from http://www.cjlt.ca/
Jones, C., & Healing, G. (2010). Net generation students: Agency and choice and the new technologies. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 26, 344-356. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00370.x
Margaryan, A., Littlejohn, A., & Vojt, G. (2011). Are digital natives a myth or reality? University students’ use of digital technologies. Computers & Education, 56, 429-440. doi: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.09.004
As you will see in these articles, the concept of “digital natives/immigrants” proposed by Marc Prensky, whose argument we have worked with in the lessons in Unit 2, is a much debated topic by scholars in education and technology. The authors of these articles come into conversations with Prensky’s argument in various ways.
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