QWERTY-Journal of technology, culture, and education
Call for Special Issue
“Generation Y, Digital Learners and Other Dangerous Things”

In the last years a growing awareness about the importance of studies on usages of new Information and  Communication Technologies (ICT) has led to hypotheses about generational gaps in the use of ICT and in related learning practices. Expressions like Generation Y, Nintendo Generation, New Millennium Learners, Digital Learners, Millennials, Screen Generation, Homo Zappiens, and similar, have acquired great popularity and are widely used.

This special issue of QWERTY is fully devoted to explore this topic, analyzing the practices of young generations with ICT in education (eLearning), mapping and interpreting them as well as, if necessary, demystifying unverified assumptions and/or overgeneralized conclusions.

Submitted contributions can approach the topic from different viewpoints, ranging from psychology to sociology, from communication to media history etc.

Editors
Lorenzo Cantoni, Stefano Tardini
NewMinE Lab – New Media in Education Lab
Faculty of Communication Sciences
USI – Università della Svizzera italiana
6900 Lugano
Switzerland
{lorenzo.cantoni, stefano.tardini}@usi.ch

Important dates

* • SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MARCH 31st, 2010
* • NOTIFICATION TO AUTHORS: JUNE 1ST, 2010
* • SUBMISSION OF FINAL PAPERS: AUGUST 31ST, 2010

Download the Call for paper