Flutterby™! : Myths of the digital native

Teaching and Teacher Education — Volume 67, October 2017, Pages 135-142 — The myths of the digital native and the multitasker Paul A. Kirschner, Pedro De Bruycker. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2017.06.001

7. Conclusion

As has been shown, there is quite a large body of evidence showing that the digital native does not exist nor that people, regardless of their age, can multitask. This corpus of research also shows that though learners in this generation have only experienced a digital connected world, they are not capable of dealing with modern technologies in the way which is often ascribed to them (i.e., that they can navigate that world for effective and efficient learning and knowledge construction). Finally, the research shows that these learners may actually suffer if teaching and education plays to these alleged abilities to relate to, work with, and control their own learning with multimedia and in digitally pervasive environments.