Abstract

The article focuses on the role of New Media in the education of the Net Generation. The Net Generation student is a new type learner who has an alternative approach to the process of learning. This Generation requires applying new paradigms for teaching and learning beyond the traditional classroom. Therefore, the paper analyzes such students’ needs, their learning characteristics and the objectives of the 21st century education as well as a variety of learning environments. The usage of New Media and digital technologies significantly alters teaching programs (curriculum) and the selection of teaching methods. The fundamental goal for the educators is to discover and apply such learning forms and tools that effectively convey teaching content, help to achieve new learning objectives and encourage students to collaborate actively. Straipsnyje pagrindinis dėmesys skiriamas naujųjų medijų vaidmeniui ugdant tinklo kartą. Tinklo kartos studentas yra naujo tipo besimokantysis, kuris turi alternatyvų požiūrį į mokymosi procesą. Ši karta reikalauja taikyti naujas mokymo (-si) paradigmas anapus tradicinės klasės, todėl tekste analizuojami šių studentų poreikiai, jų mokymosi ypatybės, nagrinėjami XXI a. ugdymo tikslai ir mokymosi aplinkų įvairovė. Naujųjų medijų ir skaitmeninių technologijų naudojimas reikšmingai pakeičia mokymo programas (curriculum) ir mokymo metodų pasirinkimą. Esminis pedagogų tikslas – atrasti ir taikyti tokias mokymosi formas bei priemones, kurios veiksmingai perteiktų mokymo turinį, padėtų pasiekti naujus mokymosi tikslus ir skatintų studentus aktyviai bendradarbiauti.

Highlights

  • The article aims to compare New Media-based education paradigm with the traditional one and to discuss the impact of New Media on the development of the Net Generation.Problem

  • The contemporary New Media-based education is related to the major challenges that students and teachers are bound to face

  • Even though all the necessary information can be translated to any selected language by translators on the Internet, the main language of the Web is English, which is hardly spoken by the people of earlier generations

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The article aims to compare New Media-based education paradigm with the traditional one and to discuss the impact of New Media on the development of the Net Generation. The contemporary New Media-based education is related to the major challenges that students and teachers are bound to face. It formulates new educational goals based on the digital teaching and learning characteristics. It requires new skills and abilities with the help of which one could master the necessary educational environments

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