Sarah Ransdell received her PhD in 1987 and has taught and conducted research in educational psychology for over 20 years, earning an EDUCOM award for best psychology software in 1989 and a Fulbright Scholar award to teach research methods in Estonia. She, and all the present authors, are grateful for a recent grant from the Nova Southeastern University President's Research Development Fund. She is currently an Associate Professor at Nova Southeastern University. Sandrine Gaillard-Kenney received her EdD in 2008 specialising in instructional technology and distance education. She currently serves as chair of the Health Science department. Brianna Kent received her PhD in 2006 in the area of conflict resolution and John Long served as a graduate student in this programme.
Digital immigrants fare better than digital natives due to social reliance
Article first published online: 13 OCT 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2010.01137.x
© 2010 The Authors. British Journal of Educational Technology © 2010 Becta
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Ransdell, S., Kent, B., Gaillard-Kenney, S. and Long, J. (2011), Digital immigrants fare better than digital natives due to social reliance. British Journal of Educational Technology, 42: 931–938. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2010.01137.x
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- Issue published online: 20 OCT 2011
- Article first published online: 13 OCT 2010
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