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Direct linkHao Cheng; Keyi Lyu – SAGE Open, 2024
Reverse education, where younger individuals teach older adults, has gained prominence but lacks comprehensive understanding regarding its dynamics and impacts. This study addresses this gap by exploring the cognitive processes of older adult learners who view young university students as their teachers. Through semi-structured interviews with 12…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Adult Students, Young Adults, College Students
Sam Ninan – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to understand the impact of social media on the spiritual formation of Generation Z freshmen college students. Social media app usage has become prevalent within society, and Gen Z members are the first to grow up their entire lives with Internet access. Christian universities must understand the impact of social…
Descriptors: Social Media, College Freshmen, Influence of Technology, Spiritual Development
Van Volkom, Michele; Stapley, Janice C.; Malter, Johnna – Educational Gerontology, 2013
A community sample of 431 adults (175 men and 256 women) ages 18 to 91 across three generations (young adults, adults, and older adults) were recruited for the current study. Participants completed a demographic and technology use questionnaire that ascertained their attitudes toward, and use of, various types of technology--such as cellular…
Descriptors: Adults, Gender Differences, Generational Differences, Age Differences
Thomas, Michael, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
There have been many attempts to define the generation of students who emerged with the Web and new digital technologies in the early 1990s. The term "digital native" refers to the generation born after 1980, which has grown up in a world where digital technologies and the internet are a normal part of everyday life. Young people…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Educational Change, Educational Technology
Pascoe, C. J. – Theory Into Practice, 2012
A lack of good information about what youth are doing with new media stimulates fears and hopes about the relationship between young people and digital technologies. This article focuses on new modes of inquiry into youth new media use, highlighting the challenges, complexities, and opportunities inherent in studying young people's digital…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Educational Innovation, Young Adults, Ethics
Download full textLenhart, Amanda; Purcell, Kristen; Smith, Aaron; Zickuhr, Kathryn – Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2010
Since 2006, blogging has dropped among teens and young adults while simultaneously rising among older adults. As the tools and technology embedded in social networking sites change, and use of the sites continues to grow, youth may be exchanging "macro blogging" for microblogging with status updates. Blogging has declined in popularity among both…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Young Adults, Adolescents
