Learning with new technologies and inter-generational debate: shall the divide be enhanced or overcome?
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https://doi.org/10.7346/-fei-X-03-12_03Keywords:
Learning, Digital divide, Digital Era, Inter-generational divide, New technologiesAbstract
Inequality in the field of Information Technologies opposes the “Net Generation” to the previous ones. In order to solve this problem, our society of knowledge would make a first step by understanding them in their global perspective, and subsequently by implementing specific interventions. Empirical data show a reality that is complex both in what concerns the theoretical gap and in what concern practical approaches.
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