The students currently at the University have been described by a number of labels. These include the net generation, millennial, Google generation and digital natives. These terms highlight the importance of technology in their lives. Some authors assert than the new technologies influence is a major change in the way young people socialize, communicate and learn. According to Prensky, who endorses the term Digital Native to this generation, these people thinks and process information in a radically different way than previous generations. Prensky's concepts of Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants and the classification according to the age has and is been challenged by solid research data. However it remains clear that the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT's) will influence the way these students learn. A simple example is that, being our students commuters, chat-rooms eases a lot team meetings when some teamwork must be done.
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