The Digital Disconnect: The Widening Gap Between Internet-Savvy Students and Their Schools

By Sousan M. Arafeh, D. Levin. 2002

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Informal learning and identity formation in online social networks (2009, background): “Levin et al. (2002), in a national survey of US teens, reported a ‘digital disconnect’ between internet-savvy students and their schools.”
Old Communication, New Literacies: Social Network Sites as Social Learning Resources (2009, result): “Such findings are consistent with other studies reporting the digital disconnect (Levin et al., 2002) students frequently experience between in-school and out-of-school practices with new media (DeGennaro, 2008; Lenhart, Arafeh, Smith & MacGill, 2007).”
The 'digital natives' debate: A critical review of the evidence (2008, background): “Current students have been variously described as disappointed (Oblinger, 2003), dissatisfied (Levin & Arafeh, 2002), and disengaged (Prensky, 2005a).”