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Addressing the Needs of Digital Age Learners
geraldGerald Knezek
Professor of Learning Technologies
University of North Texas President
Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education
This presentation will discuss how Digital age learners in the 21st Century differ according to exposure to technology during their educational years. Classified at Millennials-Genearation I, Millennials-Generation 2, and Pre-Millennials, digital age learners are now becoming classroom teachers. How will their experience with technology affect the classrooms of the 21st Century?
Gerald Knezek – Digital Age Learners
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Gerald Knezek
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Dr. Knezek is Regents Professor of Learning Technologies at the University of North Texas and Director of the Institute for the Integration of Technology into Teaching & Learning (IITTL) at UNT. He is President of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE).
He is currently Lead Principal Investigator for the US National Science Foundation ITEST Project MSOSW (#0833706), and Co-Principal Investigator for a US Fund for Improvement for Post-Secondary Education project titled simMentoring (#P116B060398). Dr. Knezek was doctoral program coordinator for Educational Computing from 2002-2004. He held the Matthews Chair for Research in Education at the University of North Texas from 1995-1997. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and Japan ‘s National Center for University Entrance Examinations during 1993-94 and shared time between Texas and Ecuador on a Fulbright Senior Specialist appointment during 2006-07.
Dr. Knezek received his B.A. in Mathematics and the Social Sciences from Dartmouth College , and his M.Ed. and Ph.D. degrees in Educational Psychology from the University of Hawaii. |