If you think the ‘digital natives’ have better online search skills than their parents, you’d be wrong. But simply telling students what to do isn’t the best way to improve their skills.
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Precocious social media users want to use technology to change the world.
Generations Y and Z want interesting and novel work, but they lack the skills and confidence required to manage uncertainty when it occurs.
To counter the unbalanced effects of the digital age, reading literature is the key.
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Distinguished Librarian, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Director, First Year Learning Initiative at University College and Professor of Psychological Sciences, Northern Arizona University
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Vice Provost for Academic Programs, SUNY Empire State College
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Associate Professor, Software, Design, Social Activism, University of Leeds
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Professor of Management, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor in Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, Business and Management, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research Environment and Postgraduate Research, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Human Resource Management, Cranfield University
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Researcher Book and Digital media studies, Leiden University
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RFIEA Fellows 2017-2018, IEA Paris, Researcher in Literary theory, University of Verona
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Professor, management, marketing, IÉSEG School of Management
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Associate Professor & Faculty Development Consultant, Academic Development Centre, Mount Royal University
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Lecturer in Curriculum Studies, University of Tasmania
