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The Risks and Benefits of Always-On Technology: Exploring the Intersection Between Technology and Student Voice
Mon, April 12, 4:30 to 6:00pm EDT (4:30 to 6:00pm EDT), SIG Sessions, SIG-Media, Culture, and Learning Paper and Symposium SessionsAbstract
It is important that we humans bond with each other; we have an innate need for connectedness (Baumeister & Leary, 1995). And yet, in an era of “always-on,” hyper-connected devices and technologies, that ability for humans of all ages to authentically connect with each other seems to be dwindling. This is particularly affecting our young people, who have not known a different developmental reality. According to generational researcher Jean Twenge (2017), iGen’ers (the generational name coined by Twenge to refer to those who were born between 1995 and 2012) “spend less time interacting with their peers face-to-face than any previous generation” (p. 71). This study takes a convergent parallel mixed-methods approach to exploring the intersection between technology and student voice.