Digital Learning for Millenials: IT in Eduation and/or IT for Education

Abstract

Digitalisation has transformed organisations (existing or new ones), social systems and the global economy. One of the major drivers and emergence of digital platforms in the education sector is technology. Since we are saturated with technological devices, how can we, therefore, neglect or refuse the role technology plays or must play in education? For many researchers and practitioners, the main topic of discussion remains whether to consider the learner or the technology. In this paper, two main trending issues are addressed, the first one accounts on how and why digital technology transforms teaching–learning process. The second one focuses on the evolution brought about by information technology in the higher education sector, bearing in mind that the twenty-first century is the century of ‘digital natives’, term coined by Marc Prensky in [1] to refer to those who have grown up with digital technology. This theoretical/conceptual paper intends to investigate the different tools and artefacts which are used in the teaching–learning environment, in order to design new research data for future use.