Nasim Gheshlaghi Azar, Shahram Yazdani, Zohreh Khoshgoftar
Development of higher-order thinking in health profession education: A comprehensive toolkit for medical educators
Journal of education and health promotion
study investigated extent nature university students use digital technologies learning socialising findings show students use limited range mainly established technologies use collaborative knowledge creation tools virtual worlds social networking sites low digital natives students technical discipline engineering used technology tools compared digital immigrants students nontechnical discipline social work relationship may mediated finding engineering courses required intensive extensive access technology social work courses however use technology groups quantitatively rather qualitatively different study find evidence support popular claims young people adopt radically different learning styles attitudes learning appear influenced lecturers teaching approaches students appear conform traditional pedagogies albeit minor uses tools delivering content outcomes suggest although calls transformations education may legitimate would misleading ground arguments change students shifting patterns learning technology use