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Re-hash or mash-up? Assessing Generation-Y in
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• Dr Helen Jones Manchester Metropolitan University

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• Do new technologies offer assessment formats that
  test the learning smorgasbord of the 21st century
  or are we merely pouring old wine into new
  bottles?
• Do we mash-up learning on the Internet in wikis,
  Facebook and YouTube or continue with traditional
  formats and risk increasing attrition rates as
  students vote with their feet, preferring the
  camaraderie of cyberspace and internet cafes to
  the peeling and graffitied surfaces of rooms too
  hot in the summer and freezing in winter?

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e-learning at one university

• This is not a generation of mavericks. This
  is not about self-reliance, its about teamwork.
  ... And there is not infighting - gen Y hates
  conflict- which is no surprise because theyve
  been learning negotiation skills since they were
  kids http//www.brazencareerist.com/ Are you a
  Gen-Y Magnet p12).

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Defining Generation-Y
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Are we teaching and testing the right things in
the right way?
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Feedback
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Are wikis and other formats sustainable?
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Student Perceptions
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• Parker, Kevin R. and Joseph T. Chao (2007). Wiki
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Re-hash or mash-up? Assessing Generation-Y in
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