This is a summary of the findings of a study of students' use of technologies for formal and informal learning and socialising.

1. the myth of the digital native: students’ use of technologies Anoush Margaryan and Allison Littlejohn Caledonian Academy, Glasgow Caledonian University ,UK Contact: [email_address] draft paper at http://www.academy.gcal.ac.uk/anoush/documents/DigitalNativesMythOrReality-MargaryanAndLittlejohn-draft-111208.pdf This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported Licence

2. nature and extent of students’ use of technologies in formal, informal learning and socialising nature and extent of staff’s use of technologies in teaching students’ and staff’s views on the educational value of the technologies student’s and staff’s views on the barriers to the integration of technologies within education

3. Sample: Year 3, Engineering and Social Work, Glasgow Caledonian and Strathclyde Universities Questionnaire survey n=160 (130/30, 80/80) Interviews: students (n=8), staff (n=8) Data collection: Jan-May 2007

4. Part 1: students’ views: survey

7. Mean=23 yrs, SD = 6.32, n=157

16. Part 2: student interviews

30. Part 3: Staff interviews