Influence Of Digital Learning Equipment On The Academic Performance Of Students (a Case Study Of National Open University, Benue State)

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1      Background of the study Digital natives, the net-generation, the digital-generation, and millenniums are all labels to identify today’s learners. Marc Prensky (2001) created the term digital native in his work Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants to describe the generation of learners growing up interacting with digital technology. Marc Prensky (2001), educational author, noted that the average college student has spent less than 5,000 hours of his/her life reading, yet he/she has spent over 10,000 hours playing video games and 20,000 hours watching television…