Le copain Michel Dumais qui tient le blogue Ouvert 24 heures [2], a en effet été fermé, pour cause de rénovations [3], plusieurs mois. Cela fait du bien de le revoir plus en forme et mordant que jamais. Entre autres, lisez sa récapitulation [4]de l’excellent papier de l’entrevue de Lee Rainie de Pew Internet [5]dans le Financial Times, They are the future And they’re coming soon to a workplace near you The next generation of your staff is challenging the accepted ways of doing things in the business world [6] (inscription payante), à propos de la génération des adolescent du Web (15 à 18 ans). Passionnant…
Il cite aussi une étude de Mark Prensky à ce propos. THE DEATH OF COMMAND AND CONTROL? [7] (PDF)
Un résumé des cinq réalités que les employeurs et collègues plus âgés doivent comprendre de ces jeunes :
Reality 1: They are video gamers with different expectations about how to learn, work, and pursue careers.
Reality 2: They are technologically literate, but that does not necessarily make them media literate.
Reality 3: They are content creators and that shapes their notions about privacy and property.
Reality 4: They are product and people rankers and that informs their notions of propriety.
Reality 5: They are multi-taskers often living in a state of “continuous partial attention”, where the boundary between work and leisure is quite permeable