Digital maybes at Melbourne University

A colleague drew my attention to a recent report out of Melbourne U in relation to the use of various digital media/technologies by MU students. Basically it points to some interesting patters, e.g. blog use for the first years and nothing like the digital embrace that is represented in some of the more romantic notions of the so-called gen-y folk. The other person of interest here - I am sure there are many more-- is Eszter Hargittai. She gave a presentation at Beyond Broadcast which broadly argued that students tend to have highly specialised IT-related skill sets but nothing that would allow you to say they are digital renaissance folk. Well worth a listen.