It is argued that age related, and generational differences in digital technology use and preferred learning styles, increasingly divides lecturers from students. This module will explore the students use of contemporary technologies, often referred to as Web 2.0 technologies to investigate some of the assertions being made about the apparent digital divide between lecturer and student.Example web 2.0 technologies being 'social networks', twitter, iPods etc. Students will work to explore the emerging use of these web 2.0 technologies in supporting formal teaching and learning within educational settings. Students will have the opportunity to develop a range of skills through the development of competence in using Athens to access research papers and RefWorks to manage their findings.