ABSTRACT
Focused toward students, this chapter provides suggestions for how students may develop behaviors that not only may help their learning but also transfer to the workplace. Often times, some people may assume that using technology in class automatically helps learning; however, research demonstrates that this is not the case. Instead, this chapter notes that students need to be careful self-monitors of their device usage in the classroom. In particular, off-task usage of mobile devices is something that students will need to carefully self-monitor and control. In addition, recognizing when to use, or not use, digital devices in class is also something this chapter discusses. For example, taking digital notes certainly has advantages, but research has demonstrated that students may not deeply process class content when taking notes by computer and may not remember that class content later on. In addition, this chapter notes that college is often the last place that students can develop habits and mind-sets that they bring with them to the workplace and their careers. Thus, developing productive and helpful tech habits in college can be an important process for students.
