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Are Digital Natives Actually Digital Illiterates? The Shocking Truth About Student Self-Regulation

We've been told that today's students are digital natives, born with an innate ability to navigate the online world. But what if that's a dangerous myth? This video dives deep into a groundbreaking study from the National University of Central Peru (UNCP), which analyzed 411 university students to uncover the real relationship between digital skills and self-regulated learning. The findings are startling: over 51% of these so-called 'digital natives' possess only basic digital skills, and nearly 70% lack any digital creativity. Worse, their ability to focus and manage themselves online is directly tied to their technical competence—a connection that varies dramatically by major. From engineering students trapped in time-wasting rabbit holes to medical students with crippled creativity, we break down the cognitive bankruptcy plaguing higher education. Discover the hidden role of dopamine traps, the failure of learning management systems, and why this isn't a student problem—it's a systemic crisis. Watch to understand why the future of learning depends on rewiring both our tools and our minds.