post-secondary students at the institution in question use a limited set of ICTs and their use is driven by three key issues: familiarity, cost, and immediacy.

Source: Digital Learners in Higher Education: Generation is Not the Issue – Learning & Technology Library (LearnTechLib)

Note:  What is “immediacy”? Could these 3 factors be used to select tools within a course? How could you make a new tool seem familiar?

Note:  Study involved Mark Bullen, BCIT and Tannis Morgan, JIBC