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Topic 1: Digital ‘Visitors’ and ‘Residents’

Prensky’s generalization of digital natives and immigrants neglects the less interested and less abled crowd as it overlooks the potential impact of socio-economic and cultural factors. Developing countries may not have the luxury of technology or some countries might not like the idea of digital world just yet. Some learners may acquire technological skills quickly while others will struggle, regardless of age, like myself. Continue reading →

#MANG2049 Topic 1: Digital “Visitors” and Digital “Residents”

Question: Explain the concept of digital “visitors” and “residents” drawing upon your reading and your own online experiences to date in support of the points that you make. Digital “visitors” use the internet as a tool to perform specific tasks or activities such as corresponding to emails, research on a subject, find information, etc. With the intention of performing these tasks, they hope to end up with a result or accomplishment of sorts. Continue reading →

Topic 1 – Digital Visitors and Digital Residents

Technologies nowadays have been so successful and so convenient for people like us to gain information or for entertainment purposes. So, are you considered a Digital Visitor or a Digital Resident? Well, Digital Visitors are people who goes on a website or a search engine for a purpose. The web is a tool for them. Usually, the age group for these “visitors” are those who were born before all these technologies became successful. Continue reading →

Who are you in the virtual world? Digital Visitors,Residents or maybe even both?

I find the concept of digital “visitors” and “residents” very interesting after reading a few articles on it. It got me thinking of who I am when I’m on the web. First of all, let me give a explanation of the concept behind digital “visitors” and “resident”.This concept is actually derived from the Prensky’s typologies on digital natives and immigrants.For Prensky’s typologies is very much based on how web savvy a person is based on their age. Continue reading →

Topic 1: Digital “Visitors” V.S. Digital “Residents”

What are “Digital Visitors” and “Digital Residents”? Digital visitors and residents are terms used to describe the way in which human engages in activities over the web. Digital visitors establish a weak relationship with online activities and they only partake in online engagement to meet a specific agenda that they require. Visitors leave minimal traces online and value privacy. Continue reading →

THE FIRST STEP, #MANG2047

Accessing, managing and evaluating online information: I have been accessing and evaluating information regularly during my poly days as I have multiple projects to do. Hence this is not something that is new to me, however I tend to find information that may not be as relevant at times. As a result there would be an obvious difficulty for me in terms of managing such information. Continue reading →