Intro Post, Page 2

In the current 21st century, we experienced the impact that technology has had in our everyday lives. We grew up learning how to use the internet to look for information, to watch videos and to play online games. In this digital era, we could be categorized into 2 types of personalities: ‘Digital Resident’ and ‘Digital Visitor’. Continue reading →

The generation based concept of Digital Immigrant and Digital Native proposed by Marc Prensky has been challenged and replaced by White and Le Cornu’s Digital Visitor and Digital Resident framework. Digital Visitors are described as those who use digital platforms with specific goals in mind, thus they use digital platforms only as tools to achieve their targets and finish their tasks without leaving much or any digital trace behind. Continue reading →

Source: https://unsplash.com/photos/15YTRXKuJ14 With technology ever-growing, our society today has become a digital one whereby we adopt and integrate Information and Communication Technologies in our every day life. So who exactly are our digital selves? In this introductory post, I will be sharing about the concept on “Digital Visitors and Digital Residents” and give you a peek into which part of the spectrum I fall into. Continue reading →

To start things off, I took a self-test to see how experienced I was in various elements of having a digital profile; which I will discuss about, along with the concept of digital “visitors” and “residents”. The concept of digital “visitors” and “residents” is that individuals may be able to place themselves at a particular point along this continuum rather than in one of two boxes, according to an article by White & Le Cornu (2011). Continue reading →

Prensky’s notions of digital natives and digital immigrants are limited to an individual’s technological skills and age. However, White and Cornu (2011) suggested an alternative concept to Prensky’s, and it has proved to be a useful way to understand individuals’ motivations when they use the web in differing contexts. The concept of digital visitors and digital residents is a spectrum. Continue reading →

Resident or Visitor? How does one identify one’s status in this evolving, digitalised world? To put it simply, whether you leave a trace behind, or expect people to interact to your posts, is part of what determines your status as a digital resident or visitor. Continue reading →

  Are you a digital resident or digital visitor? And what am I? To answer that, we need to understand the concepts respectively. In nowadays, individuals have access to the internet from all over the world, however; there are multiple ways regarding how people engage with the Web. Visitors and Residents model provides a simple way of describing a wide range of continuum of online engagement. Continue reading →

Technology is ever advancing and in fact, we are learning, communicating and sharing among peers through the digital world. So what exactly is the Digital Visitor and Resident? Just by reading the two terms, you roughly get the idea of the meaning behind it. Is it basically just one who is often in the digital world or one who is just a passer-by in the digital world? I believe there’s more to that assumption i crafted. Continue reading →

What are Digital Visitor & Residents? Digital Visitors An individual who goes online whenever necessary. For example, to extract certain information from the web or to purchase a certain good from an online store. They view the web as a tool for attaining a certain goal. (White and Le Cornu, 2011). Digital Residents An individual who goes online to complete their task on hand and at the same time, connect with their friends and family within certain virtual platforms. Continue reading →

“Eh Nic! Have you taken your mandatory food shot for Instagram yet?” Screenshot of my Instagram. The concepts of digital natives and immigrants from Prensky (2001) really intrigued me! Those concepts identifies 2 different groups of people (mainly based on their age) in the digital sphere with natives being the individuals “grown locally” and the immigrants being the individuals catching up with the digital age. Continue reading →