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Topic 1: Reflective Summary

Before wring my first blog post for UOSM2008, I have never heard of the terms “digital residents” and “digital victors”, or even digital “native” and “immigrants”. But after I have done some reading on this topic, putting my thoughts out on my blog and reading others opinions on this aspect, I have learnt some much more and have a more holistic and better understanding about this topic. Continue reading →

Reflect on Topic 1

After I have post my blog on Topic 1 it was my turn to go and read my other class mates blog and comment on their blogs. I have done that over last few days and learn so much that I would like to express below. First blog – Aliyu Aliyu                               https://aaaliyu.wordpress. Continue reading →

Topic 1: SUMMARY – Digital ‘Residents’ and ‘Visitors’

The discussion on the digital ‘resident’ and ‘visitor’ has been enlightening. It has increased my understanding of some of the debates surrounding who fully utilises and benefits from technology. Although difficult to quantify, Tamara Manton’s citation of White’s Matrix was particularly helpful in simplifying the question of exactly who is a digital resident and visitor. Continue reading →

Topic 1: Digital Residents and Visitors

Before the mid 80’s, access to computers, related technology and the media was limited to TV, radio, film and print. Since then, there has been continuous access to new technologies, which have expanded an individual’s access to the world. According to McLuhan (1964), “the globe has been contracted into a village by electric technology and an instantaneous movement of information”. Continue reading →

Topic 1

Topic 1: “Digital Residents” and “Digital Immigrants” 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. Let’s start by outlining who a “digital resident” and “digital visitor” is. By breaking down these terms, by definition, a resident is someone who permanently lives in a particular place. Continue reading →

Topic 1: ‘Digital Residents’ and ‘Digital Visitors’

Prensky’s (2001) work on digital natives and digital immigrants was very influential at the time but over a decade later it has been heavily critiqued due to its simplistic nature; ill-fitting metaphors and its tendency to rely heavily on age to determine ability. Even Prensky himself has critiqued the validity of the debate in today’s online world. As a result the digital resident and visitor concept was introduced to understand the complex nature of how we use with the web. Continue reading →

Was I born online?

Figure 1 A digital native is someone that is just one amongst the Net Generation. This is the younger age group that have been born into the digital era and, therefore, their inherent ‘tech-savvy-ness’ allows them to thoroughly know how to utilise all corners of the Internet to fully immerse their ‘real life’ selves into a social and professional pixilated format (Bennett, Maton & Kervin, 2008). Continue reading →

Digital Visitors and Residents: A review of current and past terminologies

With the internet providing myriad new ways to spread information, advertisement and services, both corporations and individuals should attempt to understand how users of the web can be categorized and therefore catered to individually, to provide the best experience to the widest demographic of web-users possible. In trying to initially approach categorization for how people approach using the web, Marc Prensky in 2001 first made use of the terms Digital “Natives” and “Immigrants”. Continue reading →