{"id":87,"date":"2015-02-07T12:32:26","date_gmt":"2015-02-07T12:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tamaramanton.wordpress.com\/?p=3"},"modified":"2015-02-07T12:32:26","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T12:32:26","slug":"digital-residents-and-digital-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/uosm2008-2015\/2015\/02\/07\/digital-residents-and-digital-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Residents and Digital Immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"

The concept of Visitors and Residents was developed by David White and Alison Le Cornu:
\n\u2022 The Resident<\/strong> is an individual who collaborates and contributes online, establishing a permanent online presence.
\n\u2022 The Visitor<\/strong> is an individual who uses the web as a functional tool and leaves little trace behind them.<\/p>\n

This is a different vision to Prensky\u2019s concept of \u2018natives\u2019 (those who were born into the digit age) and \u2018immigrants\u2019 (those who weren\u2019t).<\/p>\n

In terms of culture and activities this translates to:
\n\u2022 For the Resident THE INTERNET IS A PLACE \u2013 where they interact with others and spend time developing their online persona.
\n\u2022 For the Visitor THE INTERNET IS A TOOL \u2013 they do not participate in online culture; instead using the internet to find data, pay bills, make bookings, etc.<\/p>\n

The basic concepts can be seen on David White\u2019s YouTube video:<\/p>\n

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