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2016, Page 15

Topic 1: Reflections

For this week’s topic, we were given the task of explaining the concepts Digital ‘visitors’ and ‘residents’. These terms originally seemed new to me until I realized that they were developments which had been made to the infamous terms of Digital ‘natives’ and ‘immigrants’ popularized by Prensky. Continue reading →

Topic 1: Reflective Account

Topic 1 has come to an end. Initially I agreed with the definition of digital natives and immigrants outlined by Prensky (2001), using my parents as examples of digital immigrants. However through further reading and debate, I have accepted White and Conru’s (2011) visitor and resident analogy. My colleague, Clayton has a lot of experience with the internet through his course, in comparison to my lack of experience, I would define him as a clear digital resident. Continue reading →

Digital Residents and Visitors: Reflection

Last week I wrote a post about Digital Residents and Visitors which was a new concept to me and I found it interesting to learn about. After reading some more blogs on the topic and replying to some comments on my own, I’ve learnt a little more on the topic. Firstly, Clayton brought up an interesting point about teachers may find it hard to teach a generation of children who “speak a different language”. Continue reading →

Topic 1: Reflection

Originally, I thought I had grasped the concept of visitors and residents perfectly. Little did I know there would be more to learn from reading the blog posts of my peers. Although we were given the same task, the nature of online education and personal learning networks ensured that all of our content was different! Ellies’ post incorporated the idea of digital ‘lurkers’ who are present online but do not post or engage. Continue reading →

Topic 1: Reflection

When I wrote my blog post for this topic, I believed that I had a pretty solid grasp on the idea of “Digital Visitors” and “Digital Residents”, and how these had been created following on from Prensky’s ideas of “Digital Natives” and “Digital Immigrants”. However, during the two weeks that have passed during this topic, and collaboration that has occurred with my peers, my understanding has been altered. I received three very insightful comments on my blog post. Continue reading →

TOPIC 1: Reflection

  I must admit, I never really thought it was necessary to have such a framework as ‘Digital Visitors and Residents’, however after researching myself but particularly after reading  other students blogs on the topic, I’ve changed my mind. For me, it was really interesting to see how ‘Digital Visitors and Residents’ affects employers, social media but above all learning techniques on the web. Continue reading →

Reflecting back on Topic 1 (UOSM2008)

Topic 1 drew upon a new framework for Web engagement proposed by White and Cornu – the use of the terms digital ‘residents’ and ‘visitors’. This acts as a replacement for Prensky’s original idea of digital ‘natives’ and ‘immigrants’ which based the categorisation of Web users primarily on their age, suggesting younger people are the ‘natives’ of the digital world. Continue reading →

Reflective post 1

At the beginning of the 21st century, Mark Prensky found that internet users can be identified either as digital native, which represent all the 90’s kids and younger generation that were born into the digital world, or digital immigrants, which would not possess all the natural abilities of the younger generation for using internet. Continue reading →

Reflecting on Digital Visitors and Residents

I’ve discussed the differences in digital competencies of family and friends before, but never knew that there were theories surrounding this until this module.  I’ve since found myself analysing my friends’ online behaviour more, and classifying them as either Digital Residents or Digital Visitors (White and Cornu).  I also looked at my own past online behaviour, mainly through looking at my Facebook timeline, and classified myself as a Digital Resident. Continue reading →

Reflecting Back

The first week was dedicated towards identifying the concepts of ‘Digital Visitors’ and ‘Digital Residents’. Through my understanding, I was clearly situated upon the fact that it is what we can do that would identify as a digital visitor or a digital resident. Personally, I put myself into a classification of both a visitor and a resident, however, I grew much more of an understanding about the concepts having since read others’ blogs and discussions. Continue reading →

Visitors and Residents – The Reflection

Researching the theory of digital visitors and digital residents helped provide me with a fresh insight into a brand new topic.  Now that I am aware of the ‘visitor’ and ‘resident’ theory I will find it useful to conceptualise my behaviour in the online domain. Finding reputable sources from the internet to support statements in my blog was something that I was already quite proficient at, as it has been a well used skill in my University career. Continue reading →

Topic 1 – Reflection

Our first topic of discussion as the class of #UOSM2008 ‘16, was the newly-formed, intriguing and controversial digital residents & visitors concept! The topic is directly related to each and every one of us in respect of our online-usage; however, it’s not one I’ve truly contemplated on before! We were being examined on our ability to explain the concept and its relevance to our own online experiences. Continue reading →

Reflective Summary of Topic 1

Finally, I’m writing the closing stage of Topic 1 for my Living and working on the Web module. The first topic we had been given to analyse is the theory of “digital residents” vs “digital visitors” by White and Cornu. It explaines a simple but very interesting approach of making a difference amongst the users of the Web. Continue reading →

Topic 1. Summary

In Topic 1 we investigated and discussed some of the existing typologies of the Internet users. We focused on White’s typology of ‘residents’ and ‘visitors’ that he has contrasted with Prensky’s categories of ‘digital immigrants’ versus ‘digital natives’. Continue reading →

Topic 1: Reflection

Although Topic 1 was about us dipping our toes into the blogging water, it had a great impact on me. At first I was more focused on creating a clear image of what “digital residents” and “digital visitors” are. I read through Prensky’s, Le Cornu, and White’s papers so I could understand their theories. What I came to realise was that the hard part was not the research, but the self-evaluation. Applying the theories you read about, to yourself and seeing how you fit the picture. Continue reading →

Finishing off Topic 1

Hi everyone Don’t forget that your two comments should be posted by close of play Wednesday (17th) and your reflective summaries are due by end of Sunday (21st). You will then get individual feedback on Topic 1 as a whole by end of play on Tuesday 23rd. Don’t forget that you need to give your posts a Category of “Topic 1″ in order for them to display in the right section of the module blog. If you can’t see your work coming through to it, please check this issue out. Continue reading →

Digital Residents and Digital Visitors

Prensky (2001) formulated the original theory surrounding the different digital competency levels people can have, sparking theoretical development of this topic.  He used observational methods on his students to formulate his theory about from when digital technology rapidly developed and was introduced to the general public.  The Digital Natives grew up within a technological culture and naturally learnt about digital technology alongside other skills like playing with manual toys. Continue reading →