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What Is The Good Of Experience If You Do Not Really Reflect? – Frederick the Great

Created using Canva Introduction After reviewing blog posts created by my peers, I realised the difficulty in writing a concise, creative post that would appeal to readers. The word limit itself is a challenge to overcome, but the real task lies in the use of attractive infographics. Digital Immigrants vs. Digital Natives Reflection Finding other perspectives on this debate further enhanced my understanding. Continue reading →

What Is The Good Of Experience If You Do Not Really Reflect? – Frederick the Great

Created using Canva Introduction After reviewing blog posts created by my peers, I realised the difficulty in writing a concise, creative post that would appeal to readers. The word limit itself is a challenge to overcome, but the real task lies in the use of attractive infographics. Digital Immigrants vs. Digital Natives Reflection Finding other perspectives on this debate further enhanced my understanding. Continue reading →

Reflection: Introductory Topic

Despite being in the ‘net generation’ when introduced to the world of WordPress, I realised I was a Digital Immigrant. The task of having  to set up a visually attractive blog posed a number of challenges and there is still some room for improvement. After reading into White and Cormu’s continuum I understand that one aspect of my  knowledge doesn’t override my capability to use other platforms of technology. Continue reading →

Reflection: Introductory Topic

Despite being in the ‘net generation’ when introduced to the world of WordPress, I realised I was a Digital Immigrant. After reading into White and Cormu’s continuum I understand that one aspect of my  knowledge doesn’t override my capability to use other platforms of technology. I learnt people do not adopt either ‘Visitor’ or ‘Resident’ mode but usually use a combination, dependent on what they are doing on the web. Continue reading →

Reflection: Do I live here now?

Prior to the introductory topic, I’d have considered myself to be “digital” in every way, shape and form. Subconsciously, I was aligned with Prenksy’s rather ageist theory. However, my subsequent exposure to White’s theory  converted my mind, and I started a reflection of digital life more broadly. Through the mapping process, I accepted that I was “digitally deficient” in some areas. Continue reading →

Reflecting on Residency

Made in Canva Reflecting on this introductory topic was, for me, a useful process. Following on from the lecture on Friday 16th, I began to think about what I had learnt about the topic, and my own Digital Residency. I had preconceptions of the concept of Digital Residency, and I explored these through my own self-assessment. This, in turn, led me to realise that my own position on the Digital Residency scale was not quite where I felt it was before reflecting on it. Continue reading →

Intro Topic – Reflection

When I first started researching digital natives and digital visitors I already had my own opinion on the subject – that you are either one or the other for a particular platform. However I’ve come to understand that this can be seen as more of a spectrum. Many argue that the two labels aren’t mutually exclusive and can be seen as a continuum where you float back and forth between the two which is something I discovered on Phoebe’s article. Continue reading →

Intro Topic – Reflection

When I first started researching digital natives and digital visitors I already had my own opinion on the subject – that you are either one or the other for a particular platform. However I’ve come to understand that this can be seen as more of a spectrum. Many argue that the two labels aren’t mutually exclusive and can be seen as a continuum where you float back and forth between the two which is something I discovered on Phoebe’s article. Continue reading →

Intro Topic – Reflection

Created by Joanna Fairey using Canva Before starting this module, I was guilty of assuming that it would be ‘easier’ than my conventional degree-specific modules. I quickly realised, however, that just setting up my own blog on WordPress challenged my technical abilities (despite having concluded that I was a digital ‘native’!). Below is a video I used to help me convert to a WordPress ‘native.’ The Native vs. Continue reading →

Digital visitor vs Digital resident

Digital natives vs Digital immigrants The terms Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants were coined by marc prensky in 2001. Digital natives are competent users of the digital language who have been born into a world of computer and internet usage. This refers to the fact they have been immersed into a world with digital technology from a very young age (Prensky, 2001). This is in contrast to Digital immigrants who tend to adopt technological advancements many years’ after it’s onset. Continue reading →

Introductory Topic

[UPDATE] The reflection post on this topic can be found here. As times progress, the terminologies in internet-related studies change. We started the 21st century with a different outlook on defining the different generations of people in the modern digital age, with Mark Prensky’s 2001 article, Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants. Continue reading →

Introductory Topic

[UPDATE] The reflection post on this topic can be found here. As times progress, the terminologies in internet-related studies change. We started the 21st century with a different outlook on defining the different generations of people in the modern digital age, with Mark Prensky’s 2001 article, Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants. Continue reading →

UOSM2008: Digital literacy and self-evaluation

This is the first in a series of posts to be published over the coming months as part of the University of Southampton’s Living and Working on the Web module. To find out more, including links to all of this year’s student blogs, check out the UOSM2008 website. I have long regarded my digital literacy as strong, having used computers regularly from a young age and gone on to study for a Web Science degree. Continue reading →

Digital Visitors vs Digital Residents

Digital visitors and residents is a simple concept to describe how an individual makes use of the internet. The concept originated from Marc Prensky’s notion of digital natives and immigrants.   Prensky’s digital natives and immigrants: Prensky (2001) used the term digital native to describe students who are “native speakers” of the “digital language”. Continue reading →

Digital Visitors vs Digital Residents

Digital visitors and residents is a simple concept to describe how an individual makes use of the internet. The concept originated from Marc Prensky’s notion of digital natives and immigrants.   Prensky’s digital natives and immigrants: Prensky (2001) used the term digital native to describe students who are “native speakers” of the “digital language”. Continue reading →

Digital ‘Visitors and Residents’: Moving In

Prensky (2001) assumes someone of my generation must be a ‘digital native’ having grown up and gained a fluency in languages of computing and Web services to live, learn and work with. Whereas older generations are natural ‘digital immigrants’ with little experience of digital technology and require more education to become equally as competent. After filling out the digital literacy self-test sheet (shown below) I am definitely not a ‘digital native’. Continue reading →