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Digital Natives & Immigrants ‘Digital Natives’, a term coined by Prensky (2001) to describe people who have always had access to the internet their entire lives. People from my age group (Millenials) are included in this group, as we grew up with the internet and hence we tend to have a high level of online proficiency, in comparison to people born long before the rise of the internet known as ‘Digital Immigrants’. Continue reading →

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Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants Prensky’s concept differentiates between those who were born in the digital world and speak the digital language (Natives) and those who have adjusted to the new technology at a later part of their life but will always have an “accent” (Immigrants) (Prensky, 2001). He also implied that ‘Immigrant educators’ would need to reform their methods of teaching to accommodate the Digital Natives (White & Cornu, 2011). Continue reading →

Digital Proficiency – Examining Residents and Visitors

Understanding digital literacy is an increasingly important skill as we are more and more dependant upon utilising the internet for professional and social reasons. Through a high level of Digital Literacy – synonymous with being a ‘Digital Resident’, we are empowered with higher social presence allowing for online activities within communities, or engagement thus facilitating networked learning. Continue reading →

Digital Visitors and Digital Residents.

Dan White describes that Digital Visitors and Residents “are a way of describing the range of ways individuals can engage with the web”. Visitors and Residents are at opposite ends of the spectrum. https://youtu.be/sPOG3iThmRI Prensky also defined that there is a major distinction between them. Those who are considered a ‘Visitor’ are not “fully competent” with the digital environment. They go online for a reason and after leave onto something else. Continue reading →

Digital Residents and Visitors

The concept of Digital Visitors and Residents: The concept of Digital Visitors and Residents enable us to map individual’s engagement with the web today (White and Cornu, 2011).  Click the link below to find out more about Digital Residents and Visitors. Digital residents and visitors (created using biteable.com) When reflecting on my digital literacies and online behaviours, I referred to my self-test and my mapping of my digital engagement. Continue reading →

Digital residents and visitors

The concept of Digital visitors and residents: The concept of Digital Visitors and Residents enable us to map individual’s engagement with the web today (White and Cornu, 2011).  Click the link below to find out more about digital residents and visitors. Digital residents and visitors (created using biteable.com) When reflecting on my digital literacies and online behaviours, I referred to my self-test and my mapping of my digital engagement. Continue reading →

UOSM2008 Introductory Post

Digital Natives and Immigrants Prensky (2001) identified the term ‘digital natives’, describing users who are very experienced with the Web. This looks at the younger generation (‘millenials’) in particular, who are highly skilled (Howe and Strauss, 2000, 2003). Digital immigrants are users who lack the digital skills, and find the Web a difficult environment to navigate. What defines a native and immigrant can vary per individual. Continue reading →

UOSM2008 Introductory Post

Digital Natives and Immigrants Prensky (2001) identified the term ‘digital natives’, describing users who are very experienced with the Web. This looks at the younger generation (‘millenials’) in particular, who are highly skilled (Howe and Strauss, 2000, 2003). Digital immigrants are users who lack the digital skills, and find the Web a difficult environment to navigate. What defines a native and immigrant can vary per individual. Continue reading →

Digital ‘Visitors’ and ‘Residents’

Digital ‘Natives’ and Digital ‘Immigrants’ (Prensky) “Theory goes, that if you’re young enough to have grown up with digital technology, then you’re native to it” (White, 2014).  The concept proposed by Prensky of Digital ‘Natives’ and Digital ‘Immigrants’ was once widely accepted but is now subject to question and criticism. Continue reading →

Digital Visitors and Residents

In this fast-moving world of technology, it sure is difficult to keep up with new innovations. Marc Prensky initially introduced the idea of Digital Natives and Immigrants in 2001 to distinguish between people based on their knowledge of the technology. ‘Natives’ being the people with a good understanding of the digital world that is the young generation and ‘Immigrants’ being the people struggling to establish a foundation within the digital world that is the older generation. Continue reading →

I’m just visiting #UOSM2008

Prensky’s ‘Natives and Immigrants’ typology Prensky’s concept that was widely criticised for its generalisation of the population division based on the age gap and its education on technology. The net generation is the young, native population who have been immersed by the digital world from a young age, therefore ‘native speakers of the digital language’ (1). Continue reading →

Digital Visitors and Residents

Digital ‘visitors’ are known to use the web only when it is necessary and can help them in achieving certain goals. They like to do most of their thinking offline, so they are users, not members, of the Web and place little value in belonging online (White and Le Cornu, 2011). A common misconception is that the older generation are just visitors, but this is not completely true. Continue reading →

Digital visitors and residents

Digital ‘visitors’ are known to use the web only when it is necessary and can help them in achieving certain goals. They like to do most of their thinking offline, so they are users, not members, of the Web and place little value in belonging online (White and Le Cornu, 2011). A common misconception is that the older generation are just visitors, but this is not completely true. Continue reading →