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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 →

My Digital Residency! – UOSM2008 Introduction

The Digital Residents vs Visitors debate is something I’ve been considering recently; exploring it in my dissertation, and in a Digital Literacy session (see below!) I deliver with Tom Rowledge to MANG1022 students. Therefore, I was looking forward to being able to reflect on the debate, and on my own use of technology in this post. Continue reading →

Intro Topic: Digital Visitors and Digital Residents

Digital visitors and Digital residents is a further development of Prenksy’s original theory of digital natives and digital immigrants. Prensky set to make a distinction between people who are completely at ease with technology and the digital world and those who actively work and know how to use the internet but will never be fully competent. This became an extremely influential theory, which until recently gained widespread acceptance. Continue reading →

Intro Topic: Digital Visitors and Digital Residents

Digital visitors and Digital residents is a further development of Prenksy’s original theory of digital natives and digital immigrants. Prensky set to make a distinction between people who are completely at ease with technology and the digital world and those who actively work and know how to use the internet but will never be fully competent. This became an extremely influential theory, which until recently gained widespread acceptance. Continue reading →

Intro Topic: Digital Visitors and Digital Residents

Digital visitors and Digital residents is a further development of Prenksy’s original theory of digital natives and digital immigrants. Prensky set to make a distinction between people who are completely at ease with technology and the digital world and those who actively work and know how to use the internet but will never be fully competent. This became an extremely influential theory, which until recently gained widespread acceptance. Continue reading →

Am I a digital visitor or a digital resident?

The terminology “digital native” and “digital immigrants” were creations of Prensky in 2001, who supposed that people born into the “digital era” would be digital natives, whilst those born after were immigrants who were likely to ‘manage to learn to exist but will never be fully competent'(Prensky 2001). Despite initial credence, Prensky’s theory came under strain from critics. Continue reading →

Digital Visitors VS Digital Residents

Digital Visitors and Residents are a simple way of describing how different individuals use the world wide web. This theory is useful in helping us understand why individuals use the web. Continue reading →

Digital Visitors VS Digital Residents

Digital Visitors and Residents are a simple way of describing how different individuals use the world wide web. This theory is useful in helping us understand why individuals use the web. Continue reading →

Introductory Topic: The Types of Web Users

Digital Natives & Digital Immigrants The internet was created over two decades ago. For some, this is just a small fraction of their lifetime; for others, they have not known a life without it. This fact led Prensky (2001) to believe there existed a negative correlation between digital competence and age. Continue reading →

Introductory Topic: The Types of Web Users

Digital Natives & Digital Immigrants The internet was created over two decades ago. For some, this is just a small fraction of their lifetime; for others, they have not known a life without it. This fact led Prensky (2001) to believe there existed a negative correlation between digital competence and age. Continue reading →

Introductory Topic: The Types of Web Users

Digital Natives & Digital Immigrants The internet was created over two decades ago. For some, this is just a small fraction of their lifetime; for others, they have not known a life without it. This fact led Prensky (2001) to believe there existed a negative correlation between digital competence and age. Continue reading →

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Categorising Blog Posts

Once you’ve written your post, you will need to assign a CATEGORY to it. If you do not, it will not appear on the module blog and no-one will be able to read it...! BEFORE hitting the 'publish' button... FIRST: Create and assign the relevant category: Click on ‘+add new category’ Type the appropriate name (e.g. Intro Topic, Topic 1, Topic 2 etc. Continue reading →

Intro Topic – Notes and Information

justaskbernie.ca Introductory Topic This as an opportunity to get into the swing of how the module works and familiarise yourself with the learning cycle, the deadlines and the self-assessment and feedback system. You will NOT be formally assessed on this topic, but you will get detailed individual feedback in exactly the same way as you will for the assessed topics 1 – 3. Continue reading →

A Reflection on Topic 4

Created using Canva With the number of internet users continuing to grow, considering that just over 3.5 billions people are able to access the internet (internetlivestats.com), there is an increasing pressure to ensure people use the internet ethically. Within Phil’s blog he focused on how social media generates a ‘lynch mob’ mentality in cases much like Justine Sacco, which we have explored previously. Continue reading →