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Digital “Visitors” and Digital “Residents”

There are apparently two types of people who use the internet. There are so called digital “visitors” and digital “residents”, both names are quite self-explanatory but just in case you are unaware of what they mean here is an overall description and view of the people who go online today. As a 19-year-old I fit perfectly in the demographic which is the digital “resident” or “native”. Continue reading →

The Digital Age – Visitor or Resident?

Explain the concept of digital “visitors” and “residents” drawing upon your reading and your own online experiences to date in support of the points that you make. In 2001 Prensky suggested that students of today are born into a digital age where the norm is to have access to computers, smartphones and the internet; making them digital natives. Whereas, older generations have learned to adapt to technology, never becoming fluent in digital language as younger generations have. Continue reading →

Digital ‘Visitors’ and ‘Residents’

The concept of digital visitors and residents is one that I have previously not considered. As part of my research for this post I read a number of articles discussing living online and using the internet as a tool.  The model of visitors and residents draws from Mark Prensky’s (a writer and speaker on learning and speaking) model of Digital Natives and Digital Immigrant (2001) since heavily criticised as inaccurate and inflexible. Continue reading →

Residents and Visitors – Syntax Error

Residents and visitors has been described as: a new typology for online engagement I’ve found everyone and anyone can sub-type residents and visitors into sub categories. We need a strong type rule where the terms can be indivisible. So that’s why I look at why we go online, what are the psychological reasons we visit the web. So this is why I believe we should be in the spectrum of Gamers and Non-Gamers, a much more binary and meaningful term. Continue reading →

Residents and Visitors – Syntax Error

Residents and visitors has been described as: a new typology for online engagement I’ve found everyone and anyone can sub-type residents and visitors into sub categories. We need a strong type rule where the terms can be indivisible. So that’s why I look at why we go online, what are the psychological reasons we visit the web. So this is why I believe we should be in the spectrum of Gamers and Non-Gamers, a much more binary and meaningful term. Continue reading →

Final Thoughts on Living and Working On The Web

When I first started using the internet back when I was a mere 10 year old I wouldn’t have thought ten years later my internet activity would be directly responsible in me getting a university degree. UOSM2033 has been more than just another module to pass and it has given me a different perspective on what it means to be an internet citizen and how your internet activity can relate to how you are off the internet. Continue reading →

The Final Round Up

After 5 months of studying the “Living and working on the web” module I’m pleased to say that I’ve learnt many useful skills that I will hopefully be able to apply to future tasks – whilst studying at university and beyond. As I study Economics, and have an analytical academic background (studying Maths, Physics and Economics at A level) the art of researching and publishing articles is completely new to me. I can definitely say that this course has improved these skills. Continue reading →

All good things must end.

Unlike every other module I’ve done at this university, UOSM2033 has been pretty much entirely based around communication. This has been a very interesting difference, as people have been able to put their points of view across strongly and actually try to better each other’s understanding while going about it. In some ways I think everyone has learnt a lot from it, and by the end views were not so disparate as they might have been at the start of the module. Continue reading →

The end is nigh! (…or is it the end of the beginning? )

As a I sit down to  write my last blog for #uosm2033, I think back to my first written piece:  understanding the concepts of digital visitors and residents. Delving into research for that week, I concluded that I am a digital resident. But now, with ten weeks under my belt of understanding digital media and the importance of online communication, I can very much say that I am not the resident I thought I was. Continue reading →

The final act: A Refelction of Living and Working on the Web

And so here it is, the final post of my module Living and Working on the Web. I’ll start with the things I have learnt during the module that I feel were most important and useful, which, unsurprisingly, are the things I will also take into future modules. The first of these is the use of informal, yet reliable, sources, even if it’s just to get a background of a topic. Continue reading →