{"id":53,"date":"2014-10-12T06:26:59","date_gmt":"2014-10-12T06:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mistmanx.wordpress.com\/?p=41"},"modified":"2014-10-12T06:26:59","modified_gmt":"2014-10-12T06:26:59","slug":"digital-visitors-and-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/uosm2033\/2014\/topic-1-2014\/2014\/10\/digital-visitors-and-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Visitors and Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"

UOSM2033 Topic 1:\u00a0Explain the concept of digital \u201cvisitors\u201d and \u201cresidents\u201d drawing upon your own online experiences to date<\/h4>\n
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The concept of Digital Visitors and Residents was suggested by David S. White and Alison Le Cornu\u00a0as an alternative to Marc Prensky’s designations of Digital Natives and Immigrants<\/a>\u00a0(2001), used to\u00a0comprehend\u00a0a perceived split in\u00a0the use of technology between age groups. Prensky argues that people who grew up prior to the widespread use of\u00a0the internet\u00a0have a “digital immigrant accent”: a notably different way of using the internet,\u00a0as\u00a0someone speaking\u00a0a second language has.<\/p>\n

The immediate problem with Prensky’s designations is that\u00a0it relies upon all members of both the younger and older demographics conforming to\u00a0the Native and Immigrant labels respectively. Besides\u00a0the many younger people who are far more comfortable offline than on, there are those in both demographics who sit in-between. Ultimately, it forces an extremely simple binary on all internet users, narrowing them down to “haves” and “have-nots”.\u00a0White and Le Cornu present numerous examples of criticisms of Prensky’s concept in their article<\/a>\u00a0(2011), before suggesting their alternative.<\/p>\n

The concept of Digital Visitors and Residents centres around location and utilisation rather than time and habit. Visitors use the internet as a tool, as and when it is required, whereas Residents view it as a place within which they can create and cultivate an\u00a0identity of their own. One of the most important strengths of this concept is it does not pigeon-hole people; throughout a person’s lifetime, they can be\u00a0at any point a\u00a0Visitor or a Resident, or \u00a0some point in between, on a gradient:<\/p>\n

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White & le Cornu’s Visitor\/Resident Continuum<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

From an early age, I was almost solely a\u00a0Digital Resident, being extremely active in forums, chatrooms and on social media sites. However, whilst this did help me grow as an individual, I was not using this in an academic or professional context: I was a Resident only in a personal and social context. When I did use the internet\u00a0in an Academic context, I was only ever a Visitor, and not an effective one; my information gathering skills, like those of many my age, left much to be desired. I have worked on these skills, and with the formation of this blog and adjustments to the infrastructure between my social media, I aim to make myself both an effective Professional Resident and Visitor.<\/p>\n

This does highlight the concept’s shortcomings, which, in my opinion, contribute to its greatest strength; this concept does not tackle digital literacy, information gathering\u00a0effectiveness, or context of use.\u00a0Rather, these are all left as separate but connected continua, which,\u00a0when used together in a multi-axial system (similar to, but more complex than that which White illustrates in this video<\/a>\u00a0(2013)), create a far more complete picture of an individual’s Digital Habits than the binary of Natives and Immigrants. This allows for studies, such as one being performed by\u00a0JISC, the University of Oxford, OCLC and the University of North Carolina<\/a>\u00a0(2012), to come up with more effective solutions to problems, such as those that\u00a0institutions\u00a0encounter relating to their attempts\u00a0to gain relevancy through digitisation, from both faculty and students.<\/p>\n

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References & Bibliography<\/strong><\/p>\n

Harris, L.<\/span>, Warren, L.<\/span>, Leah, J.<\/span>\u00a0and Ashleigh, M.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(2010)\u00a0<\/span>Small steps across the chasm: ideas for embedding a culture of open education in the university sector.<\/span><\/a> In Education http:\/\/ineducation.ca<\/a>\u00a0Technology & Social Media (Special Issue, Part 2),<\/em><\/span>\u00a016<\/span>(1).<\/span><\/p>\n

Prensky, M. (2001). Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants.\u00a0<\/a>On the Horizon,\u00a0<\/em>9(5).<\/p>\n

White, D. (2008).\u00a0Not \u2018Natives\u2019 & \u2018Immigrants\u2019 but \u2018Visitors\u2019 & \u2018Residents’.<\/a>\u00a0Tall Blog<\/em>, University of Oxford.<\/p>\n

White, D. S., & Le Cornu, A. (2011). Visitors and Residents: A new typology for online engagement.<\/a>\u00a0First Monday<\/i>, 16<\/i>(9).<\/p>\n

White, D. S., Connaway, L. S., Lanclos, D., Le Cornu, A. and Hood, E. (2012).\u00a0Digital Visitors and Residents:<\/a>\u00a0Progress Report.<\/a>\u00a0JISC, University of Oxford, OCLC, University of North Carolina.<\/p>\n

White, D. (2013). Just The Mapping.<\/a>\u00a0Youtube <\/em>video.<\/em><\/p>
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