scholarly journals A Survey on Digital Immigrants’ Technology Usage and Practice in Teaching Digital Natives

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Dipima Buragohain
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Collaborative Teaching ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Digital Native ◽  
Digital Immigrants ◽  
Technology Usage ◽  
Digital Immigrant ◽  
Processing Information ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The widespread use of digital technologies by digital natives has put a considerable amount of pressure on their educators, who are mostly digital immigrants, to recognize the relevance of digital connectivity, learn new ways of thinking and processing information of the digital natives, and integrate it into their teaching environments. The current study looks into these aspects while discussing the technology usage and practice of digital immigrant educators in higher education. A survey was conducted with a structured questionnaire on the technology usage and teaching strategies implemented by the digital immigrant educators to teach digital natives in higher education. The findings reported that digital immigrant educators must be accustomed to the a) diverse needs of digital native students and b) use and applications of digital technologies in order to create and practice interactive and collaborative teaching environments.

scholarly journals Generasi Digital Natives dalam Praktik Konsumsi Berita di Lingkungan Digital

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-98
Author(s):  
Devie Rahmawati ◽  
Giri Lumakto ◽  
Deni Danial Kesa
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Digital Native ◽  
Digital Immigrants ◽  
Digital Immigrant

Dominasi interaksi warga di dunia digital masih menyisakan ketidaksetaraan antar generasi. Walau data menunjukkan dari 268 juta penduduk Indonesia, terdapat 355 juta pengguna seluler (133%). Dimana 91% mengakses informasi melalui ponsel, mayoritas interaksi digital ini berasal digital native. Digital natives (17-34 tahun) adalah generasi yang lahir berdampingan dengan perkembangan teknologi. Sedang digital immigrants (45-65 tahun) lahir sebelum teknologi digital berkembang pesat. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif. Metode pengumpulan data menggunakan teknik dua kali wawancara dengan FGD dengan 55 orang responden. Ke 55 responden berasal dari digital natives (20) dan digital immigrants (35). Teknik wawancara menggunakan tidak terstruktur. Dengan analisis data bersifat deskriptif. Penelitian ini menemukan adanya misinterpretasi kompetensi digital, terutama dalam konsumsi informasi hoaks. Dibandingkan dengan generasi digital immigrant dalam mengkonsumsi berita, digital natives menunjukkan ketimpangan schemata dalam mengenali informasi digital. Kedua generasi masih mudah terprovokasi dengan kandungan emosional hoaks. Terjadi kendala untuk digital natives merubah kondisi sosial atas persebaran berita hoaks (digital divide). Pola patron-client menjadi salah satu penyebab hoaks menjadi informasi yang dipercaya juga oleh digital natives.

scholarly journals Preferred Learning Styles for Digital Native and Digital Immigrant Visitors in The Malaysian Music Museum

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 234
Author(s):  
Mohd Nasiruddin Abdul Aziz ◽  
Siti Norlizaiha Harun ◽  
Mohd Khairi Baharom ◽  
Norfadilah Kamaruddin
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Digital Native ◽  
Digital Immigrants ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Digital Immigrant ◽  
Different Levels

The majority of museum experts have agreed that museums are informal learning environments, however, most of the previous studies on digital learning have focused on formal education institutions instead of informal environments. Hence, adapting the new fast-changing technology in museum learning has become one of the major challenges for the digital native and digital immigrant populations due to their different learning styles. These two generations have different levels of thinking patterns, experiences, and digital exposure that lead to different levels of technology accessibility in the learning environment. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the preferred learning styles of museum visitors in the Malaysian context based on the learning styles of digital natives and digital immigrants. A total of 265 respondents participated in this study representing the population of N=792 at the Malaysian music museum in the data collection process. These descriptive results on the cross-tabulation analysis from the survey indicated that most of the visitors preferred the digital natives’ learning styles compared to the digital immigrants’, regardless of personal factors (gender, age, nationality, education level, or occupation). Thus, museum institutions should take the necessary steps to enhance or maintain the learning approach for digital natives with elements of entertainment and fun, provide internet connection, less text, out of school environment, digital use, and multi-task activities for skills enhancement. The minority of digital immigrants are suggested to assimilate and become part of the digital native group to stay relevant in this digital era. Keywords: Digital, Education, Learning, Malaysia, Museum

Rethinking E-Learning and Digital Natives

2019 ◽  
pp. 114-124
Author(s):  
Işıl Tombul
Keyword(s):  
Technological Development ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Digital Native ◽  
Digital Immigrants ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Digital Immigrant ◽  
E Learning

Prensky calls the generation which was born after the 1980s and into this culture the digital natives, and he calls the generation which was born before the 1980s the digital immigrants. Digital natives are the ones who were born into technological development, grew up with technology, were educated with technology, and use technology very much. However, Prensky's differentiation has been criticized for being strict and his attitude has been criticized for being technology lover. Prensky accepts the intensive interest of the children towards technology and that's why he claims that they learn from technology. With this point of view, a critical perspective will be shown towards Prensky's digital immigrant and digital native terms, and e-learning of the children in this digital culture will be observed in this study. For this purpose, related approaches and studies have been scanned.

scholarly journals Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives: Learning Business Informatics at Higher Educational Level

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalia Suša
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Native Students ◽  
Digital Native ◽  
Digital Immigrants ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
Business Informatics ◽  
High Level

AbstractBackground: The term digital natives refer to those born since the 1980s and have been growing up surrounded by technology. On the other hand, digital immigrants are born before 1980s and learned how to use technology later in life. Objectives: Goal of the paper is to explore attitudes of digital native students on the course of Business Informatics at higher educational institutions (HEIs), and to compare them with attitudes of digital immigrants. Methods/Approach: The survey was conducted in 2014 using the sample of first-year Business Informatics students from the Faculty of Economics and Business in Zagreb, Croatia. Results were compared with a research conducted in 1998. Results: In comparison to an earlier research, digital natives perceive their level of competency in the subject of Business Informatics before teaching practices much higher compared to digital immigrants. However, there is still an increase in digital native students’ level of competency in the subject before and after teaching practices. Conclusions: The research confirms a shift from digital immigrants to digital natives who show high level of interest for Business Informatics course topics and find its utility very high. However, constant improvement of delivering knowledge is needed in order to keep these high levels.

scholarly journals EDUCATION IN TIMES NET GENERATION: HOW DIGITAL IMMIGRANTS CAN TEACH DIGITAL NATIVES

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamilton Viana Chaves ◽  
Osterne Nonato Maia Filho ◽  
Armando Sérgio Emerenciano de Melo
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Network Society ◽  
Net Generation ◽  
Digital Immigrants ◽  
Current Generation

Members of the knowledge society, of the network society or of the informatics society are some names that seem to define the current generation. Net generation is a generic nomenclature which covers all the previous terms. Digital immigrants are the subjects whom were born before the advent of digital technologies and who joined to them. Digital natives are the subjects whom were born in the current generation and that would have special qualities, especially regarding the learning process. Considering all this context, a question arises: how the digital immigrants teach the digital natives? This item justifies itself because there is a meeting of generations, in theory, significantly differentiated. Due to this, it would be necessary to identify the appropriate educational forms according to the presented situation. Our teaching experience convinces us that, yes, we should valorize the information’s technologies and communication, understanding that these are means, not ends. It is important to highlight that any tool causes advances and regressions, a fact that serves to guide our teaching practice. 

scholarly journals Adopsi Google Apps For Education di Perguruan Tinggi: Sebuah Kolaborasi Real-Time Dosen Dan Mahasiswa

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-202
Author(s):  
Intan Putri Cahyani
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Common Interest ◽  
Digital Native ◽  
Computing Technology ◽  
Digital Immigrant ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Google Apps For Education ◽  
Google Apps

Cloud-computing technology present as an impact of the changing cultural environment and competitive ecosystem of Higher Education in the world, including Indonesia. Cloud computing is actually a combination use of computer technology ("computing") and the development of Internet-based ('cloud'). Higher education is considered ideal for the diffusion of innovation because they have a core that can encourage innovation and there are frequently changes in faculty or department’s level, pedagogical and technological. This study pointed out a uniqueness where lecturers (digital immigrant) and students (digital native) could collaborate in realtime by adopting cloud-computing technology, namely Google's Google Apps for Education (GAFE), in the learning system. Diffusion-innovation theory of Rogers will be in depth elaborated to explain the process of adoption of new kind of communication technologies which is currently becoming trendsetter. This type of study is qualitative descriptive with grounded theory method involving several universities in Central Java that are already using GAFE technology during the last three years, i.e. UNNES, UDINUS, and UNISSULA. This study used purposive sampling with total sample of 12 people who are lecturers and students, GAFE active users  in learning system. The results showed lecturers especially junior lecturers have a central role as a facilitator of learning technologies in deciding what to use. Common interest is the main reason behind. Though lecturers and students came from different generation but both of them adopted GAFE Keywords : Difussion Innovation, Cloud Computing Technology, GAFE, Digital Immigrant, Digital Native  ABSTRAK Teknologi komputasi awan atau sering dikenal dengan cloud computing hadir sebagai sebuah dampak perubahan lingkungan budaya dan ekosistem yang kompetitif pada Pendidikan Tinggi di dunia, termasuk Indonesia. Cloud computing ini sejatinya merupakan gabungan pemanfaatan teknologi komputer (‘komputasi’) dan pengembangan berbasis Internet (‘awan’). Pendidikan tinggi dianggap sangat ideal untuk difusi inovasi karena mereka memiliki jantung yang bisa mendorong inovasi dan selalu ada perubahan baik di level fakultas atau jurusan, pedagogis serta teknologi. Studi ini akan mengangkat keunikan dimana dosen (digital immigrant) dan mahasiswa (digital native) dapat berkolaborasi secara realtime dengan mengadopsi teknologi cloud computing milik Google yaitu Google Apps for Education (GAFE) dalam sistem pembelajaran. Teori difusi inovasi milik Rogers akan dielaborasi secara mendalam untuk menjelaskan proses adopsi teknologi komunikasi jenis baru yang sekarang tengah menjadi trendsetter ini. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian deskriptif kualitatif dengan metode grounded yang melibatkan beberapa Perguruan Tinggi di Jawa Tengah yang sudah menggunakan teknologi GAFE selama tiga tahun terakhir, yaitu UNNES, UDINUS, dan UNISSULA. Pada penelitian ini menggunakan teknik purposive sampling dengan jumlah sampel sebanyak 12 orang yang merupakan dosen dan mahasiswa pengguna aktif GAFE dalam sistem pembelajaran. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan dosen terutama dosen junior memiliki peranan sentra sebagai fasilitator dalam memutuskan teknologi pembelajaran apa yang akan digunakan. Kesamaan kepentinganlah yang menjadi faktor utama mengapa walaupun berbeda generasi, namun dosen dan mahasiswa bisa mengadopsi  GAFE. Kata Kunci:  Difusi Inovasi, Teknologi Cloud Computing, GAFE, Digital Immigrant, Digital Native,

scholarly journals The Readiness of Educational Competency in Higher Education in Connecting the Era of Industrial Revolution 4.0

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 ◽  
pp. 01045
Author(s):  
Rismawati Br Sitepu ◽  
Anis Eliyana ◽  
Ali Raza ◽  
Marfianita Rosalina
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Baby Boomers ◽  
Generation X ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Digital Native ◽  
Digital Immigrants ◽  
Determining Factor

Universities within the era of the 4.0 industrial revolution, now must immediately improve in preparing themselves, especially related to human resources. Lecturers as a determining factor in the progress of education, are always required to upgrade their skills and abilities. In Indonesia, the majority of lecturers are dominated by baby boomers and generation X or digital immigrants who, in some cases, experience obstacles. In the present reality that students are now a millennial or digital native generation who tend to have their learning styles and patterns. This article highlights the competencies that must be mastered by lecturers in the current industrial revolution 4.0 era, namely: (i) educational competence, (ii) competence in research, (iii) competence of technological commercialization, (iv) competence in future strategies, (v) competence counsellor, (vi) competence in globalization, and vii) joint competence.

Digital Natives

2012 ◽  
pp. 212-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Bennett
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Young People ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Net Generation ◽  
Technology Skills ◽  
Digital Native ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Digital Divides ◽  
Central Claim

The term “digital native” was popularized by Prensky (2001) as a means of distinguishing young people who are highly technologically literate and engaged. His central claim was that because of immersion in digital technologies from birth, younger people think and learn differently than older generations. Tapscott (1998) had proposed a similar idea, calling it “The Net Generation,” and there have been numerous labels applied to the same supposed phenomena since. Recent research has revealed that the term is misapplied when used to generalize about an entire generation, and instead indicates that only a small sub-set of the population fits this characterization. This research shows significant diversity in the technology skills, knowledge, and interests of young people, and suggests that there are important “digital divides,” which are ignored by the digital native concept. This chapter synthesizes key findings from Europe, North America, and Australia and predicts future directions for research in this area.

scholarly journals Not just digital natives: Integrating technologies in professional education contexts

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika E Smith ◽  
Renate Kahlke ◽  
Terry Judd
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Technology ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Digital Native ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Digital Literacies ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Technological Affordances

In 2001, Prensky characterised a new generation of learners entering higher education as digital natives – naturally digitally literate and inherently proficient users of technology. While many educational technology researchers have long argued for the need to move beyond the digital native assumptions proposed by Prensky and other futurists, a critical review of the literature reveals that this concept remains influential in academia broadly and within professional education specifically. In light of this, we propose an alternative approach to technology integration in professional education settings that aims to avoid unhelpful digital native stereotypes by instead developing digital literacies in ways that leverage technological affordances. By building digital literacies across the procedural and technical, cognitive, and sociocultural domains connected to professional competencies, learners can effectively adopt and utilise emerging technologies through professional digital practices.

scholarly journals Let’s talk about digital learners in the digital era

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliana Esther Gallardo-Echenique ◽  
Luis Marqués-Molías ◽  
Mark Bullen ◽  
Jan-Willem Strijbos
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Digital Native ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Digital Skills ◽  
Digital Learners ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Native Literature

<p>This paper reports on a literature review of the concept of “Digital Natives” and related terms. More specifically, it reports on the idea of a homogeneous generation of prolific and skilled users of digital technology born between 1980 and 1994. In all, 127 articles published between 1991 and 2014 were reviewed. On the basis of the findings, there appears to be no commonly-accepted definition of a “Digital Native”. The concept varies among individuals, societies, regions and nations, and also over time. Moreover, there are a number of variables other than age that may help us understand the nature of students’ use of digital technologies. The so-called “Digital Native” literature demonstrates that despite students’ high digital confidence and digital skills, their digital competence may be much lower than those of their “digital teachers”. Given the confusion surrounding “Digital Native” and its affiliates, we propose to unify them under the concept “digital learners”.</p>

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