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    Digital Natives vs. Digital Immigrants: Myth or Reality?

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    Author/Creator
    Rikhye, Ravi
    Cook, Sean
    Berge, Zane L.
    Date
    2009-02
    Type of Work
    14 pages
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    journal articles
    Citation of Original Publication
    Rikhye, Ravi; Cook, Sean; Berge, Zane L.; Digital Natives vs. Digital Immigrants: Myth or Reality?; International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning 6,2 (2009);
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    Subjects
    digital natives
    digital immigrants
    pedagogical tools
    UMBC Instructional System Design
    Abstract
    Marc Prensky (1998; 2001a; 200b) argues that students today, digital natives as he calls them, having grown up in the Digital Age, learn differently from their predecessors, or digital immigrants as he terms them. As such, the pedagogical tools we use to educate the Natives are outdated. Intuitively it seems that Prensky is correct: few people who teach digital natives fail to note their students seem to think and learn differently. Attractive as this thesis is, there is little evidence to support the proposition. That does not mean Prensky is wrong. He is onto something, perhaps something seminal, regarding today’s pedagogies and the need to change them. But further research is required before we can conclude with any certainty that digital natives learn differently.


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    Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery
    University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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