The debate about digital natives/digital immigrants raises quite a few questions about whether we should label people as such, but also provides valuable insight into the digital environment and how it might affect the nature of learning. Watch these two videos and, while doing so, consider these questions which you will draw on in your discussion in the next activity:
- Is it fair, or even relevant, to use labels such as “digital native” and “digital immigrant”, or similar?
- What are some of the ways in which our learners use technology?
- What kind of learners are we teaching?
Watch this video of Dr Mark Bullen’s critical response to the claims made in the Digital Natives/Digital Immigrants debate.
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/97481560]
Video: Deconstructing the Digital Natives (7:57)
Listen to the discussion on the update of findings in a project conducted between Dave White of Oxford University and Lynn Connoway OCLC on Visitors and Residents: What Motivates Engagement with the Digital Information Environment?
[youtube http://youtu.be/ZCBoLWynsl8]
Video: Digital Visitors and Residents: What Motivates Engagement with the Digital Information Environment? (21:22)
Join the discussion group for this lesson called Rationale for Innovative Teaching.- Discuss the perspectives of these two videos:
- Do they support each other’s views?
- What conclusions can we draw from these videos?
- What are the questions we must ask ourselves as teachers when integrating technology in our lessons?
- What is our rationale for teaching more innovatively?
Optional viewing:
You may like to watch the video interview of Marc Prensky called What is the role of the teacher in today’s world? (4:01)
[youtube http://youtu.be/4MpzcjhY_wI]
