Whilst looking at other peoples blogs I came across this idea posted by Paula of visitor/resident as a way of describing individuals behaviour for engaging on the web. This idea has been proposed to replace 'Prenskys' idea of digital natives and immigrants. I strongly agree with both ideas as a typology to describe our online presence. I particularly like how White suggest that his theory is a 'continuum' and you can be anyway along the spectrum and it can change depending on an individuals 'motivation and context'.
Through much reading on both theories I don't think the visitor/resident theory can wipe out that of Prensky's, although it is more ethical in terms of metaphors suggested age and language.
I do think this idea of visitor and resident is much more relevant to current day as the 'immigrant' era is slowly disappearing.
Below are the links to sources I have used to explore these ideas-
Thanks Lauren - yes good analysis of the concepts - agree 'wiping out' Prensky is hard to do - research is also in a continuum - but new variations of ideas come into being - your new 'eras'. Technology is a big consideration for education.
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