(PDF) Learning in the digital age
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LEARNING AND WORKING IN THE DIGITAL AGE1
Learning and Working in the Digital Age(Prensky, 2001,p. 1) Suggests that today's students use computers, digital music players, video cams, cell phones, games, video games, and other tools of the digital age. Further, he describes “today” students as native speakers of the language in which the Internet, video games and computers feature prominently. The "new language" is characterized by the presence of academic articles and scholarly libraries within digital platforms, such as the Internet. Other publications such as journal articles, preprints issues, and book reviews are also available. According to (Prensky, 2001,p. 3), universities utilize different IT products, and processes such as online libraries to undertake educational programs. Further, Prensky describes Digital Natives as the young generation and Digital Immigrants as the older people who learned the digital language. The immigrants retain some aspects of their "original accent" such as physically showing people an interesting website, rather than sending the URL. Further, the author examines challenges facing digital immigrants, such as failures of pre-digital instructors and their "accent." The main problem facing digital immigration is the individuals’ willingness and ability toadapt to new technology. Prensky (2001,p. 3) suggests that Digital Immigrants face specific challenges adjusting to the "new language." The older people retain a certain degree of their past "accent", for instance, calling to confirm a sent email. Another challenge facing Digital Immigrants is instructors who speak the pre-digital language; because they struggle to teach the new style. For digital natives, these instructors seem unintelligible, and heavily accented. For unwilling individuals, adapting to new technology is problematic.2
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