2012
DOI: 10.21432/t2f302
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The Digital Native Debate in Higher Education: A Comparative Analysis of Recent Literature / Le débat sur les natifs du numérique dans l'enseignement supérieur: une analyse comparative de la littérature récente

Abstract: More than a decade after Prensky’s influential articulation of digital natives and immigrants, great disagreement exists around these characterizations of students and the impact of such notions within higher education. Perceptions of today’s undergraduate learners as tech-savvy “digital natives” (Prensky, 2001a), who both want and need the latest emerging technologies in all learning situations, continue to dominate the discourse in education technology research and practice. Popular yet largely unsubstantiat… Show more

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“…Informed by a prior comparative literature review (Smith, 2012) and a recent analysis of general and academic search interest in digital natives (Judd, 2018), we engaged in an iterative review of issues related to the digital native stereotype. Through our review and analysis of diverse, significant, and conceptually connected literatures, we aimed to address problematic assumptions that continue to be reinforced by digital native discourse, in particular the notion that technological knowledge and skills are inherently possessed based on generational characteristics.…”
Section: Critical Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Informed by a prior comparative literature review (Smith, 2012) and a recent analysis of general and academic search interest in digital natives (Judd, 2018), we engaged in an iterative review of issues related to the digital native stereotype. Through our review and analysis of diverse, significant, and conceptually connected literatures, we aimed to address problematic assumptions that continue to be reinforced by digital native discourse, in particular the notion that technological knowledge and skills are inherently possessed based on generational characteristics.…”
Section: Critical Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Drawing on the slightly earlier net generation and millennial concepts popularised by Tapscott (1998), Howe and Strauss (2000) and others, Prensky described a generation of learners who had grown-up surrounded by and immersed in technology. These young learners were purported to be digitally skilled and literate, inherently comfortable and proficient with a range of technologies, avid and effective multitaskers, and active producers (not just consumers) of content (Kennedy et al, 2007;Smith, 2012). Moreover, Prensky argued that use of technology was rewiring young learners' brains, requiring a fundamental change to the way they were taught.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Digital native arguments are often used as a warrant for adoption and integration of emerging web technologies, particularly social media technologies (SMTs) that fall under this umbrella of emerging technologies, in higher education settings (Smith, 2012;2016a). This study aims to move beyond the digital native debate by developing research-informed understandings of the ways in which Net generation students may perceive technologies, specifically social media, to be a meaningful part of their undergraduate learning.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ces natifs sont traités au regard de leurs différences par rapport aux autres générations, de leurs compétences, de leurs caractéristiques et de leur singularité théorique qui est omniprésente dans les écrits. Les discours qui s'articulent dans les écrits par rapport aux différences relevées entre les natifs du numérique et les autres générations, notamment les immigrants numériques, engendrent un flou conceptuel (Smith, 2012). Ce flou persiste et impose aux chercheurs d'identifier les balises qui permettent de bien distinguer chaque génération étudiée, et ce, malgré le fait que la polarisation conceptuelle liée aux natifs et aux immigrants numériques soit parfois contestée (Bayne et Ross, 2007;Boubée, 2011).…”
Section: Les Natifs Du Numériqueunclassified