What is Digital Immigrants

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individuals who were born before the existence of digital technology and adopted it to some extent later. Learn more in: Designing and Developing the Virtual English Adventure in Second Life

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Generation/people (of teachers, etc.) unaccustomed to computer technology. Learn more in: The Evolution of Online Composition Pedagogy

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As defined by Marc Prensky in 2001, digital immigrants would be considered end-users born prior to 1980. Learn more in: Transforming Preservice Teacher TPACK by Transforming Faculty Digital Agency: Case Studies From the Provost's Inaugural Digital Learning Initiative Fellows

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Individuals not born in the “digital world” but who have adapted to the evolving informational technologies. Conversely, ‘digital natives’ grew up with modern information technology and adapt to new technologies much more rapidly and intuitively. Learn more in: Historical Evolution of Adult Education in America: The Impact of Institutions, Change, and Acculturation

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Individuals who were born before the spread of digital technology and were not exposed to them in their early ages. Generally, people who were born prior to 1985 are considered to be digital immigrants. Learn more in: New Media Technologies and Childhood Education for Development Purposes in Africa

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Refers to educational leaders who were born before the digital natives as digital immigrants who have adopted many parts of the technology in use. Learn more in: Effective Educational Leadership in the Digital Age: An Examination of Professional Qualities and Best Practices

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A term coined by Marc Prensky referring to those who were not born into the world of digital technologies, but rather introduced to them at some point in their lives and had to change or adapt to them. Learn more in: Beyond Button Smashing: Utilizing Minecraft and Other Video Games as Synchronous Learning Tools for Science Learning

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“Digital immigrants” are the generations preceding digital natives. For digital immigrants, meeting in person, land-line phone calls, paper letters, and fax were the main methods of communication before they became able to conveniently use the Internet. In other words, digital immigrants are a generation who first used traditional media and gradually adopted new information/communications technologies and services as they became available. AU59: Reference appears to be out of alphabetical order. Please check AU60: eXtyles Bibliographic Reference Processing failed to fully style the reference "The History of Mobile Phones in Japan, 1989". Please check the copyediting. Learn more in: Mobile Phone Use during Class at a Japanese Women's College

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Concept created by Marc Prensky, who opposed the digital natives, aims to define individuals who, although not born into the digital world by need or interest dive in it, adopting their new technologies and tools, applying to their learning and adapting to the demands of the new virtual environments. Learn more in: Digital Literacies in Teaching and Learning of Teachers

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Digital immigrants are the generations preceding digital natives, who initially used traditional media before gradually adopting new ICTs and services as they became available. Learn more in: Interaction Speed as Nonverbal Cues in Text Messaging via Smartphone

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An individual born before the widespread growth of digital technologies. Learn more in: Multimodal Literacy

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People not born into the digital world but have adopted many or most aspects of the new technology. Learn more in: Technology and Digital Content: Promoting Learner-Centered Pedagogy

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Refers to individuals who have needed to adapt to the digital environment after they were born. Examples include individuals who have needed to learn about the Internet or e-mail later on in their lives. Learn more in: Digital Game-Based Learning in Higher Education

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The generation which was born when the technology wasn’t fast and didn’t grow up with technology. Learn more in: Rethinking E-Learning and Digital Natives

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Individuals, born before 1980, who grew up in a world without technology and as a result lack confidence and familiarity when using technology ( Prensky, 2001a ) Learn more in: Individual Differences, Learning Opportunities and Learning Outcomes, Digital Equity: Bridging the Gap – Creating Learning Opportunities for All Students

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People who have adopted and learned digital technologies later in life. Learn more in: No More War Stories: Transitioning From Journalist to Instructor in This Modern Age

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Those that, although they use new technologies, move much worse in their world. Learn more in: Cyberbullying: Educators and Parents

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A concept created by Marc Prensky for individuals born before the 1980s and unable to adapt to technological advances as quickly as digital natives. Learn more in: An Argumentative Study on Digital Advertising Literacy

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Individuals born prior to 1980; generally presumed to be able to learn to use digital technologies but with less facility, intuition, and preference than members of younger generations. Learn more in: Pre-Service Teachers and Technology Integration: International Cases and Generational Attitudes toward Technology in Education

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Are those who make use of the digital language but with “accent”, showing some difficulty in understanding and expressing themselves digitally. Learn more in: Towards a Model of a Didactics of eLearning: An Application to Education for Sustainable Development

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Digital immigrants are the generations preceding digital natives, who initially used traditional media before gradually adopting new information/communications technologies and services as they became available. Learn more in: Associations Between Dependency on LINE Text Messaging and Occurrence of Negative Emotions in LINE Group Chats