Sunday, May 22, 2022

It's only about preference: Being digital immigrants or natives

Some people say that digital natives have "updated brain," implying the change is permanent through their experiences in digital lives. The changes also include some assertions that digital natives are capable of multitasking. Of course, the evidence for these assumptions is scant. Many teachers' experiences show that young students, who are expected to be "digital natives," are not good at multitasking. They are not even doing well in digital environments. Ideas of digital immigrants and natives are "nice-looking" in terms of typology; however, we should say that it's only about preference.

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