Abstract
The widespread use of digital technologies by digital natives has put a considerable amount of pressure on their educators, who are mostly digital immigrants, to recognize the relevance of digital connectivity, learn new ways of thinking and processing information of the digital natives, and integrate it into their teaching environments. The current study looks into these aspects while discussing the technology usage and practice of digital immigrant educators in higher education. A survey was conducted with a structured questionnaire on the technology usage and teaching strategies implemented by the digital immigrant educators to teach digital natives in higher education. The findings reported that digital immigrant educators must be accustomed to the a) diverse needs of digital native students and b) use and applications of digital technologies in order to create and practice interactive and collaborative teaching environments.
Highlights
The widespread use of digital technologies by digital natives has put a considerable amount of pressure on their educators, who are mostly digital immigrants, to recognize the relevance of digital connectivity, learn new ways of thinking and processing information of the digital natives, and integrate it into their teaching environments
The current study looks into these aspects while discussing the technology usage and practice of digital immigrant educators in higher education
The findings reported that digital immigrant educators must be accustomed to the a) diverse needs of digital native students and b) use and applications of digital technologies in order to create and practice interactive and collaborative teaching environments
Summary
‘Digital natives’, a term originally coined by Marc Prensky in 2001, is the generation born in the digital age characterized by the widespread adoption of digital technologies in their everyday lives (Chan & Yee, 2009; Janzen, Perry, & Edwards, 2012) This trait of the digital natives has further put a considerable amount of pressure on their educators who are mostly ‘digital immigrants’, another term by Prensky, or the generation born before the widespread adoption of digital technologies and less quick to pick up new technologies than digital natives. The current study aims at looking into these aspects while discussing the technology usage and practice along with teaching strategies of educators in higher education for digital natives. It has conducted a survey among faculty members from the Engineering, Management and Humanities schools at two Malaysian public universities. To examine their teaching strategies and approaches of learning engagement for digital natives
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