Digital resident and Digital visitor
Last Wednesday I was attending my PGCert class and during Blended Learning session of the talks, a teacher (Ms. Nodira) made reference to an idea that I had never heard of before: “Digital residents and digital visitors.” She explained that this was the new terms that people were using instead of digital natives (which has had a fair amount of criticism thrown at it recently). Intrigued, I decided to do a bit of research into what the term meant.
Digital Visitors
A digital visitor is someone who uses the digital technology and the internet for a specific task. Such as searching for the answer to a question, or uploading a video. In this sense, they are visiting the internet to do a task and then leave.
Digital Resident
A digital resident uses
the internet to connect or be with other people. As such, their identity is
exhibited by their online presence and they “live online”. This type of person
might well default to going online or using the internet for something even if
they don’t have a specific task in mind.
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