The Future Part 7b: Is there such a thing as a Digital Native?

Originally posted on Scenes From The Battleground:
This post is the second part of a series of posts about Digital Natives which are in turn part of a series of posts about The Future. The actual arguments for the claims about Digital Natives (described in my last post) are incredibly weak and are not supported by the research evidence. There is no good reason to accept the premise of a discontinuity between the generations with regard to the use of technology. According to Kirshner et al (2013) who reviewed a number of studies of generational difference in IT use, particularly with regard to… Continue reading The Future Part 7b: Is there such a thing as a Digital Native?