digital native

English

Etymology

Coined by education consultant Marc Prensky in 2001.[1]

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Noun

digital native (plural digital natives)

  1. (technology, sociology) A person who has grown up in an environment replete with digital interactions and ways of communicating, thought to increase difficulty with traditional nondigital teaching methods, work practices, etc.
    Antonyms: digital immigrant, non-digital native
    • 2017, Di Zou, James Lambert, “Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age”, in British Journal of Educational Technology, volume 48, number 5, page 1085:
      This may potentially have a negative impact on the ultimate utility of this feedback method with present-day students who perceive themselves as ‘digital natives’.
    • 2026 January 2, Rania Ahmed El Garem, “HR digital transformation: enhancing human resource management through technology”, in Future Business Journal, volume 12, number 1, Springer, →DOI, →ISSN, page 7:
      [T]he overall profile of younger demographics (35% aged 21–30) implied that age should be considered in terms of the difference in AI familiarity between younger professionals, who expressed greater knowledge management skills regarding AI strategic knowledge management, which is a finding that does not sit well with assumptions of automatic transfer of digital native to organizational competency.

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  1. ^ Marc Prensky (October 2001), “Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants”, in On the Horizon‎[1], volume 9, number 5, MCB University Press: “But the most useful designation I have found for them is Digital Natives. Our students today are all “native speakers” of the digital language of computers, video games and the Internet.”

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