Digital natives
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Digital natives are people who have grown up in a world with a prominent ICT culture, and have a natural predispostion towards using ICT to complete tasks. This group encompasses a large section of the current secondary education population.
Aspects of their personality that define them as digital natives include the following:
- They demand to receive information quickly
- They can parallel process and multi-task
- They prefer graphics before text
- They prefer random access (hyper text)
- They function better when networked
- They thrive on instant gratification and frequent rewards
- They prefer a ‘games’ interface
[Steve Molyneux cited Dr. Bruce D. Berry, Baylor College of Medicine, On the Horizon (NCB University Press, December 2001] http://www.durhamlea.org.uk/durhamconference
