UKeiG conference
This week's UKeiG conference held at SOAS proved really popular. The theme of the event - the challenges of a volatile electronic environment - really pulled in the crowds. Jan-Martin Lowendahl, of Gartner, took two slots at the start of the day. First he talked about emerging IT trends and 'hype cycles'. Then he went on to discuss the nature of 'digital natives' and the impact they will have as they hit the workforce. Much guilty laughter as I recognised myself as someone who would say 'This is my digital camera'. This highlights my status as a digital immigrant apparently. To a digital native it's just a camera!
The digital native has a different relationship with technology and content and this has an impact on those of us who are providing them with content and services. Jan-Martin's presentations stimulated lots of debate and discussions.
And some pictures of the speakers, including Val, are on Flickr at http://tinyurl.com/27xhea
Not sure if the person who took them is a native or an immigrant!
Karen
Posted by: Karen Blakeman | 17 June 2007 at 11:07
"The digital native has a different relationship with technology and content and this has an impact on those of us who are providing them with content and services."
That's interesting. Any more detail, please?
Posted by: Simon Carswell | 17 June 2007 at 15:01
Here are some resources I referenced in my presentation. DN vs DI charachteristics: “Ian Jukes and Anita Dosaj, The InfoSavvy Group, February 2003” and on the topic of the origin of DN/DI see Marc Prensky, http://www.marcprensky.com and of course http://www.gartner.com/ where you can search on what Gartner have published
Posted by: Jan-Martin Lowendahl | 20 June 2007 at 07:52