‘Digital nativity’: a definitional framework
‘Digital nativity’: a definitional framework

Summary/Abstract: Since the term, ‘Digital Native’ has been coined; a plethora of research has followed. But, researchers have yet to reach a consensus on what the real digital native is like. There are several traits of digital native; such as their age who has born in or after 1980 and technology skills. The notion of age as a defining criterion for digital nativity has come under criticisms in recent years. Some studies found that, despite being born at the time period proposed for digital natives, students were ill prepared to work with technology. This paper focuses four attributes of digital nativity which alluded to digital natives. These are: grow up with technology, comfortable with multitasking, reliant on graphics for communication, and thrive on instant gratifications and rewards. From the growing volume of research on digital nativity, several implications for teaching and learning could be drawn. Future teachers should be equipped to teach and learn with technologies at their training stage.They should be exposed to and gain mastery in many new and emerging technologies with potentials for instructional purposes.

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