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The New Digital Natives

Cutting the Chord

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Authors:
  1. Alexei Dingli

    1. University of Malta, Msida, Malta

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  2. Dylan Seychell

    1. St. Martin’s Institute of Higher Education, St. Julians, Malta

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  • Attractive and entertaining book about the second generation of Digital natives such as e.g. one year olds already managing to master the intuitive touch interfaces of their tablets whilst sitting comfortably in their baby bouncers
  • Presents research on the paradigms shift between the 2 generations of digital natives
  • How do these two generations differ from each other and how will the world change in response to the new digital natives

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-14
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  2. Introduction

    • Alexei Dingli, Dylan Seychell
    Pages 1-7

  3. Who Are the Digital Natives?

    • Alexei Dingli, Dylan Seychell
    Pages 9-22

  4. Paradigm Shifts

    • Alexei Dingli, Dylan Seychell
    Pages 23-37

  5. Blended Realities

    • Alexei Dingli, Dylan Seychell
    Pages 39-55

  6. Nurturing Digital Natives

    • Alexei Dingli, Dylan Seychell
    Pages 57-71

  7. Designing for Digital Natives

    • Alexei Dingli, Dylan Seychell
    Pages 73-84

  8. Smart Homes

    • Alexei Dingli, Dylan Seychell
    Pages 85-101

  9. Digital Governance

    • Alexei Dingli, Dylan Seychell
    Pages 103-115

  10. Future Trends

    • Alexei Dingli, Dylan Seychell
    Pages 117-129

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 131-151
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About this book

The first generation of Digital Natives (DNs) is now growing up.  However, these digital natives were rather late starters since; their exposure to computers started when they could master the mouse and the penetration of computers in educational institutions was still very low. Today, a new breed of digital natives is emerging. This new breed includes those individuals who are being introduced from their first instances to the world of wireless devices. One year olds manage to master the intuitive touch interfaces of their tablets whilst sitting comfortably in their baby bouncers. The controller-less interfaces allow these children to interact with a machine in a way which was unconceivable below. Thus, our research investigated the paradigm shift between the different generations of digital natives. We analysed the way in which these two generations differ from each other and we explored how the world needs to change in order to harness the potential of these new digital natives.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Malta, Msida, Malta

    Alexei Dingli

  • St. Martin’s Institute of Higher Education, St. Julians, Malta

    Dylan Seychell

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The New Digital Natives

  • Book Subtitle: Cutting the Chord

  • Authors: Alexei Dingli, Dylan Seychell

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46590-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-46589-9Published: 30 March 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50920-3Published: 09 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-46590-5Published: 17 March 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 151

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Computational Intelligence, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence

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