Yes, there is a way in which the two different theories from Prensky & Wenger do link together, I think.
Wegner's theory of the communities of practise predominantly talks about groups of individuals who, because they share the same goals and, I guess, ideologies & practises, improve themselves and establish themselves more trhough communicating to eachother.
Meanwhile Prensky theorises about how digital natives's these days have a completely different set of social practises because of the way they use technology, which, he claims, has caused these younger people to differ from others (digital immigrants) in the way they communicate, research, socialise, shop, learn etc. etc. etc.
You could well argue that this group of people, with their own new set of social standards, social practises, ideologies and aspirations is therefore a good example of a Community of Practise.
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Although prensky argues that digital natives have a new social standards do u its still possible for digital natives and digital immgrants to work together in a community if practice?
ReplyDeleteI suppose the two could still be in a community of practise. Not in the last place because I think a person can belong to more than one community of practise. A digital immigrant and a digital native could well be in a community of practise together because they have similar ideas and goals on something else.
ReplyDeleteI guess, especially in education for example where the two will HAVE to work together, natives and immigrant could TRY and be in a "digital" CofP together, but someone's gotta give. One of them is gonna have to adapt their standard to the standards held by the majority, and I guess, when it's forced like this it isn't a CofP, as CofP's are not delibertely set-up but are a product of the interaction between people with similar views/goals/etc.