digital native

plural digital natives

1. engineeringA person who has grown up in an environment replete with digital interactions and ways of communicating, thought to increase difficulty with traditional nondigital teaching methods, work practices, etc.

   This may potentially have a negative impact on the ultimate utility of this feedback method with present-day students who perceive themselves as ‘digital natives’.

   2017, Di Zou, James Lambert, “Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age”, in British Journal of Educational Technology, volume 48, number 5, page 1085

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   [T]he overall profile of younger demographics (35% aged 21–30) implied that age should be considered in terms of the difference in AI familiarity between younger professionals, who expressed greater knowledge management skills regarding AI strategic knowledge management, which is a finding that does not sit well with assumptions of automatic transfer of digital native to organizational competency.

   2026 January 2, Rania Ahmed El Garem, “HR digital transformation: enhancing human resource management through technology”, in Future Business Journal, volume 12, number 1, Springer, →DOI, →ISSN, page 7

   Antonyms: digital immigrant, non-digital native