"A framework of learners’ digital skills needed for use in language learning environments"
Online Proceedings of 5th International Symposium: Emerging Technologies for Online Learning (ET4Online).
USA: Las Vegas, Sloan Consortium & MERLOT, 2012
In an era of "digital globalization" (at least for most western societies) the increasing use of open technological platforms, such as CMC, VLS, LCMS, Blogs, Wikis, social networking sites, and online gaming and simulation environments, affect the entire adulthood of young learners.
This early digital adulthood of learners, whom Prensky already calls "digital natives" requires, in the field of learning a foreign language, language learning tools not only suitable to their needs but capable to assist them to construct personal technology-enhanced language learning experiences. The right use of these tools from learners' side becomes a crucial issue for language teachers who must guide them through the process of language acquisition.