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Preferred learning styles for digital native and digital immigrant visitors in the Malaysian music museum
Mohd Nasiruddin Abdul Aziz1, Siti Norlizaiha Harun2, Mohd Khairi Baharom3, Norfadilah Kamaruddin4.
: The majority of museum experts have agreed that museums are informal learning environments,
however, most of the previous studies on digital learning have focused on formal education institutions
instead of informal environments. Hence, adapting the new fast-changing technology in museum learning
has become one of the major challenges for the digital native and digital immigrant populations due to their
different learning styles. These two generations have different levels of thinking patterns, experiences, and
digital exposure that lead to different levels of technology accessibility in the learning environment.
Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the preferred learning styles of museum visitors in the
Malaysian context based on the learning styles of digital natives and digital immigrants. A total of 265
respondents participated in this study representing the population of N=792 at the Malaysian music museum
in the data collection process. These descriptive results on the cross-tabulation analysis from the survey
indicated that most of the visitors preferred the digital natives’ learning styles compared to the digital
immigrants’, regardless of personal factors (gender, age, nationality, education level, or occupation). Thus,
museum institutions should take the necessary steps to enhance or maintain the learning approach for digital
natives with elements of entertainment and fun, provide internet connection, less text, out of school
environment, digital use, and multi-task activities for skills enhancement. The minority of digital
immigrants are suggested to assimilate and become part of the digital native group to stay relevant in this
digital era.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, UiTM Seri Iskandar Campus, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, UiTM Puncak Alam Campus, 42300 Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, UiTM Seri Iskandar Campus, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, UiTM Puncak Alam Campus, 42300 Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, Malaysia
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