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You wouldn’t know

Image by Chuotcon Let’s get straight. I always have this question: According to statista, Google has the most users globally and I am one of the frequent users. However, reliability of information seems to bother me most of the time. This course has shared a few tips, which has guided me in evaluating online information throughout the module and doing research in the future. The awareness of critical thinking skills in evaluating information may result in self-conflict. Continue reading →

The look back

Image by Stuart Stevenson I find it very interesting in reading different views regarding Open Access brought up by my coursemates and had picked up two main points to help me in reflecting this issue. Visibility In my opinion, visibility explained the reason why an author supports Open Access. Continue reading →

To gain or to lose?

Image by sbengineer Think of a word to describe the digital world. I came up with acceleration. The fast-paced digital environment has resulted in vast changes especially in open access to online content, which provide a platform to share ideas. Open access has been omnipresent since the boom in IT sector in the late 90’s and this has benefited every  one of us ever since. Continue reading →

It’s really vague. Isn’t it?

Image by whisper-star. Social media is so powerful that it could be both beneficial and harmful to business and educational practices. My course mates and I had provided our own insights by looking into the ethical issues it caused. In my opinion, the most meaningful learning arose when Charmaine questioned me for a standard method to be taken by an institution when the employees behaved negatively online. Continue reading →

“I’ve said it before… there really are some ugly kids out there”

Krista Hodges, a teacher from Newark Memorial High School in California had posted her frustration with troubled students in Twitter. Social media is believed to ease communication and to increase one’s hyperconnectivity while twitter has given people a voice to express their thought actively in the virtual environment. However, difficulties in balancing between the free speech right and the abuse limits have give rise to ethical issues such as humiliation. Continue reading →

Another Cs ?

Google yourself online, what can you find? Here is my result. It shows the Prezi I shared online with my ex coursemates regarding online shopping last year. Wait, why are we doing this? Does it even matters? The answer is, because we want the job! According to studies concluded by Harris Interactive and Cross-Tab Marketing, 75% of HR executives now research for potential employees online and at least 50% claimed that the results they found affect their hiring decision. Continue reading →

Do you know?

Picture by Daphne Are you aware? Most of us have multiple online identities and are all presented and defined by how we portrayed ourselves online through internet forums, online chat, massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), social networking sites, etc. First thing first, Evaluate the reliability. Reliability plays a big part while safety and security has remained one of the biggest issue in the digital environment. Continue reading →

So what now.

“What are digital residents and digital visitors?” I asked myself. After reading and understanding a few articles, I thought we could define digital “residents” and digital “visitors” mainly by their online duration, online purpose and online appearance. Then, I came across with Sherdale’s blog and was attracted to her analysis regarding the impacts exerted by different generations on the digital “residents” and “visitors” ratio. Continue reading →