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The first step

Time flies so quickly and it’s the final post for the module! Looking back at all the Google Hangout, Twitter and blog post that we have done, it is truly entertaining. Looking back at the rating I gave myself at the start and end of the module, I’m glad in the improvement that I’ve made. Through the five topics and Google Hangout that we did, I realize the importance of having an online profile. Continue reading →

Topic 5 – Reflective Summary & Comments

Taken from Slideshare.net via Google Many of us are definitely supports Open Access for free access to materials online. Even if the document requires a payment, students like me will definitely search for a free, downloadable document online. However, after reading WeiJie’s post, it makes me feel that a paid document is being spread online as a free document will cause the company to lose money. Continue reading →

Are materials online always free?

What are free materials online? Taken from UCSF Library News via Google As students in the 21st century, we often use internet to do research for our assignments, homework as well as further understanding of the topic. More schools and teachers are relying on internet for teaching and searching for assignment topics. Even though we are able to get free materials from online libraries, there are some materials that consist of a paywall. Continue reading →

Topic 4 – Reflective Summary & Comments

 Taken from Have A Laugh On Me via Google Social media can be a good and bad thing to many of us. But it all boils down to how we use the internet for. Are we using it for the well-being or are we using it to insult or bully other people? As a marketer, we should use social media in the correct way instead of insulting other people. The fact that social media is used by a lot of people, it can be spread out speedily. Continue reading →

Social Media ethnics – Yes or No?

To many of us, social media is actually a place for everyone to have fun in meeting new people as well as to connect with all our old friends that we rarely meet. With the use of social media, we get to keep in touch and see the things that are happening to our friends. Being online, we can use another identity to chat with friends that we met online. Social media can be used as a outlet to vent our anger or express our happiness. However, our reputation online can be at risk as well. Continue reading →

Topic 3 – Reflective Summary & Comments

Taken from The Art of Looking Good via Google  Looking back into the past, since when does recruiter goes online to search for employee? Shouldn’t it be prospective employee looking for them instead? I guess the era has change. This has prompted me to understand that technology has changed the way people ae finding job because of the different types of online media that are catered to our needs. However, it is not as easy as ABC by following what the online media tells us to do. Continue reading →

How do you develop your authentic online professional profile?

Above Image taken from 28 Reasons Why Everyone Needs Personal Branding (Jill Celeste, 2014) Via Jill Celeste With an authentic online professional profile, does it mean to be about having single or multiple digital identities? I believe that as long as we know what we are doing online, we can keep our online profile professional. Online professional profile can be drilled down to self-branding. Continue reading →

Topic 2 – Reflective Summary & Comments

Gif taken from Giphy Reading through my classmates’ post on for or against having multiple online identities is quite insightful. It allows me to ponder through whether if it is really a good thing or a bad thing. At the end of the topic, it really drills down to how you classify yourself online as to what purpose it brings to. Shannon commented on my post about how multiple online identities is a norm. Continue reading →

Topic 2 – Managing Multiple Online Indentities

What does it mean by online identity? Image Taken from: http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/09/19/identity-on-the-internet-the-pros-and-cons-of-anonymity/ Before discussing about the argument for and against having more than one online identity, we must first know what does it means. Online identity is a “persona” that is developed online based on what we are doing online be it searching for articles or communicating through social Medias. Continue reading →

Topic 1 – Reflective Summary & Comments

Reading through some of my classmates’ blog, it seems that quite a few of them have similar online behavior as me. Most importantly, there are some interesting blogs that I have seen which talks about how the internet influence and motivate their behavior on the internet. Looking across different blogs, I found certain blogs to be interesting and knowledgeable in terms of the work that they produced. And there are certain sentences that makes me ponder and question more. Continue reading →