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Learning is a lifelong journey

Living and Working on the Web has indeed been an enriching learning experience. I’m grateful to be given an opportunity to experience the self-learning approach for this module. Meeting the daily deadlines can be excruciating but I truly enjoy every single day of living and working on the Web. In the past, I used to be a very reserved person in my social media. After learning this module for 12 days, I have gradually gained confidence to connect with more people in the digital world. Continue reading →

Single identity VS Multiple identities

Online identity stresses two areas which are presentation and reputation. Presentation demonstrates “how they showcase their practice online” whereas the latter highlights “what others think of us”. (Costa, C. & Torres, R., 2011) Multiple identities refers to the ability to be anonymous so as to allow one to have the autonomy to create and explore what they want to do with it. Continue reading →

How many identities do you have?

Online identity stresses two areas which are presentation and reputation. Presentation demonstrates “how they showcase their practice online” whereas reputation highlights “what others think of us”. (Costa, C. & Torres, R., 2011) Multiple identities refer to the ability to be anonymous so as to allow one to have the autonomy to create and explore what they want to do with it. Continue reading →

There are always two sides to every story

After reading and commenting my peers’ blog, this topic has encouraged me to have an in-depth look at the issue of assessing online information. JianWen and Bernard gave a very interesting framework on how we can prevent filter bubbles by taking four measures. Thus, this empowers me to update my facebook’s profile and to clean my history and cookies in my laptop. By doing so, I will be able to gather more insights from people with different perspectives. Continue reading →

How to Spot False Information?

The amount of information just a click away may be limitless, but the time and energy to evaluate the reliability of it is not. The question is, how to differentiate whether the information is authentic? First of all, the below video explains how the false information spreads. Source: (WIRED, 2017) (Figure 1) To identify false information, Facebook has provided a list of strategies as seen in the below info-graphics. Continue reading →

What impacts have my digital differences had on how I interact with the Web?

Technology, the buzzword of the 21st century, has played an integral role in our lives that it is almost impossible to imagine what would happen if it ceases to exist. As seen from the graph above (Zickuhr, K. Smith, A., 2012), there is an increasing percentage of American adults using internet, over time. This has shown that technology has dominated most aspects of our everyday lives. Continue reading →

Digital “visitors” VS Digital “residents”

Who exactly am I? Am I actually the Resident or the Visitor? This is really interesting… Before I define myself on whether I am the Resident or the Visitor, I would be exploring the definition of the Resident and the Visitor based on my readings. The “Resident” refers to the individuals who like to share information about their life and work, mostly via online. Continue reading →