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The week’s thoughts on Open Access helped tie up the semester’s “on the web” topics. When I thought of open access, I thought of the good and bad in generalisation. It brought me to the topic of education. I stand by what I stated: research cannot benefit anyone if it is not shared and built upon. Continue reading →

First of all, check out the short Powtoon I made… This week I am going to be discussing the advantages and disadvantages of a content producer making their materials freely available online. Open access is defined nicely in this video: ‘Open access is free, immediate, online availability of research articles with full re-use rights.’ This means the content is available to anyone wherever in the world. Continue reading →

This week’s topic of privacy was very broad and it allowed me to focus on something of interest: do our employers spy on us? I found that it was much more than just social media ‘stalking.’ In fact, employers can potentially spy on their workers from many other means such as security cameras in the office, access to employees’ work emails and search history, and perhaps even a company phone fitted with GPS would give a boss the ability to track his or her employees. Continue reading →

We’ve already established that, while we might feel safe and hidden behind a screen in our bedroom or office, this is not necessarily the case. Justine Sacco may have had it coming, but someone like Ruth Palmer was completely innocent and unaware of her identity theft. Palmer’s stolen content was not even offensive, but an identity thief can still use content to manipulate and put someone’s reputation in danger. Continue reading →

This week, it has been interesting to read and write about creating an authentic professional profile, while developing my own on LinkedIn. I am in the process of updating my professional profile for LinkedIn. I have long noticed the value of blogging from my own personal blog. Bryony commented asking me about this (I replied as I have to all my comments) and I have to say, I really write about whatever I want to at the time. Continue reading →

Today, recruiters look for talent early on. Some even approach high schools- not to mention there are several job fairs every year at university. I set up a LinkedIn account a while ago, and it has been useful to maintain connections with people in certain industries (e.g. from work experience or career fairs), but I am aware I need to put more effort into my professional online profile. Continue reading →

This week’s topic of online identities has broadened my knowledge of online personas and security. For my blog post, I explored the implications of having multiple online identities and weighed up the pros and cons. I considered my own ‘online footprint’ and brought up my own relevant experiences of having multiple online identities for different purposes. I began to think about the amount we share unintentionally- for example, the ‘cookies’ we leave behind. Continue reading →

Back in the day when the internet first was a ‘thing,’ we could remain relatively anonymous; not to mention, we could surf the web with little worry about identity theft and fraud. This old web expanded and changed rapidly. Today, people wish to communicate online with authentic identities like a well-maintained Facebook profile. Not to mention, businesses nowadays like to build customer profiles in order to recommend user-specific products, and consequently keep hold of personal histories. Continue reading →

The first topic for UOSM2033 was an eye-opening discussion. I now know what exactly Digital Residents and Visitors are, while I had know idea such terms existed beforehand. It was interesting to realise how I was defined as a web user, and also to see how modern times are increasingly making online life the norm. Continue reading →

The first topic for UOSM2033 was an eye-opening discussion. I now know what exactly Digital Residents and Visitors are, while I had know idea such terms existed beforehand. It was interesting to realise how I was defined as a web user, and also to see how modern times are increasingly making online life the norm. Continue reading →

Digital scholar Marc Prensky is known for coining the terms digital ‘Natives’ and ‘Immigrants.’ These terms have been widely accepted, though also criticised for over a decade. It is more recently that the terms digital ‘Visitors’ and ‘Residents’ have challenged Prensky’s theory. This newer approach works in the same way by looking at individuals’ web usage, however; it does not categorise them according to age and background. Continue reading →