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FINAL: MY DIGITAL LEARNING JOURNEY

Learning online was never my choice. To me, I feel that I am unable to effectively learn online as compared to physical lessons. It may be due to my experiences during my Polytechnic days where students were asked to listen to the recorded lectures on YouTube and accomplish questions. NO platforms for interaction at all. That was the kind of “learning on the web” that was inculcated to us. Therefore, I was extremely worried about this module. Continue reading →

REFLECTION: How well am I protected on the Internet?

Source: Chin Yu Ying The Internet is a vast collection of different networks with a large number of more than 3 billion Internet users. (millions, 2017)Hence, it is important to ask myself: AM I WELL PROTECTED ON THE INTERNET? Through Timothy‘s post, he mentioned about the risks of not keeping our information safe on the Internet and illustrated the type of risks using comic strips. Continue reading →

Can we “survive” today’s Internet with a single online identity?

Are having multiple online identities bad for us? Is having a single online identity enough to “survive” the Internet? Source: Chin Yu Ying ONLINE IDENTITIES It is very common for people nowadays to own multiple online identities. One of the reason is to put off the pressure for having the perfect feed of social moments, which subsequently led to a phenomenon called Finsta, also known as “Fake Instagram”. Continue reading →

TOPIC 2: What is your quality of information?

A question to start the post: What is the impact of poor information quality and how to overcome it? [ DEFINITION ] Information Quality is the availability of reliable, accurate, and up-to-date information.  (Diss.fu-berlin.de, 2017) WHAT CAUSES POOR INFORMATION QUALITY?   Source: Chin Yu Ying (The photo above shows the screenshots of Google and Facebook personalized search. Continue reading →

Reflection: Should we minimise the gap in Digital Differences?

Source: Pixel.com It has definitely made me support my point of view even more upon reading and analysing my mates’ views towards digital differences. “Everyone should be given the opportunity to have access to the internet. “ TANYA’S POST In Tanya’s view of digital differences, she mentioned: “As everyone is different, we do not have the same level of digital skills and literacies. Continue reading →

TOPIC 1: Digital Differences

As the society moves towards the digital age, many of us have the privilege to have access to the internet and experience the virtual life on the technologies. However, not all of us have the same privileged enough to do so due to several factors. Let’s look into some data collected from the internet: DIGITAL DIFFERENCES VS. AGE Following the data, it can be derived that as the age increases, the respondents prefer using/accessing different types of digital platform. Continue reading →

INTRODUCTORY POST: Digital Residents or Digital Visitors?

Welcome to my first blog post! Let me begin with a question: What are Digital Residents and Digital Visitors? Digital Residents are the individuals that see the web as a place for socialising and sharing information and have a sense of belonging to the virtual environment. Digital Visitors are the individuals who only use digital tools to achieve their tasks, goals and objectives, and do not seek visibility on social networks. Continue reading →