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Visitor? Resident?

Internet The past 20 years has seen an increasing use of the internet and accompanying software. This is an inescapable fact as globalisation continues and the world keeps getting smaller. Digital literacy is a skill that most of us need to be at adept at in order to keep pace with the rest of the world. Businesses, schools, social circles etc have now seen a transference of their presence and means of interaction into cyberspace. Visitor and Resident White, D. S., & Cornu, A. L. Continue reading →

MAN2049 Digital Profile – Self Test (Start of module)

-Accessing, managing and evaluating online information- 3/5 For starters, I would rate my a 3. I’m tempted to go for a 4 but I know there’s definitely room for improvement. In academic studies, good referencing is of the utmost importance. Sources must be checked and double-checked vigorously for truths and untruths. -Participating in online communities- 4/5 Definitely a 4. If by online communities, we mean social media… then yeah. Continue reading →

Beginnings

Greetings, my friend. My name is Edward Ting. And it has been years since I last blogged. My last site was taken down after the company was sold off. Years of blogs gone. Just like that. Therefore I am slightly reluctant to start up another. Here’s hoping this WordPress will do better. This blog is started up as course requirement for my degree programme. -Living and working on the web. MANG2049 12 days of lessons for this module is, in my honest opinion… too short. Continue reading →