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Topic 5: Reflective Summary

Image Source: https://library.uncc.edu/sites/default/files/users/4/peggyhoon/openaccess_type.jpg The first blogpost that I read would be my fellow classmate JunNing’s blogpost about open access.I really enjoyed reading her blog post as she provided a lot of examples and statistics to support what she wrote about in her blog. She showed how advertisement is linked to this open access. Continue reading →

Open Access, Good or Bad?

Image Source: http://allthefreethings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/logo.jpg In our modern age, almost all of us have a smartphone which has internet access. This would mean that technology has enabled us to have almost instant access to many information online for free. But have we ever thought of the fact on open access? Open access is defined as in short “unrestricted, online access to peer reviewed and published scholarly research papers”. Continue reading →

Topic 4 Reflective Summary

Image source: https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/513270601176190976/q3q_XFQ1_400x400.png After having read through my fellow classmates’ blog posts and articles, I feel that I have learnt a lot about online ethics that we all have to watch out for. All too frequently, we forget about these things and become sometimes either commit these ethical ‘crimes’ or read information which aren’t correct and deem them to be correct. Continue reading →

Topic 3: Reflective Summary 

   Image source: http://principlesofedu.wikispaces.com/Summary+of+Perenialism?responseToken=74cbe7e797e66a33576e52689f1a291c I feel that after having read through articles, blog posts and watching videos about developing an authentic online professional profile, I feel that this has made me greatly understand why it is so important and so much emphasis is placed on this. Continue reading →

Ways to Develop an Online Professional Profile

Image source: http://wojdylosocialmedia.com/2014-social-media-predictions/ Based on the image above, many of us actually spend so much time on social media whether we actually notice it or not. Most of the time, we unknowingly go into our social media pages to check on updates, read the news feeds and such. It would make sense from there that employers would go into social media when looking into potential candidates. Continue reading →

Topic 2: Reflective Summary

After having read through my fellow classmates argument on the pros and cons of multiple identity, I felt that I have a new perspective on this topic and how I could have done it differently. Firstly, it would be my friend Renu’s post on ‘Two identities…not a bad idea? Maybe’. She mentions about how the internet is a scary place where anyone can view informations about us. Continue reading →

More than 1 online identity, good or bad?

Image source: http://blog.gemalto.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Online-identity.jpg Starting on online identity, it is no secret that many of us do have an online identity. And with the help of the internet, the internet helps us to create our own perfect personas, and hence it would be why almost everyone is doing it. But to what extend we are in the real world, and in the world online. Continue reading →

Digital ‘Visitor’ vs Digital ‘Resident’

My view point on this topic on visitor vs resident, or natives vs immigrants. I feel that we now more often than not, have to be able to use technology in one way or another. It could be in the forms of smartphones, laptops and even tablets. Most of us now are able to be either digital visitors or residents. I also think that there are rarely someone who is either a resident or a visitor. Continue reading →