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#Hangout5 summary and next steps

Here is the recording of today's hangout on YouTube. We introduced you to topic 2 and provided some general feedback on your topic 1 posts. Check out the "General Feedback" category in the right hand column of this blog for full details. Tomorrow's hangout features a special guest, Dr Cristina Costa from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland, (@cristinacost). Cris is the author of one of your pieces of recommended reading on digital identity. Continue reading →

Topic 2: online identity, privacy and security

Please read these brief notes and check out the links, before preparing and posting your answer to the set question. This document should be regarded as just the start of the discussions, which are then developed through the conversations themselves and the sharing of further relevant links. These articles are intended to give you a flavour of the challenges and opportunities in managing your online identity, and get you started on answering the Topic 2 set question below. Continue reading →

#Hangout4 summary and next steps

Here is the recording of today's Hangout on YouTube. I went through some initial feedback on your early posts and encouraged you to think about not just WHAT social networks you use, but HOW you use them and what for. The focus in this module is on developing your digital literacies in order to help both your learning and your employability as marketers in the digital age. Continue reading →

#Hangout3 Summary and Next Steps

Here's the recording on Youtube of today's Hangout. We covered these points today: 1. How to set up your blog posts with Categories and Tags 2. Some pointers on how best to approach your Comments and Reflections on Topic 1 which is your task for Friday. Don't forget that in addition to working through the set topics, you should be thinking about how you plan to develop your own professional digital profiles based on the findings of your audit. Continue reading →

Important information about Comments and Reflections

When commenting, add your views and share your own relevant experiences (or other supporting evidence) so that the whole group can benefit from your message. You may wish to respond to your colleagues’ postings in one or more of the following ways: Ask a probing question. Share an insight from having read a colleague’s posting. Offer an evidence-based opinion or suggestion inspired by their work. Validate one of their ideas with an example from your own experience. Continue reading →

#Hangout2 Summary and next steps

Here is the recording of today's #hangout2 We introduced you to two students who are currently studying on the UK version of the module, Catherine Hunt (@catherinehunt94) and Charlie Mason (@c__mason) We encouraged you to view the work of students on this module (#UOSM2033) but please make sure you CREDIT any contributions of theirs that you draw upon with a specific link and a reference in your own work. Continue reading →