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It is interesting and enlightening how my colleagues have explained open access in different contexts. I feel as if my knowledge on open access have widened a great deal! A handful of my classmates has utilized YouTube as an example which quite clearly explains the concept of open access, it’s advantages and disadvantages.  And I did not know that some videos have to be paid to be viewed! (via Chloe’s blog) I’ve always thought everything was free on YouTube. Continue reading →

Has this ever happened to you? only to be faced with this? Frustrating isn’t it?  Don’t you just hate this page?? Have you ever wondered why though? There’re both sides to a coin. We want the article for academic purposes to get a good grade. Publishers want compensations for his article for the effort, time and money he have put into his research. Rather fair don’t you think? Open Access VS Paid Access The term is Paid Access (a.k.a. Continue reading →

It was an eye-opener and insightful read on the different takes my colleagues took on social media ethics. I was drawn to Nicole Low’s and Yi Xin’s blog post as it hits very close to home. It was about social media distorting the perception of beauty unrealistically causing eating disorders, depression and esteem issues in teens. [1] I have a very close friend who succumbed to bulimia because she felt like she wasn’t skinny enough or pretty enough. Continue reading →

Discuss one of the ethical issues raised by educational or business use of social media that you consider to be particularly significant. On the internet, your every word, every posts lives forever. Especially when you’ve a reputation to uphold. Everyone talks about watching what you say on the internet but has it got anything to do with the internet really? Anything we say comes from us, it is our own responsibility. Continue reading →

After reading several blog posts, I realized that a handful of my colleagues (i.e. Easter, Wan Chyng, Yi Shin etc) have mentioned that we should filter what we post online, go back and delete any inappropriate materials that we had posted on any social media and make sure we don’t post anything we wouldn’t want employers to see.  And then we come to talk about authenticity. Continue reading →

Q: Discuss the ways in which an authentic online professional profile can be developed Source Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel. What first comes to your mind when you think of her? Definitely trendsetter, don’t forget perseverance, self-motivation, creativity and independence. This is the branding she has given herself. [1] And that is what we need to do – brand ourselves professionally online. Continue reading →

After reading my colleague’s posts, I realized that majority stand with me for having multiple identities online while a few handful feels that just 1 identity is enough which is very enlightening how they have validated their opinions. After reading Renu’s blog post and this article she shared, I had second thoughts about my stand. Continue reading →

Discuss the arguments for and against having more than one online identity. Source An individual can have multiple identity, anonymous or authentic personas online. Although we’re never anonymous once we’re on the internet because we leave traces of our digital footprints, on purpose or not. [1] This post discusses the benefits of having multiple online personas and its detriment. Continue reading →

After reading my fellow colleagues’s post, it has got me thinking even more regarding digital ‘visitors’ and ‘residents’. Why are people where they are in this matter? What motivates them to want to be a ‘resident’ or a ‘visitor’? I believe interest plays a significant part and so does privacy. Continue reading →