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Personal Experience – Living on the Web

Source Finally, this is the end of Living and Working on the Web module #MANG2049! In this post, I would like to share a list of things I have learnt during the 12 days of learning and enhancing my digital knowledge. This module significantly changed my perception towards the internet. I have always thought that the internet was a platform to enjoy games and entertainment online. However, this module is an eye-opener on how I can create businesses and learn much more knowledge online. Continue reading →

Reflection: Topic 3

After reading my peers’ post, most of them are using multiple accounts. I have come to know the importance of having multiple accounts by separating personal and work life. Personally, I feel that I need to adopt this and learn the ways to maintain and manage both personal and work identities online. I have also learnt that to survive in the online world, we should not misuse the freedom of speech either on a single identity or multiple identities. Continue reading →

Topic 3: Online Identities. Who are we actually talking to behind that screen?

Do you sometimes wonder if the person you are talking to online is the right person? Online Identities. Single Identity provides you with a good personal branding, proves that you have nothing to hide and others accessibility to you. Multiple Identity allows the differentiation and separation between one’s personal and professional life, however, it may inevitably create a wall between the people you’ll like to connect with and yourself. Continue reading →

Reflection: Thoughts on Topic 2

Fake news is making an impact on our everyday life. How much real information are you getting from the web? From Alicia’s blog post, I have learnt that without digital literacy, it is difficult for people to understand how working online works. Without the basic knowledge, I would not have thought that fake news actually is circulating around the internet. I would actually believe the source if i had not known how to differentiate which is real information online. Continue reading →

Topic 2: Are we getting the right information on the web?

Have you ever been misled or tricked by fake news? Self-Made Everywhere around the internet, there are news that we follow and tend to believe everything they say or do. But have we ever questioned ourselves, are they real? People in this era have the tendency to believe whatever we see or hear online. But here are some ways to evaluate what you are seeing online, is real. Continue reading →

Reflection: Topic 1

Source After reading through Stella and Aaron’s blog posts on Impact on Digital Differences, I have come to understand the few factors that affect people’s usage of internet and where we stand in the digital world. I also can understand that we are privileged with the convenient access of internet that has given us opportunities to expand our knowledge and how we use social media to communicate with one another. Currently online platforms are a norm for education and work. Continue reading →

TOPIC 1: Impact of Digital Differences

Social differences and inequalities such as demographics and social classes of an individual determines a lot on how much and how far one’s interaction can get with the web. Older Generation, lower levels of education or lower incomes, are much less likely to use the web. Older people are not exposed to the current modern technology that we use at this age, they have lesser knowledge on how to use the web. Continue reading →

Intro: Which is YOU? Digital Resident or Digital Visitor?

Have we ever questioned ourselves what type of digital user we are? Information and Communication Technology is an important part of everyone’s life in this modern era. In this blog I will share with u the different types of digital user you are as well as sharing what type of digital user i am. Digital Resident A group that live a percentage of their lives online and are always connected with one another on the web. Continue reading →