rochellezc

Most of my classmates would have agreed that open access definitely is beneficial for a student but maybe not so much as a content publisher. Most importantly, we must give credits to the author by citing the information back to the website. After all we are just “borrowing” a part of information or writings from them so I believe a form of recognition needs to be given. Continue reading →

Every student, at some point will access the Internet and Google for examples of good essays from the top universities, company reports that may support the analysis of your project work and even articles that are useful for referencing. Continue reading →

I wrote a post on ethical issues raised by educational use of social media and I realised that most of my classmates wrote about the businesses use so I will do a summary based on both. REPUTATION. This is very important. In terms of education and even for businesses, the Internet is the access to anything and by uploading anything negative, reputation is at stake. For schools, teachers and students are the representatives and their actions online determine the reputation of the school. Continue reading →

Ethical issues often deal with what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is bad, and what rights and responsibilities people should have (Ask.com, 2014). The uses of social media is increasing, students are now digitally connected with one another and teachers nowadays are open to the concept of being their ‘friend’ online. Gradually over time, educational system and modules are going online, such as having excel or access classes, and even online modules. Continue reading →

Be authentic and consistent. This is what I have learnt after reading through most of my classmates’ post. I couldn’t agree more. I believe that by being authentic, you are able to listen to yourself, be aware of how far your strengths can take you and how you can play your weaknesses as a form of good flaw. Throughout the whole post, Ruhuan emphasise on being consistent when it comes to posing content that is in line with who you are. Continue reading →

While I was doing my research on this topic, I saw this statistics on The Jobvite 2014 named ‘Social Recruiting Survey’. It shows the increasing trend of employers searching for potential candidates using social media. To keep up with the competition, we must learn how to build our own online profile professionally and effectively. Below listed are the 3 points which I personally feel are baby steps in managing a professional online profile. 1. Continue reading →

After reading most of my classmates’ blog, I have come to realised that there is no right or wrong about having one or multiple online identities. It all boils down to how you manage your profile, portray your image online, and how comfortable you are with your online identity/ identities. Chanced upon Kelly’s blog and she said ‘Having multiple online identities may simply deplete the credibility of a particular online identity you would like to portray. Continue reading →

There are so many different social media platforms that is available on the Internet to connect with people you may or may not know, it can be someone random that catches your attention and the next thing you know, you’re following that person on Facebook. That doesn’t mean you are that person’s friend, neither do you really know what are his or her weird habits, favourite foods, childhood stories or even their birthdays. Continue reading →

After having to study through the opinions of my classmates, I realised that each and every one of us can either be a digital “visitor” or “resident” depending on our needs. It is very interesting to understand the whole concept from different perspectives and to read each individual’s experiences with the digital world. Continue reading →