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This marks the end of our fruitful learning journey…

“THE HARDER IT IS TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION, THE MORE YOU WILL REMEMBER THE JOURNEY”- MELCHOR  [Source: ETSY]  I would say that this module was really a whole new level of experience and exposure for me as I’ve gained plentiful insights regarding living life digitally. Despite living in the digital era, I was unaware that internet is multifaceted and is encompassed with different terminologies. Continue reading →

Time for reflection – Open Access can be good but… bad as well.

[Source: Google]  Honestly speaking, as each topic comes by, it is getting tougher and challenging – This subject on ”Open Access Model” have really challenged me to a certain extent and have aroused me to conduct a real in-depth research about it. However, after all the extensive research and reading, I’m sure I have gained substantial amount of knowledge about it. Continue reading →

Open access can be a good but… it can be bad as well.

YAY TO OPEN ACCESS!!  [Source: Google] “Open access” refer to information that is candidly available to all online users immediately upon publication, eliminating the need of subscription or payment. [Source: Google] Most college school have evolved from traditional classroom learning to internet learning which is known as “Open Education Resources”. Continue reading →

OH MY GAWD, ARE YOU SERIOUS?

(Source: Google)  Reading up on the different topics that were being discussed have indeed exposed me to a wide array of ethical issues on social media. One thing which I was taken aback was deceptive reviews made by individuals such as influencers. From what I perceived as, blogger endorsement is merely a contemporary way of advertising/marketing whereby renowned folks are equipped with goods/services and summoned to communicate evident reviews about it. Continue reading →

Let’s take some time to think through about what we learnt

“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with Ardour and attended to with diligence” – Abigail Adams Indeed, by writing on our own post isn’t enough to enhance our insight on the given topics, we need to read up on others as different people have different viewpoints.  [Source: Google]  So what did I gained?  From Clinton’s Blog, I realized that I didn’t elaborate much on the key point in my initial post which is BEING AUTHENTIC. Continue reading →

Want to stand out from the crowd? :) READ THIS!

Employers have emerged from newspaper recruiting to… Rising number of employers have begun their search for talent through social media like LinkedIn (Adweek.com) and (Agenda – The World Economic Forum). In the midst of considering the applicants, recruiters will search for more information on the Internet to form a clearer and distinct frame of who you are. Thence, we need to ensure that materials on the net are in favor of us to escalate the chance of attaining a job. Continue reading →

Topic 2: Reflective Summary

Managing multiple online identities ….. Yes or No? Similarly to the first topic, I was taken aback when we were instructed to discuss on this topic. First thought which strike my mind – What am I supposed to write?! Never did I know, after watching the videos, articles and conducting independent research, I gained plentiful knowledge about online identities :)  Originally, I couched towards the negative side as to whether a person should have multiple online identities. Continue reading →

Topic 2: Managing multiple online identities

(Credit: Google Images)  Online identity accredit to the assembling of information about an individual over the web which is different from the real-world identity. This online identity can be constructed consciously or sub-consciously – Established by the individual themselves by succumbing to social networks or generated using identifier which depicts partial identities about a person. Actually, a person doesn’t decide how many identities he/she has over the web. Continue reading →

TOPIC 1: Reflective Summary

Honestly speaking, when the topic was first thrown at me, I totally had no idea on what was it about and I thought that it will be very stale to be writing on this. Never did I know that this module would enlighten me so much on human being so absorbed into technology. Additionally, after reading through most of my classmates’ blog posts about “Digital Visitors” and “Digital Residents”, I realized that it have increased my knowledge as they have explained in-depth about it. Continue reading →