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Through reading some blogs, I realised that many of us are leaning to OA because as students, we need to have access to these scholarly articles and researches to study. As the video states, lecturers only teach what is readily at hand and that research cannot be push further without sharing materials within a community for it to develop. Continue reading →

Source Internet today is integrated and globalised, content producers these days can gather information and produce their own freely. It covers a wide range of sectors including education, science and design. Having said that, it is also perhaps having accessibility to online sources freely that allows content producers to research and develop their materials. There are a few advantages of having content freely available. There is wide reachability. Continue reading →

Source After reading some blogs on business ethics, I have come to a stand that ethics regarding educational or business are up to some point the same because they both are relating to social media as a whole. How we use and manipulate it is what gives each sector different ethical issues because social media ultimately, is just a tool and are not in any way responsible for how we use them. Continue reading →

Source Social media as an educational tool today is beneficial as such it pulls together students into one platform to facilitate learning, and its versatility in incorporating multimedia like powerpoint and videos altogether make learning very cohesive. Educational use of social media has been increasing with the benefits it brings. This module is a good example of educational use through social media like blogs and Youtube; I enjoyed it very much as I don’t need to go to school. Continue reading →

I’ve read a few blogs and like me, most of us can relate to LinkedIn as a good way to start a professional profile due to it’s popularity statistically. It gave me a few points to think about. Firstly it’s not all about just having a page on LinkedIn for the sake of it and secondly, integration of other social medias to broaden one’s online professional presence. Lelia mentioned it is not just about creating and having a space in professional social medias like LinkedIn. Continue reading →

Source A detailed social recruiting survey by Jobvite and Contentmarketinginstitude states that 94% of recruiters utilise social media like LinkedIn to acquire employees and talents. It is not surprising as in this day and age where things are shifting to digital for the ease and speed it carries. Sure enough able to connect through digital platforms enable one to reach out to more opportunities. Source: Giphy I’ve listed a few steps to develop an authentic professional profile. Continue reading →

I have read through Jeremiah and Teresa’s blog and a few others. There are certainly different opinions of having one or more identities. To me it all boils down to lifestyle and how one manages their online activities. What I have learnt from Jeremiah blog is a singular online identity can increase online safety. His entry gave me the idea that the more multiple identities one makes, the lesser control the user has over his information online due to digital footprints. Continue reading →

What best describes you, represent you and how do you want others to see you as? These are probably some questions we sometimes ask ourselves when we engage in online activities. Kietzmann et al. (2012) mentioned in his honeycomb model that identity is the extent which users reveal themselves online. Link to model What online identity is then would be the amount of personal information and activity we choose to present online that portrays us; from usernames to photos and comments. Continue reading →

After reading through Valerie and Brenden’s blog (both links are below), I felt that our posts are largely similar in the way of explaining how digital visitors and residents are, the behaviours and how are the similarities to us. We are probably a little of residents and visitors. I say that because my generation are more of the ‘play outdoors kids’ but with the adoption of technology advancement taken in stages. Continue reading →