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I made it to the final topic of the module! This topic proved the toughest to me, as I had no prior opinion regarding the concept of ‘open access’.  For my post, I challenged the idea of all content being freely accessible and reusable. In our society, it seems everybody likes free items. And more items. Norman’s post resonated with this phenomenon. He supported open access – sharing of his works with others. Continue reading →

Free content. Sounds great, right! Then again, like with any other attractive deal, scepticism kicks in. Question 1: How ‘free’ is it? Source: The Strait Times Free access doesn’t guarantee permission to modify and edit the content. It’s like a digital newspaper. You can read it, without any costs, but you can’t re-use it. Basically, only absorbing the information.  Question 2: What if, it’s really free to read and free to re-use? Now, that’s really ‘open access’. Continue reading →

In my post, I addressed how a business use of social media can aggravate unethical behaviour. Own Image But reading Jim’s post introduced another perspective. He reminded me that a director, or specifically, the job role itself has its own “ethics” too. He is accountable to the shareholders. For him, not earning profit may be unethical. Because he did not fulfil his promise to the shareholders. But for us (the customer), we view the ‘profit-earning’ mindset as a sabotage. Continue reading →

We’re halfway through the module. How fast! “Building a Digital Professional Portfolio” has been a practical lesson in equipping us with skills for the final assessment. Especially from reading Jia Jiun’s post. His detailed focus on effectively delivering your professionalism across to potential employers led me to think towards another aspect. Should we then even own several social media accounts? And to this, his reply reminded me of my very first proposition – mindset. Continue reading →

Let’s do away with statistics first! It’s the results of a recent LinkedIn @Work survey. (Statistics) Source: HRM Asia \ (Own image) I was quite surprised. I know my ex-colleagues do Facebook searches on incoming employees, but I didn’t know that we place that much importance on this “trend”. I’m guessing we all recognise the significance of a well-developed digital professional profile by now. Continue reading →

Let’s do away with statistics first! It’s the results of a recent LinkedIn @Work survey. (Statistics) Source: HRM Asia \ (Own image) I was quite surprised. I know my ex-colleagues do Facebook searches on incoming employees, but I didn’t know that we place that much importance on this “trend”. I’m guessing we all recognise the significance of a well-developed digital professional profile by now. Continue reading →

I’d say the views towards the practice of multiple online identities are diversified. Unlike the previous topic, I think this topic involves substantially a broader scope of concepts. So, most of the posts I read discussed about different aspects of ‘online identities’. In his post here, Issac used a word I found really intriguing – “convenience”. This idea resonates with me. It didn’t cross my mind that our laziness could be what compromises our privacy. Continue reading →

An online identity is simply who you are and what you do on the Internet. It involves the digital “persona(s)” we adopt and the perceptions of others towards our online behaviours (Costa & Torres, 2011). Unlike our ‘real life’ identity, we can have more than one online identity. Personally, I have friends who create two social media accounts as an approach to distinguish between personal life and professional life. Continue reading →