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The Final Conclusion

Upon taking this modules and researching on the weekly topics, I started appreciating the importance of developing digital literacy. My professional digital profile and digital literacy has significantly expanded over the course and thanks to this module, I have obtained in-debt knowledge about the main features of social platforms. Over the course of this module, the result of my self-test has improved by 6 points. Continue reading →

Reflection – Topic 5

Upon reflection, I took the opportunity to read my classmate’s blog post. Most of them share similar pros and cons points as me but some post had extra points that I did not cover. For instance, Shannon’s blog post explained clearly how free content that is being published online like educational videos or articles have led to people’s success as entrepreneurs. Similar, would be a point made by Crystal – Good Reputation from Viral Distribution. Continue reading →

Topic 5 – Explain the advantages and disadvantages to a content producer of making their materials freely available online

On 6 August 1991, the web became publicly available. During that period, the web only provided screens full of text, usually in one font and font size. Electric mailing list were a popular method for distributing longer strings of texts like articles to people then. However, with technology advancing rapidly and web maturing, contents are being offered and retrieved in digital formats online rather than through physical volumes. Continue reading →

Reflection – Topic 4

Starting on this post was challenging because the topic was so broad. There was many issues I wanted to share on this blog but I decided to go with Identity theft as I thought it was one of the more daunting concerns. Through my thorough research, I found many disheartening identity theft stories and learnt about the importance of being proactive. However, there are other unethical issues that has been covered by my peers that I think I should share on this blog too. Continue reading →

Topic 4 – Discuss ONE of the ethical issues raised by educational or business use of social media that you consider being particularly significant.

Society has transformed into a digital era, with the most drastic change being in how human communicate. 20 years ago, the Internet was just a novelty to people. However in today’s age of technology, social networking services – a myriad of rapidly developing services tools and practices – are developed for users to build their profiles with information like demographics and photos. Users can use their connections to gain new friends and interact. Continue reading →

Topic 3 – Reflection

This topic discussed about how we could develop an authentic professional online profile. It was an intriguing and insightful topic which was useful because i think it is time for me to create a professional digital profile for myself. When I read my Amanda’s blog, she sparked my attention by mentioning that as an employee, she would hire someone with a decent digital profile picture. This was my comment on her blog. Source – https://amandakeeeblog.wordpress. Continue reading →

Topic 3 – Discuss the ways in which an authentic online professional profile can be developed.

An online professional profile is a way of self-promotion and personal branding. It is also part of our sales and marketing toolkit. What is self-promotion? The web define self-promotion as: To publicize oneself in today’s digital age, the old fashion referral and interview is just not effective enough. We need to use the Internet to reach out to people and get noticed. Social networking platform allow us the chance to market our personal brand and reach out to managers. Continue reading →

Topic 2 – Reflection

Upon reflection, I was introduced to many different approaches while reading my peer’s discussions on the topic. Some peers, like myself believe that multiple identity brings no harm while some peers believes that multiple identity makes one look deceiving. For example, Crystal suggests that a single identity is important for morality and professionalism’s sake. Continue reading →

Topic One – Reflection

Firstly, I would like to thank Jue Yin and Luna for their constructive comments. I have read both of their blog post and they have given me deeper insights. I have also reached out to other classmate’s blog and can conclude that Digital “Visitor” and Digital “Resident” a better alternative distinction to that of digital “native”/ digital “immigrant” when classifying how people use the Internet. Continue reading →