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First of all this semester has passed like the flash of lighting! I can’t believe that this is my last blog for this module. However, when I look back this semester I can say that I have learned and achieved a lot from this module. I have acquired many useful skills that would be applied to the rest of my university life and beyond. Continue reading →

Before I encountered this topic of Open Access (OA) I was absolutely clear and convinced that when something comes to you for free then it is always good and OA was one of them [1]. Upon doing this topic, I then started seeing the other side of the coin through reading others people’s blogs and comments. I found there are good debates on Bartosz Paszcza’s Blog [2] and I start wondering. Continue reading →

Imagine you have done a ground-breaking research from your years of hard work, which was funded by a government or university. On one hand you want to share with people who are interested but the distribution expenses is a barrier for you. On the other hand readers can’t access this content whereas the very money funded for the research was from their own pocket i.e. in terms of tax or tuition fees. https://code.google. Continue reading →

Personally I have found this topic is very interesting that because I did not know there wear so much you can do with social media in business, education and personal life. It helps you to build your brand in quick time. Continue reading →

Out of my understanding of social media, I believe it plays a huge role in our daily lives whether socially, morally or intellectually as we are govern by it round the clock. In this blog, I am going to discuss the ethical issues raised by social media in education that I consider to be particularly significant. Social media allows people to discuss ideas, post news, ask questions and share links: allowing information to reach a wide range of targeted and perhaps sometimes untargeted audience. Continue reading →

When I first read the title of this topic I thought this will be fun and quit easy to write as we have personal profiles like Facebook or Twitter that will another as professional profile, where we don’t make all the stupid posts and blogs that will be in formal manner. However, I start by reading all links was provided by my Tutor and other sources of research: that change my thought of professional profile. Continue reading →

Having an online professional profile is very important. That helps you to connect with other people and look for jobs etc. There are many company offer the same service but the world leading professional profile website is “LinkedIn” [1]. In this blog we will look at how to develop an online professional profile. There is a big encouragement about it at online that I would like to discus here and give my opinion. Continue reading →

Having a one or more than one online identity in my opinion is a personal choice, but some people sees that as security risks. That makes what point of view you are looking at that. Out of my reading from my classmate blogs I have come a cross a conclusion that some people prefer use social networks like Facebook, Twitter or Google accounts for personal use and where as LinkedIn for professional use. Continue reading →

Having more than one online identity is quite common for our existence online world. In the online community there is a big argument for and against of having multiple online identities. In this blog I would like to discuss these arguments and offer my thought on this topic. Many of us have multiple of online identities that because the online community force us to have more than one online identity. Continue reading →

After I have post my blog on Topic 1 it was my turn to go and read my other class mates blog and comment on their blogs. I have done that over last few days and learn so much that I would like to express below. First blog – Aliyu Aliyu                               https://aaaliyu.wordpress. Continue reading →