#uosm2008

I must admit, I didn’t really see how much this module would help before I started it. However, as the weeks came and went with a blog post to follow them, I started to see how much a professional profile and an active online identity can help me once I start to finish my time at University. Although I’m an IT student, I didn’t really have much of an online identity or even a presence, where I would not have anything personal online other than a Facebook profile. Continue reading →

  UOSM2008 has been a very rewarding, challenging and eye-opening module.  It was a welcomed change from English Literature, and I not only acquired valuable digital literacy skills  but an online identity which will undoubtedly assist future employment prospects. My additional reflections have been collected in a PowToon below:   My Twitter, LinkedIn and about.me pages can be found here, or on the about.me widget on my homepage. Continue reading →

The fact that I am typing these words not only signifies the end of the module UOSM2008 but also the end of second year! It’s amazing and scary, how time flies when you’re one, having fun, and two, growing and developing. UOSM2008, in my opinion, has been the perfect intersect between academics and individual expression. Continue reading →

I created the video below to highlight the key points that this Module has taught me, but 45 seconds simply wasn’t enough time to cover everything, and so below is a ‘proper’ post to make sure that I haven’t missed anything important! Prior to participating in this Module I had only ever completed ‘traditional’ modules, which focussed around weekly lectures, essays and assignments. After 3 years of this format, I found the remote teaching and the bi-weekly topics hugely refreshing. Continue reading →

The title for this module is certainly no hoax, as I have indeed been living and working on the web. The journey has been a great one, allowing me to learn so much about the digital world. All five topics required me to research concepts and ideologies beyond my own experiences and scope. However of course within this blog platform, I’ve been able to express my views freely and exercise my creativity skills. Continue reading →

To summarise my #UOSM2008 experience, I have made a Prezi to express my final thoughts. Enjoy! (499) Places to find me online: – About. Continue reading →

By the time you reach the end of this post, you will know more about me than it’s said on my about me page. When I first started blogging, I wasn’t completely aware of how much value my online identity held in order to expose me to rest of the world. Every activity we carry out using technology, leaves a mark behind, a digital footprint. Continue reading →

And so it’s time for the blogging adventure to come to an end. The legacy lives on in the skills I have acquired during my exploration into the various topics proposed in this module. When I started this module, I was curious as to how such a learning experience could be implemented solely online. The result has been a thoroughly enjoyable virtual community of fellow bloggers, debating the big questions regarding online usage and identity. Continue reading →

I’ve decided to present my final post as a newspaper-style Prezi with a video post incorporated. Organising the layout on the Prezi was far from simple, and my camera and onscreen presenting skills prove rather shocking, but I decided that it was better to test out something new than do things the standard way! So, enjoy. UOSM2008, it’s been a pleasure. Continue reading →