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The Open Access debate is a lot more complicated than I initially thought and spans far wider than just the education sector. Through my interaction with others, I really began to consider the implications for developing countries. For example, Michele had pointed out the link between having free access to research papers for educational use and better employment for developing countries. Continue reading →

We can all relate to how frustrating it is to find the ‘perfect’ article that you’re sure has everything you need in it for an assignment, only to realise it’s access is restricted. It makes you think, why are some things free to access and others not? Until I really researched this topic, that’s what I thought it was all about. Being at university I automatically thought about access to journals  for academia and that my trouble with it would be over as soon as I finish. Continue reading →

Topic 4 was very diverse in terms of the variety of ethical issues addressed, even though I focussed on ethical issues associated with authenticity of voice in social media use for education, I learnt a lot from others. There were a few posts on the digital divide, I commented on Shaheer’s blog, where I reflected on the divide in more developing countries such as the UK, and the implications for the employment world here. Continue reading →

Social media has only recently been adopted in education, with supporters promoting their use as part of connectivist learning (Friesen and Lowe, 2012). The PowToon I have created below helps to explain the role of the most popular forms of social media in education. Obviously however, social media was not initially built to facilitate use in the classroom and because of this it poses a number of ethical issues for educators (Henderson, Auld and Johnson,2014). Continue reading →

This has been a really interesting topic for me because it’s one that I can relate a lot too, like Topic 2, as I approach the end of my final year of university and enter the employment world. Most of us agreed that some form of personal branding was key to creating an authentic profile. Even though many recognised that LinkedIn was the top social employability site, many like me, also acknowledged that personal branding could be done through multiple platforms, for example Tom and Stuart. Continue reading →

I’ve definitely become more aware that employers are turning to online and more recently  social media, to both create networks and for recruitment but I don’t think I understood to what extent this was. For example in 2014, 93% of recruiters were using or planning to use ‘social’ to support their recruiting efforts (Jobvite, 2014). Continue reading →

  Many of the blogs this week gave a good general summary of the literature available on online identities and the use of examples made them more relatable to read, see for example Becca’s blog, which I commented on. Some blogs focussed in on specific areas, which was also interesting to read. Continue reading →

Should we keep our online identities private? What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a completely open vs. private identity? Julia Allison states that we should maintain many different identities dependent on the community we are in, for example school, work, friends and home (Jarvis, 2011). This is definitely something that I and I know many others can relate too. Continue reading →

  I must admit, I never really thought it was necessary to have such a framework as ‘Digital Visitors and Residents’, however after researching myself but particularly after reading  other students blogs on the topic, I’ve changed my mind. For me, it was really interesting to see how ‘Digital Visitors and Residents’ affects employers, social media but above all learning techniques on the web. Continue reading →

In an increasingly digital world only recently has it been deemed necessary to describe the way individuals can engage with the web to try to explain their motivations for doing so (White, 2012). This was first attempted by Prensky (2001) but has recently been updated by White and Conru (2011). Continue reading →