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Goodbye UOSM2008

And just like that, Living and Working on the Web has come to an end. By far my favourite module of this semester, I have gained an immeasurable wealth of knowledge and skills as a result of my participation. The Topics: Quick Fire Key Learnings 1 Digital Visitors and Residents Living a large proportion of my life online, but not being 100% comfortable expressing my persona in all virtual locations (White and Cornu, 2011) means I am more a digital resident than visitor. Continue reading →

Topic 5 Reflection

This week’s Open Access topic was a definitive learning curve for me. As bad as it may sound I supposed I’d never really considered the drawbacks the author on the other side of the screen may face in order for me to be sat contently reading an article. Continue reading →

Open Access: Beauty or the Beast?

‘Open Access is the free, immediate, online availability of research articles coupled with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital environment’ (SPARC, 2016). When it comes to the subject of Open Access content us millennials don’t really know any different – with all too many of us taking it for granted. Continue reading →

Topic 4 Reflection

The digital divide, endorsement ethics, cyber-bulling, and online security are just some of the many areas looked into this week in Topic 4. Given the topic brief, I decided to look into the world of trolling, cyber-bullying and online abuse in business. I chose this area because as a viewer of blogs and YouTube videos, the sheer amount of abuse and trolling I see on the web is staggering. Continue reading →

Even Obama Can’t Avoid It (UOSM2008)

Social media platforms have their obvious pros for users: to educate, do business, find romance, get a job – the list really is endless. But as the saying goes, if something seems too good to be true then it probably is, and social media is certainly no an exception to this. The rise in use of social media has opened up one BIG can of worms – the opportunity for cyber bullying, online abuse, and trolling. Continue reading →

What Came of Topic 3? (UOSM2008)

If this week’s topic regarding building a professional online profile has taught me anything, it’s that there’s far more to the digital professional world than LinkedIn. There’s Facebook, Twitter, WordPress, Pinterest, Instagram, and About.me – to name just a few of the platforms that can be made use of for professional/job-seeking purposes. Before embarking on this topic my LinkedIn profile had a lot to be desired. Continue reading →

Reflecting back on Topic 1 (UOSM2008)

Topic 1 drew upon a new framework for Web engagement proposed by White and Cornu – the use of the terms digital ‘residents’ and ‘visitors’. This acts as a replacement for Prensky’s original idea of digital ‘natives’ and ‘immigrants’ which based the categorisation of Web users primarily on their age, suggesting younger people are the ‘natives’ of the digital world. Continue reading →

The Move to Digital Residents and Visitors

Topic 1 of UOSM2008 focuses on the idea of digital ‘visitors’ and ‘residents’ – a framework I’d never actually come across until this week. Digital Natives and Immigrants to Residents and Visitors The development of the new terms ‘digital residents’ and ‘digital visitors’ to replace the outdated ‘digital natives’ and ‘digital immigrants’ has definitely become necessary to create a better understanding of the way individuals engage with the web. Continue reading →