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Reflecting on Open Access Implications for Content Producers

In my Topic 5 blog, I tried to give a well-rounded and balanced view of the implications for academic content producers making their materials freely available online.  I personally agree with open access, and think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.  Since then, I’ve been reading other students’ blogs and learning more about it…   Rofini’s blog looked at a completely different angle and focused on music content. Continue reading →

Reflecting on Open Access Implications for Content Producers

In my Topic 5 blog, I tried to give a well-rounded and balanced view of the implications for academic content producers making their materials freely available online.  I personally agree with open access, and think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.  Since then, I’ve been reading other students’ blogs and learning more about it…   Rofini’s blog looked at a completely different angle and focused on music content. Continue reading →

Advantages and Disadvantages for Content Producers Making their Materials Freely Available Online

When knowledge is shared freely and without most licensing restrictions, it constitutes as open access.  As a student, I often wish more articles are open access! Paid and open access academic articles work in different ways, my Piktochart image shows this: Video X advocates for open access in academia, stating: “students’ educations literally depend on access to the journal literature… professors can only teach what they have access to”. Continue reading →

Reflecting on Ethical Issues Associated with Social Media

Topic 4’s question was very open, and allowed us students to answer from a range of perspectives.  This meant that there was lots of diversity in the blogs I read from my peers!  After much research, I decided to write about the ethical issues surrounding social media and education.  This is because I’ve used them in the past more than I’d realised, and wanted to explore this further. Continue reading →

Social Media Plagiarism

Ethics focus on what is best for society and its members, and constitute a structure of moral principles which govern the way people live their lives.  Therefore, ethical issues occur when individuals’ moral principles and actions are conflicted, and they are unsure between right and wrong.   Education is slowly becoming more integrated with social media, so the ethical implications of this are becoming more relevant to society. Continue reading →

Social Media Plagiarism

Ethics focus on what is best for society, and constitute a structure of moral principles governing how people live their lives.  Therefore, ethical issues occur when moral principles and actions are conflicted, and individuals are unsure between right and wrong.   Education is slowly becoming more integrated with social media, so the ethical implications of this are becoming more relevant. Continue reading →

Reflecting on my Authenticity on LinkedIn

My blog this week focused on striving to achieve an authentic profile on LinkedIn.  At the beginning, I thought that I already had an effective understanding of this, but came to realise through research and reading others’ blogs that employers regularly strategically evaluate the authenticity of potential employees during the recruitment process (Cheston, 2012; Rooney, 2015). Continue reading →

Reflecting on my Authenticity on LinkedIn

My blog this week focused on striving to achieve an authentic profile on LinkedIn.  At the beginning, I thought that I already had an effective understanding of this, but came to realise through research and reading others’ blogs that employers regularly strategically evaluate the authenticity of potential employees during the recruitment process (Cheston, 2012; Rooney, 2015). Continue reading →

LinkedIn as Enablers of Employability and Professional Identity Development

Having a strong online professional presence is becoming increasingly necessary in today’s competitive job market, it stimulates being noticed and approached with opportunities.  I have experienced the effectiveness of LinkedIn through being headhunted and having my profile viewed by prospective employer.  Therefore I will focus on this professional social media platform throughout this article. Continue reading →

LinkedIn as an Enabler of Employability and Professional Identity Development

Having a strong online professional presence is favourable in today’s competitive job market, and in this post I’ll focus on the uses and effects of LinkedIn.   Allison Cheston, founder of a careers advisement firm, says that the first thing she does when assessing candidates is review their LinkedIn profile, and … if they’re an active user.  This means contributing to the site, showing your personality, knowledge and opinions to your connections and the public. Continue reading →

My Reflection about the Perils of Numerous Online Identities

I found this topic really intellectually stimulating because I’ve only thought about it in a black-and-white way before.  Finding readings to evaluate made me more informed, however on a sub-conscious level I probably gravitated towards those I agreed with.  I realised what a valuable learning curve reading others’ blogs to comment on is because it actively challenges my thoughts, especially when those viewpoints are evidenced. Continue reading →

My Reflection about the Perils of Numerous Online Identities

I found this topic really intellectually stimulating because I’ve only thought about it in a black-and-white way before.  Finding readings to evaluate made me more informed, however on a sub-conscious level I probably gravitated towards those I agreed with.  I realised what a valuable learning curve reading others’ blogs to comment on is because it actively challenges my thoughts, especially when those viewpoints are evidenced. Continue reading →

The Perils of Numerous Online Identities

This online identity topic has, much like the digital residents and visitors topic, an element of ambiguity for the different online identities which people can have and the level of anonymity these hold.  An identity refers to what we do and who we are (Internet Society, 2006), so our online identity is an extension of this. Please click on the photo to access the original photo submission. Continue reading →

Reflecting on Digital Visitors and Residents

I’ve discussed the differences in digital competencies of family and friends before, but never knew that there were theories surrounding this until this module.  I’ve since found myself analysing my friends’ online behaviour more, and classifying them as either Digital Residents or Digital Visitors (White and Cornu).  I also looked at my own past online behaviour, mainly through looking at my Facebook timeline, and classified myself as a Digital Resident. Continue reading →

Reflecting on Digital Visitors and Residents

I’ve discussed the differences in digital competencies of family and friends before, but never knew that there were theories surrounding this until this module.  I’ve since found myself analysing my friends’ online behaviour more, and classifying them as either Digital Residents or Digital Visitors (White and Cornu).  I also looked at my own past online behaviour, mainly through looking at my Facebook timeline, and classified myself as a Digital Resident. Continue reading →

Digital Residents and Digital Visitors

Prensky (2001) formulated the original theory surrounding the different digital competency levels people can have, sparking theoretical development of this topic.  He used observational methods on his students to formulate his theory about from when digital technology rapidly developed and was introduced to the general public.  The Digital Natives grew up within a technological culture and naturally learnt about digital technology alongside other skills like playing with manual toys. Continue reading →