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This was the last topic for #UOSM2008 and what a journey it has been! I must admit, I found this week’s topic quite challenging to begin with as I felt as though quite a lot of the research I found was aimed at advantages for digital consumers and not content producers. Continue reading →

Our world as we know it is becoming more digitalised, where access to any information we may need is available almost everywhere online. As a result, much of the online content we come across is of open access which Suber (2015) describes as ‘digital, online, free of charge and free from almost all copyright and licensing restrictions’. What are content producers? Content producers typically oversee the making of content for websites and other online properties. Continue reading →

Topic 4 offered us the creative freedom to explore different ethical issues that arise from the use of social media in business or education. This week encouraged me to engage more with my colleagues’ posts as issues raised, ranged from the digital divide to hate speech online, which I have learnt a great deal from. Continue reading →

With the web constantly evolving, it is no surprise that the way in which people can share their information online has become easier through the likes of different social networking sites (SNS) like Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat. Most of us use these platforms to connect with our friends and colleagues, however at the same time this same information is being used by businesses to learn more about our preferences and daily life. Continue reading →

I must admit, before starting my research for this topic I thought I would be pretty much repeating most of what I had said in last weeks’ posts. However, shortly after I quickly learnt this was not the case and realised how important authenticity is as part of your online professionalism. Continue reading →

It has been the status quo that CVs and cover letters have been at the forefront of establishing your professional profile. However, significant changes in technology has influenced employers to change the ways in which they screen and hire candidates, primarily by using social media sites. The following infographic that I’ve produced, highlights key statistics taken from JobVite (2014), which stresses on how employers are recruiting. Continue reading →

One of the highlights of this module is being able to read and comment on the work of my peers. This week I made more of a conscious effort to gauge the ideas surrounded by this topic and approach the topic with the understanding that there are different points of view. Topic 2 introduced the concept of having multiple online identities. Like me, David had touched upon the notion of having multiple identities in order to establish a clear disparity between our professional and personal lives. Continue reading →

Are you the same person online as you are offline? We live in an era where social media has seamlessly integrated into our everyday lives, thus we have become the ‘internet generation’. Figure 1: Online vs Offline self There is no doubt that the emergence of the web has had a massive impact on the way people connect, interact and share information with one another (Costa & Torres, 2011). Continue reading →

Are you the same person online as you are offline? We live in an era where social media has seamlessly integrated into our everyday lives, thus we have become the ‘internet generation’. Figure 1: Online vs Offline self There is no doubt that the emergence of the web has had a massive impact on the way people connect, interact and share information with one another (Costa & Torres, 2011). Continue reading →

Before I had started this module I was quite nervous but excited to see what challenges I would be faced with, especially since I had never set up a blog before and have never been faced with writing about a topic with such a limited word count. Although in the beginning I had some difficulty with using WordPress, I do feel that with the drop-in sessions, I have the support from my tutors to improve my ways of being an ‘online resident’. Continue reading →

There is no doubt that we now live in such an increasingly digital driven age where the consumption of technology has grown over time. As such, Prensky (2001), initially proposed the theory that there were two different types of digital users; natives and immigrants. Natives vs Immigrants Digital Natives represent those who grew up with technology and naturally use it with ease, suggesting they are competent digital users. Continue reading →