Joy Isaac

This topic is one of increasing importance in today’s society. One would believe that teachers in particular should know to maintain professionalism and refrain from developing inappropriate relationships with students in real life or online. Though, the digital era has led students and teachers to become more tech savvy, with more and more institutions advocating online interaction between the two parties. Continue reading →

Society has undergone a legion of changes, developments and improvements since the 20th century, which includes scientific progress such as Spacecrafts, Washing Machines, The Internet, 3D printers and the phenomenon of Social Media. Amid this tumultuous media revolution, many of us are using it to research, study and work online. Today, the nature of journalism hands over ‘the means to publish’ into the ‘hands of citizens’ (Ward, 2010). Continue reading →

John Antonios- Personal Branding 10 Commandments Over the weeks we have learnt and pondered on the significance of transparency when presenting ourselves online. It has been refreshing to converse with other students, and take a look at the useful links that were shared. Quite a few of us have only just started developing ourselves online upon the initiation of this module, and its encouraging to see us all making progress. Continue reading →

Networking is an essential part of building wealth - Armstrong Williams Previously, we have discussed this digital era and established that social media is an organic component in our job search. Employers are not only screening our profiles when applying for jobs, they are also out their on social media looking for the best talent.  A standard CV is no longer enough to stand out in this global and highly competitive job market. Continue reading →

This was a topic of particular interest for me. It was interesting to read and research on some of the main issues regarding multiple online identities. In this day and age, not only are we collectively using the web more, but individually it is almost imperative for us to at least have one online identity, whether it is on social networks, in virtual worlds or takes another form. Continue reading →

‘Discuss the arguments for and against having more than one online identity’. The term ‘Digital identity’ is the data that uniquely describes a person or a thing and contains information about the subject’s relationships’ (Windley P, 2005) . We may be compelled to create more than one online identity in order to differentiate and disaffiliate our personal and professional lives or even different aspects within these. Continue reading →

This has certainly been a new and instructive experience for me. I have thoroughly enjoyed setting up web profiles, studying content on ‘Digital Visitors’ and ‘Digital Residents’ and reviewing other students work. Firstly, upon starting this topic I had a fairly reasonable idea of how different people use the internet differently, although Prensky and White and Le Cornu’s concepts were fresh idealisations to me. Continue reading →

Explain the concept of digital ‘visitors’ and “’residents’ drawing upon your reading and your own online experiences to date in support of the points that you make. The notion of Digital ‘visitors’ and ‘residents’ originates from Marc Prensky, who coined the term Digital ‘native’ in his work ‘Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants’ published in 2001. Continue reading →