onlinewithhaley

At the beginning of this topic I found it extremely difficult to settle on which type of content I should focus on, initially I was going to keep it quite general and discuss all content on the internet.  However, after I had written a first draft of this I realised that it lacked focus.  I subsequently decided to focus on Open Access, as I am a student I felt it was something I could relate to. Continue reading →

It’s safe to say we all love a freebie!  The internet was initially created to allow universities to easily share academic articles and documents (newsmedia, 2016).  Ultimately it has developed, providing a diverse range of content to the masses. With a larger and more diverse demand  for content comes the question of whether this content should be free and open to all, or only available for a fee. When considering scholarly articles there are two ways of publishing online. Continue reading →

For this topic we had an extremely broad question resulting in many diverse blogs. I personally choose to investigate endorsement ethics, leaning more towards the business side of things. However, my fellow students opted to focus on various topics including, ethics of the digital divide and ethical issues of social media use within education. This lead to me developing my knowledge in a lot of different areas. Continue reading →

Are large corporations stealing the voice of the people and manipulating it for their own ends? Ethics are the moral principles that govern a company’s behaviour or their conducting of an activity (Oxford Dictionaries, 2016). Pre-social media there was a clear divide between producer and consumer. Then came social media and everything changed! (Forbes, 2013) Suddenly we have prosumers (Newsroom, 2015). Continue reading →

Image from Lifehacker When approaching this topic I initially felt I had a reasonable idea of how to create an authentic online professional profile, after all, I have LinkedIn. However, I never truly appreciated how important it was to create and develop online profiles and networks. Continue reading →

In the modern-day job market having a strong authentic online professional profile is becoming, not only important, but in some cases essential. More often are employers taking to social media to search and scrutinise potential employees. Statistics surrounding employer’s use of social media and more specifically LinkedIn (the main player in employment social media) demonstrate how important it is, not only to be present professionally online, but to standout and shine (JobVite, 2014). Continue reading →

Researching the theory of digital visitors and digital residents helped provide me with a fresh insight into a brand new topic.  Now that I am aware of the ‘visitor’ and ‘resident’ theory I will find it useful to conceptualise my behaviour in the online domain. Finding reputable sources from the internet to support statements in my blog was something that I was already quite proficient at, as it has been a well used skill in my University career. Continue reading →

I look at my friends children who at the age of 4 are already able to use an iPad more efficiently than me, and I wonder how is this possible? Prensky (2001) seemingly had a similar thought when observing his own students.  This lead to the digital ‘immigrants’ and digital ‘natives’ theory. Continue reading →