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In my blog post this week, I came to the conclusion that I am for open access; I was able to reflect on past experiences of being unable to access journal articles, and I can sympathise with those who cannot access these important academic resources. It is very frustrating! However, through collaboration with my fellow students, I was able to see the topic through multiple points of view. Ellie’s comment on my blog made me consider things from the content producer’s financial point of view. Continue reading →

Open access literature is “digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions” (Suber, 2015). But what exactly does this mean? For a student, this means immediate and free online access to a plethora of research articles (Hatzipanagos and Gregson, 2015). I have summarised four key pieces of information about open access literature in the Haiku Deck below. Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that’s simple, beautiful and fun. Continue reading →

In this topic, my blog post considered the ethical issues surrounding the use of social media by nursing professionals. Jodie’s comment on my post provided me with a fresh perspective on the effectiveness of teaching in the healthcare profession regarding ethical issues of social media. She provided me with another news story about inappropriate use of social media, this time by student nurses. Continue reading →

In this blog post, I am going to look at the ethics surrounding using social media in the nursing profession. Social media has become a prominent form of communication, especially for the millennial generation. It is important that nurses use social media in a way that does not violate patient’s right to confidentiality and privacy, or compromise the integrity of other healthcare professionals (Henderson and Dahnke, 2015). Continue reading →

This week, I took an academic approach to my blog post. I looked at studies and various journal articles that looked into what it truly means to have an authentic online professional profile. I then found it beneficial to read and comment on the blogs of my peers, and receive comments from my peers on my own post, whom took less of an academic approach. Continue reading →

Building an authentic online professional profile has been the focus of a number of academic journal articles that I have discovered whilst researching this topic. Therefore, this post is going to look at how such a profile can be developed from several academic, conceptual viewpoints. Sievers et al. (2015) studied online self-presentation. Continue reading →

When beginning this topic, I had some previous knowledge regarding online identities. I, myself, have been using different forms of social media for several years now and know the importance of portraying myself differently among different platforms to suit the purpose. However, I had never seen the other side of the argument before this topic in such depth and this has helped create new insights for me. Continue reading →

The nature of social media makes the development of multiple online identities extremely easy. Often, if someone has a second online identity in addition to their normal ‘true’ one, they are committing some sort of ‘identity deception’. Continue reading →

When I wrote my blog post for this topic, I believed that I had a pretty solid grasp on the idea of “Digital Visitors” and “Digital Residents”, and how these had been created following on from Prensky’s ideas of “Digital Natives” and “Digital Immigrants”. However, during the two weeks that have passed during this topic, and collaboration that has occurred with my peers, my understanding has been altered. I received three very insightful comments on my blog post. Continue reading →

Have you ever considered the idea that growing up in a digital world makes you different to your parents? The differing levels of digital competencies have been assessed by many academics. Prensky (2001) describes young people who are fluent in the digital language of modern technologies as “Digital Natives”, and describes those not born into the digital age but who are frequent users of such new technologies as “Digital Immigrants”. Continue reading →