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The end of the road….or is it?

The time has come for me to reflect on my uosm2008 journey. In order to facilitate my critical reflection, I will employ Gibbs (1988)’s reflective cycle model. This is broken down into the following phases: Created by Filipek (2018) on Canva The reason I picked this strategy for this reflection is that perhaps the road never comes to an end…I don’t think I’ll let this experience be a one-off, and I’ll certainly be blogging and learning again. Continue reading →

LIVING AND WORKING ON THE WEB 2018-04-30 15:13:25

This past week has taught me a lot about online identity – the management, the lasting effect, the benefits and drawbacks of online identity. But what stands out to me is the importance of having an online professional identity. Whilst this is not a requirement for all, on reflection, I feel that this topic has made it a requirement for me. Continue reading →

Are you having an online identity crisis?

Ever since internet access has been facilitating the formations of our online identities, it’s become difficult to maintain a clear distinction between the personal/private and the public (Preston, 2014). This is evidenced by the increasing amount of individuals losing their jobs due to regrettable posts (Warren, 2011). Continue reading →

Am I still digitally naïve? -Reflection

In my previous reflection, this is what I decided to do in order to get even more out of UOSM2008: Created by Anna Filipek (2018) on Piktochart Whilst I’ve successfully commented on more posts, unfortunately, I didn’t get many responses which meant I couldn’t learn from many discussions with my peers. Continue reading →

Digital Natives or Digital Naivety? Evaluating how to assess the reliability and authenticity of online news

Alongside being a much-loved term of Donald Trump, ‘fake news’ sparked a lot of debates recently (Allcott and Gentzkow, 2017). Background Watch my video to find out what fake news is: Created by Filipek (2018) on Powtoon As noted in my first blog post, Prensky (2001) categorized young people as digital natives. Continue reading →

Learning from others: a reflection on digital differences

After writing my blog post on digital differences, I have a lot of reflecting to do in this post… Let me begin by giving credit to my peers who’ve helped me discover more about digital differences in a number of ways: Created by Anna Filipek with Canva Something I’ve learned… One thing in particular that I’ve gotten from my peers, my own research, and the MOOC content, is that I’ve become more aware of the importance of internet access. Continue reading →

LET’S TALK ABOUT DIGITAL DIFFERENCES

Generally speaking, most of us have integrated technology/internet into our everyday lives. One study even suggests that Britons spend more time on tech than asleep Source: Gramigna’s blog (2015) It’s easy to generalize though… So it’s shocking to find 1/10 people in the UK have never used the internet (Halford et al., 2017) when I can’t even go a day without it! Digital differences Digital inequalities clearly exist, reflecting reality. Continue reading →

Reflecting on my first blog post (intro topic)

Before completing the introductory topic for UOSM2008, I was already aware that I needed to improve my digital literacy in the modern society that I live in. This was the main reason I chose to study this module in the first place: I felt that I needed more digital skills, particularly in order to become more employable. Continue reading →

The digital spectrum: where do I fit in?

Prensky (2001)‘s infamous categorization of ‘digital natives’ (those who are native speakers of the digital language) and ‘digital immigrants’ (those who supposedly can never become native due to their ‘accent’- their foot in the past) encompasses problematic assumptions about generational differences. “Today’s students think and process information fundamentally differently from their predecessors” (Prensky, 2001, p. Continue reading →

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