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My Reflection on the Introductory Topic

Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants Initially, I was sceptical about Prensky’s theory of digital natives and digital immigrants. After interacting with my peers, I recognised that I was not the only one who did not identify as a digital native and therefore would not fit into Prensky’s theory. At first, I was quite focused on the age biases in Prensky’s theory. Continue reading →

Reflecting on Residency

The first week of creating content for this module has been very interesting. Reading my peer’s blogs and seeing how differently each of us has responded to the same task has helped me to establish the persona that I want on my blog. Before researching and wholly understanding what a digital resident is I would have classed myself a digital resident on most platforms. Continue reading →

Reflecting On My First Blog Post

Writing my first blog post, I quickly realised that it was going to be extremely difficult to put all the information I had gathered through research in to the minuscule 300 word limit. On top of this I really wanted my post to be as engaging, and aesthetically pleasing, and not just a page with 300 words. This is where info-graphics became extremely useful, it allowed me to give a detailed summary of what Prensky Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives meant, and what David S. Continue reading →

Reflecting On My First Blog Post

Writing my first blog post, I quickly realised that it was going to be extremely difficult to put all the information I had gathered through research in to the minuscule 300 word limit. On top of this I really wanted my post to be as engaging, and aesthetically pleasing, and not just a page with 300 words. This is where info-graphics became extremely useful, it allowed me to give a detailed summary of what Prensky Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives meant, and what David S. Continue reading →

Reflecting On My First Blog Post

Writing my first blog post, I quickly realised that it was going to be extremely difficult to put all the information I had gathered through research in to the minuscule 300 word limit. On top of this I really wanted my post to be as engaging, and aesthetically pleasing, and not just a page with 300 words. This is where info-graphics became extremely useful, it allowed me to give a detailed summary of what Prensky Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives meant, and what David S. Continue reading →

Lets Reflect upon the Introductory topic…

  As a psychology student, I am not exposed to the vast array of digital skills on my course that are encountered within the UOSM2008 module. Therein lies the reason why I chose the module, to expand my digital competencies using sites such as WordPress and Piktochart. Prior to the commencing of this module, I would have considered myself to be a digital resident. This is particularly because of not previously giving the notion of digital literacies any deep thought. Continue reading →

Thoughts on Digital Residency

The beginning of this module has facilitated a significant amount of thought on the concept of ‘Digital Literacy’. This topic has coincided perfectly with delivering sessions on Digital Literacy to first-year Business students, as alluded to in my first post. Continue reading →

Introductory Topic: Reflection

When initially tasked with evaluating my digital literacies and presenting them in a blog post, I didn’t anticipate how challenging it would actually be, despite considering myself highly computer competent. What I didn’t realise entering this module from an Economics background – there are various skills I rarely exercise, such as my creativity. Continue reading →

Introductory Topic: Reflection

When initially tasked with evaluating my digital literacies and presenting them in a blog post, I didn’t anticipate how challenging it would actually be, despite considering myself highly computer competent. What I didn’t realise entering this module from an Economics background – there are various skills I rarely exercise, such as my creativity. Continue reading →

Reflection

Having previously completed a module within which writing a blog was a core component, choosing UOSM2008 seemed like a smart decision to make. I had assumed my degree background being technical, and having previous experience blog writing would aid me within this module, something which was not the case. 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 →

Intro Topic – Reflections on the Module and 1st Post

When first posed the question, “are you a digital native or a digital immigrant?”, I would have hands down said I am a digital native. Being brought up with technology certainly has helped this. However, it wasn’t long before I started doubting my positioning in the groups. The first thing this module required was to set up a blog, for a digital native like I thought I was myself should have been effortless, however, it was the total opposite. Continue reading →

Reflection on my very first post.

The first step is the hardest Though I have read countless of blogs, never once have I realised how difficult it was to create your own blog. I have always identified myself as a fast-learner and computer literate, but I still found myself struggling to set up the blog. Both writing the post and leaving comments on other’s blog were challenging for me as a passive reader. Continue reading →

Introductory Topic

Whilst writing my first post, I realised it was going to be difficult to create an effective, interesting and engaging piece of work but I soon realised this would be easier to achieve with the use of infographics and Youtube videos. Through researching into digital migrants and residents I feel like I have been able to think about the world wide web from a new perspective. Continue reading →

Introductory Topic

Whilst writing my first post, I realised it was going to be difficult to create an effective, interesting and engaging piece of work but I soon realised this would be easier to achieve with the use of infographics and Youtube videos. Through researching into digital migrants and residents I feel like I have been able to think about the world wide web from a new perspective. Continue reading →

Let’s Reflect on my Digital Residency

Dubai, a modern city full of technology, reflects in the Persian Gulf Sea. Photo by Robert Bock on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/cV4qkkorDFY. Reflecting on research is important, especially in learning and teaching science, otherwise pre-existing conceptions from a monistic approach result in only “the one correct explanation” and “one most elegant procedure for testing an hypothesis” being put forward (Baird et al., 1991). Continue reading →

My Reflection on Digital ‘Visitors’ and ‘Residents’

A Reflection on Digital ‘Visitors’ and ‘Residents’ Upon writing “Digital ‘Visitors’ and ‘Residents’”, I admittedly paid less attention to Prensky’s theory and accepted White and Le Cornu’s concept as absolute.  But, further research into Prensky’s approach has actually got me thinking about the similarity between the two. Continue reading →

A Reflection on my digital residency

I chose this module due to it being so far removed from my actual degree of Population and Geography as well as a challenge. Being relatively useless with technology, I have found using the various software challenging however look forward to developing my skills as the module goes on. I am used to a different style of teaching as well as essay writing and this new way of learning has been a great experience so far. Continue reading →

Lecture Recordings

Recordings of both the lectures for this module are available on the module blackboard site for anyone who missed them... Continue reading →

What Is The Good Of Experience If You Do Not Really Reflect? – Frederick the Great

Created using Canva Introduction After reviewing blog posts created by my peers, I realised the difficulty in writing a concise, creative post that would appeal to readers. The word limit itself is a challenge to overcome, but the real task lies in the use of attractive infographics. Digital Immigrants vs. Digital Natives Reflection Finding other perspectives on this debate further enhanced my understanding. Continue reading →