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Taken from: https://www.plos.org/open-access/ I had not considered this week’s topic before and open access was very interesting. I had considered the topic from a very charitable point of view with information being given freely so others could build off it and advance various communities through its educational purposes. Continue reading →

Taken from http://blog.okfn.org/category/open-access/ Sir Tim Berners-Lee envisaged the internet as being something accessible to as many people as possible which is why he invented the World Wide Web. The open access movement share this belief and push for information, particularly scholarly information, to be more widely available without charge. The idea of content being available freely online seems highly desirable but it is not without its risks. Continue reading →

Taken from http://www.african-ls.com/blog/news/why-is-africa-a-have-not-in-the-digital-divide/ The digital divide is a growing ethical issue in the current information age. Digital divide the growing gap between groups who have ready access to computers and the internet, and those who don’t. It’s present among many communities in the United States and Europe. It’s also a global concept with a growing rift forming between developing and developed countries. Continue reading →

Image from :http://www.researchbydesign.co.uk/sectors/professional-services-research/ After last week’s topic, I decided to create a professional profile of my own on LinkedIn using the knowledge that I had learnt from that week. Looking back on it now, at the time I tried to make my profile fairly extensive to demonstrate I was taking the profile seriously. Continue reading →

Taken from http://www.quoteswave.com/picture-quotes/116936 As we have explored before, the internet allows us to have many different identities online. Similarly, people can use our information to steal our identity. It is thus becoming more and more important to be able to prove the authenticity of online profiles particularly to potential employers. Continue reading →

Taken from http://www.occupy.com/article/learn-safeguard-internet-privacy-youre-007 Before starting this topic my prior experience consisted of attending talks at college where people advised us to be mindful of what we do and put on the internet, as we don’t know who may be looking. Continue reading →

Picture taken from: http://www.myenglishclub.com/profiles/blogs/masquerade-ball-of-ec Digital Identity is an often overlooked concept by people today. Yet it is becoming more and more significant as the internet evolves. Cristina Costa and Ricardo Torres (2011) discuss this in their article. They note two phases of E-learning. The first phase is where users are quite passive in their learning experience merely accessing and consuming resources available. Continue reading →

My first lesson in this module has been an interesting one. I had never really considered the motivations behind using the internet, let alone categorising them. The framing of users though is a beneficial task as it helps research by allowing identification as a user. When we can identify things it helps us better understand and notice them in the real world. Continue reading →

My first lesson in this module has been an interesting one. I had never really considered the motivations behind using the internet, let alone categorising them. The framing of users though is a beneficial task as it helps research by allowing identification as a user. When we can identify things it helps us better understand and notice them in the real world. Continue reading →

It is quite apparent to me that the notion of digital natives and digital immigrants is outdated. I agree with Lanclos (2014) when she states that I didn’t just know how to use the internet and it’s related technologies like a first language as Prensky (2001) suggests. I wasn’t just born with a how-to manual embedded in my brain. Continue reading →

It is quite apparent to me that the notion of digital natives and digital immigrants is outdated. I agree with Lanclos (2014) when she states that I didn’t just know how to use the internet and it’s related technologies like a first language as Prensky (2001) suggests. I wasn’t just born with a how-to manual embedded in my brain. Continue reading →