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http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2012/aug/10/uk-open-access-research-debate-round-up For me, this topic was one I had not fully considered before. In a way I just took the fact my university pays for my access to content for granted, and hadn’t fully appreciated the time or money behind the material that I have been using for the last few years. Continue reading →

“Open Access is the free, immediate, online availability of research articles, coupled with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital environment.” For one of my modules this semester, I was asked to assess the causal relationship of an environmental factor and health outcome. Sir Austin Bradford Hill states that medical plausibility is dependent on “the biological knowledge of the day”. But if we cannot access this knowledge, how can we decide? http://www.theguardian. Continue reading →

http://onlineprivacywatch.com/privacy-101   Since writing my own post last week about the ethical issues of privacy in employment, I have been constantly reviewing my social media, and every time I go to tweet or post something – I think to myself “could this be scrutinised by future employers?” Learning how the majority of employers use social media to review candidates before hiring certainly has made me wary about how I act online. Continue reading →

  https://www.knightstemplarinternational.com/tag/all-seeing-eye/ In my previous posts, the issue of online privacy and employment were a constant theme. Continue reading →

Even before my previous blog post about multiple online identities I knew that I should keep my personal and professional life separate. During my summer internship a colleague of mine suggested I set up a LinkedIn account to expand my professional network. However, setting it up was not as easy as I thought.  As you can see my profile is pretty boring and I do not think anyone would give it a second glance. Continue reading →

Before exploring multiple online identities I had not considered the full impact the digital world can have on personal information security. When reading my colleagues blog:  https://lphenixblog.wordpress. Continue reading →

It is our choice as to how people perceive us online. What people see is what we put out there, in a way this can be a blessing or curse. As most of us know, what we do put online will forever be online (Aresta et al.) and everything is linked, from Facebook to Linked In. Continue reading →

Before looking into Digital Residents and Visitors I have never considered how people actually use the internet. Drawing from my own findings and the thoughts others had on my post, I realise that there are no simple categories that we can place people in when they use the internet. Furthermore, I did not consider the socio-economic factors that impact an individual’s use, and in some ways can limit to them to becoming a Digital Resident so remain a Digital Visitor. Continue reading →

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/380132024768730674/ Since Prensky coined the terms Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants in 2001, technology and the internet have vastly changed. Continue reading →