Final Post

Accessing, managing and evaluating online information.    3           3

Participating in online communities.                                     2           3

Building online networks around an area of interest.           2          3

Collaborating with others.                                                    3          3

Creating online materials(text, audio, images, video).         1          3

Managing your online identity.                                             2          3

Managing your online privacy and security.                        3          3

Accessing, managing and evaluating online information.    3          3

After studying this module, I have better sense of getting information online. I have better realization of how to protect yourself online and keep authentic profile at same time.

Participating in online communities.    2         3

My improvement after this module, if you interested in something, you can join online communities, you can know people from over the world with same interests.

Building online networks around an area of interest.   2         3

After using twitter, I think building online networks having same interests will be very fast.

Collaborating with others.  3        3

Everyday we write blog, and go to our coursemates’ blog to discuss and exchange ideas.

Creating online materials(text, audio, images, video).  1         3

I didn’t create videos or cartoons like other classmates. However, I get improved to use these materials to enrich my post, which can attract attentions and elaborate things better. People prefer images than words, interactions than passive advertisements.

Managing your online identity.   2         3

I have better understanding of how to manage my online identities. Some of us have more than one twitter accounts. I get to know online etiquette, great and authentic online profile can help you with employability.

Managing your online privacy and security.    3         3

Previous post I talked about online transactions. More than that, online privacy and security should relate to social networking sites what you posted online not offensive to others.

The approach you will take to your learning on future modules?

This module showed me a new way of learning. However, people interactions beyond the advancement of technology. I will try to have more discussions with my coursemates, get better understanding of course content. I find debates really help us have better sense of what is your points. After discuss with others, form my perspectives with valid evidence.

How you will build your own online professional profile?

I will keep my online profile authentic, cheating won’t boost your working capacity.

My Twitter

Twitter helps us build a group of interest very fast, I found some marketing group following.

My Linkedin

What’s changed for you since then, and why?

Because of this course, I have my twitter account. I think social media tools are powerful and useful. I have gain a better appreciation of Internet and open access, I wasn’t think much about it until I realize I took it for granted. Traditional education still more reliable in the majority.

Set yourself some specific, achievable and measurable objectives.

I will try to use powtoons to help me with presentations.

Try to attend some OERs, some courses out of my major.

More discussions with coursemates.

Following more twitter, and gain more followers.

Fill my Linkedin with working experience, and more certificates.

(words 480)

Final Post

Accessing, managing and evaluating online information.    3           3

Participating in online communities.                                     2           3

Building online networks around an area of interest.           2          3

Collaborating with others.                                                    3          3

Creating online materials(text, audio, images, video).         1          3

Managing your online identity.                                             2          3

Managing your online privacy and security.                        3          3

Accessing, managing and evaluating online information.    3          3

After studying this module, I have better sense of getting information online. I have better realization of how to protect yourself online and keep authentic profile at same time.

Participating in online communities.    2         3

My improvement after this module, if you interested in something, you can join online communities, you can know people from over the world with same interests.

Building online networks around an area of interest.   2         3

After using twitter, I think building online networks having same interests will be very fast.

Collaborating with others.  3        3

Everyday we write blog, and go to our coursemates’ blog to discuss and exchange ideas.

Creating online materials(text, audio, images, video).  1         3

I didn’t create videos or cartoons like other classmates. However, I get improved to use these materials to enrich my post, which can attract attentions and elaborate things better. People prefer images than words, interactions than passive advertisements.

Managing your online identity.   2         3

I have better understanding of how to manage my online identities. Some of us have more than one twitter accounts. I get to know online etiquette, great and authentic online profile can help you with employability.

Managing your online privacy and security.    3         3

Previous post I talked about online transactions. More than that, online privacy and security should relate to social networking sites what you posted online not offensive to others.

The approach you will take to your learning on future modules?

This module showed me a new way of learning. However, people interactions beyond the advancement of technology. I will try to have more discussions with my coursemates, get better understanding of course content. I find debates really help us have better sense of what is your points. After discuss with others, form my perspectives with valid evidence.

How you will build your own online professional profile?

I will keep my online profile authentic, cheating won’t boost your working capacity.

My Twitter

Twitter helps us build a group of interest very fast, I found some marketing group following.

My Linkedin

What’s changed for you since then, and why?

Because of this course, I have my twitter account. I think social media tools are powerful and useful. I have gain a better appreciation of Internet and open access, I wasn’t think much about it until I realize I took it for granted. Traditional education still more reliable in the majority.

Set yourself some specific, achievable and measurable objectives.

I will try to use powtoons to help me with presentations.

Try to attend some OERs, some courses out of my major.

More discussions with coursemates.

Following more twitter, and gain more followers.

Fill my Linkedin with working experience, and more certificates.

(words 480)

Topic 5: Reflective Summary

Open access is an progress as the advancement of technology. Before I have a look of my classmates’ posts, I think open access is something sounds nice but probably can not sustainable in the long run. Just like the development of social media, the culture needs to exposure and flow. The ways of distributing knowledge is cheaper than old times, no matter use Skype, reading news online instead of newspaper, or get a pdf copy instead of printed copy etc. The disadvantages about open access are majorly relate to quality and fees. Some other concerns like content provider may wish their work been correctly judged and won’t be misused by other people. I found some suggestions like different kind of copyrights and creative commons, these models could effectively protect writers and other people reuse it.

I visited Evan’s blog, he mentioned some advantages of OA, like helping more people building more innovate ideas. On the other side, about the fees needed to run the whole platform for sharing still need taxpayer support and sponsers. OA may cause some issues if everyone can access it, maybe ethical and copyright issues like am I allow to use it.

And I visited Yu Ting’s blog, she mentioned an idea the OERs may have a lot of limits. There are many fields of studies can not complete using OERs, and I do agree with OER is a big step forward, especially for the people can not access the information. Learning is lifelong journey, the certificates under OERs remain questionable.

In conclusion, open access good for academic students and researchers. If there something like login created for sharing site, limited people can access to it. As for many magazines, online subscription still cheaper than papers. Completely open will lead to advertisements and other business models, but we need more regulations to run it well. [words 319]

Comments I made: Evan’s blog and Yu Ting’s blog

Topic 5: Open Online Content

Open access or free content are good, people can access to free, immediate, availability on the public Internet of those works which scholars give to the world without expectation of payment.[1] Sounds too good to be true, right? Especially like business people get cutting edge research findings to stimulate some new products like sports drinks. When other researchers access to as many as possible journals to get to Nobel Prize. We need to discuss open online content, not only the authors, the students benefit from it, and stakehorders or sponsers, but what sort of open access is the reasonable way to run.

Advantages

Leveraging the Internet can reduce the publication fees. When the end users doesn’t need to pay the fees, the gap between articles are freely available to everyone and researchers are not being discouraged  need to filled with lower cost distributing. Today, the cost of sharing a same version copy is $0.0007 compare with $250 when Internet was not invented.[1]

The difference between thoughts and other industry is that when you buy bagels, you eat bagel and it is gone. On the contrary, you read a book or watch a movie, the content can be repeat or reuse again. One time purchase, you can watch it over and over again(compare with cinema, subscription also appear in the film industry). The inspiration and culture need to flow to stay alive, same content we absorbed may come out very different ideas.

(Source: Question Copyright.org )

Disadvantages

Taylor Swift doesn’t think music streaming services appropriately value her art, she notes Spotify could hurt music sales and people not paying enough money for it.[2] As for OER and OA, economical sustainability should be doubted. Many OER materials are being funded through one time grants or educational funds, someone has to pay it in the long term.

Discussion

(Source: Copyright issues in Open Access Research Journals)

I think open online access or OER is a progress, and when it comes associate with copyright issues, you need to think how much you want to open. I also think there are something special about printed book, which is the ambience a bookstore can create or recipes in the coffee shop. Maybe depends on different industry, whether share with creative commons license or go open access, we all wish sharing knowledge, and to innovate when you have better ideas. [words 430]

Reference

1. David Wiley, Cable Green, and Louis Soares, “Dramatically Bringing Down the Cost of Education with OER”, http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED535639.pdf

2. Pamela Engel, “Taylor Swift Explains Why She Left Spotify”, http://www.businessinsider.sg/taylor-swift-explains-why-she-left-spotify-2014-11/#.VIbKtRx_Pw0

3. Esther Hoorn, Maurits, “Copyright Issues in Open Access Research Journals”, http://www.dlib.org/dlib/february06/vandergraaf/02vandergraaf.html

Topic 4: Reflective Summary

Unethical behaviors on social media can divides into several different kind, like paid tweets, impersonate other people, employees posting affects company’s image and so on.

Paid tweets need to consider the person’s motivation behind it, some companies hire people to act as customers to tweet, some celebrities help build new brand awareness. Identity thefts like to impersonate others, we can mark these account red flag and report them. Employees posting interests conflict with company is unethical and unprofessional.

I discussed each situation with others, I visited Corinne’s blog, she talked about defamation happens at workplace and how to prevent it. One is provide training programmes to educate employees, and the other is keep tracking company’s social platform. There are some other approach like add your colleagues to your friends, and have a agreement between you and company.

From Ebrahim’s blog, we both agree more and more people using social network will arise exposure more and more ethical issues. There is a chance people feel safe behind the screen, and they posted something was in a mood. The code of ethics we follow whether is online or offline should be consistent. Some tweets waste police resource, taxpayers fund, company resource and cause panic in society.

How a person use social network may different from another, but inappropriate use of social media may weaken its total value. Sometimes, things happened offline just a few people know it, if we posted online, the whole world could know it. Emotion management is not conduct under social network, it is unethical and unhealthy to do it. Performing a good image online is an learned adult behavior. Social network will be more and more common, web etiquette is common knowledge and appreciate it.  [words 299]

Comments I replied: Topic 4

Comments I made: Ebrahim’s blog and Corinne’s blog

Topic 4: Ethics & Social Media

Social Media can be a great business tool, social media is highly interactive than traditional media like television advertisement. Social media tools tend to have a low cost and everybody can access or edit published materials.[1] However, there are some unavoidable problems social media could bring us, sensitive information leaks, blemishes on a reputation, and other potential liabilities of a Twittering workforce.[2]

There are different kinds of unethical tweeters, the paid tweeter is celebrities get paid by companies to tweet  advertisements. The following example shows how it works, Justin Bieber tweets about 1800flowers which demonstrates celebrity tweets help raise awareness of the brand.[3]

(Source: Brandwatch)

Advertising Standards Authority and the Federal Trade Commission investigate these types of tweets, and celebrities tweet advertisements should incorporate with hashtage “#ad”.[3]

Dutch girl claimed on American Airlines profile and post she’s from Afghan, she’s planning to do something big. The company took it seriously and reported the police, they need to protect the whole society from terrorism.

(Source: Ethical Issues in Twitter)

The girl was been arrested even though for her it is not ethical. For the company action and her arresting are ethical because the whole society is not affected by it.

Fake tweets under President Obama’s name and link Michelle Obama’s frown face tweet in support with kidnapped Nigerian girls, there should set policies for social media.

Gina Poole, vice-president of social software, tells IBM employees to “stay away from controversial topics that aren’t related to your IBM role.” Microsoft and IBM have their own Wiki page, and their employees can edit but need to sign and certify to make sure they account for their behaviours.

Social media is a great platform to marketing, many companies and professional groups have a presence on these sites to provide a peer-to-peer connections, companies up to date information to customers. Inappropriate use of social media not only cause more privacy and ethical problems, but misuse of company resources. Companies need to consider how employees use social media related to company, disclose company conflicts of interest will show individual acting unprofessionally and unethical. Social media is moving forward, companies need to concern related measures accordingly. [words 406]

Reference

1. The ethical challenge of social media, http://www.ibe.org.uk/userassets/briefings/ibe_briefing_22_the_ethical_challenges_of_social_media.pdf

2.Douglas MacMillan, “A Twitter Code of Conduct”, http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/may2009/ca2009058_089205.htm

3. Chelsea Varney,”Celebrity Twitter Endorsements Regulations Allegations and Selling Out “http://www.brandwatch.com/2013/10/celebrity-twitter-endorsements-regulations-allegations-and-selling-out/

4. Jason Lunday, “Managing the Workplace Ethics of Social Media” http://www.corporatecomplianceinsights.com/managing-the-workplace-ethics-of-social-media/

5. Angela Dwyer,”A Brief Analysis of Twitter Ethics in Public Relations”, http://www.commpro.biz/pr-roi/twethics-a-brief-analysis-of-twitter-ethics-in-public-relations/

Topic 3: Reflective Summary

After go through my peers posts, and discuss with them, I have to say it is fun to have social media around. Anyway, I get several points to summarize the whole topic.

First, I talked about 47 percent of employers will check you out after receive your resume. 15 percent of chance they will check you inside out if they want to hire you. So, you see, you have to build a Linkedin profile professional and keep your twitter relatively under control. And then I shared about different platform for different industry and different ways to show off yourself. At the end I mentioned the bottom line is protect yourself from moral crisis, lies and inappropriate posts lead you to nowhere. Somehow some posts could lead to appreciation of being creative, but it depends on situations.

I went to Wei Xiong’s blog, he talked about online profile can enhance your employability. And we discussed about cheating on your online profile is not good. You probably get the job, but you are not able to fulfill the task, and you still gonna lose the job.

And I went to Kelly’s blog, she covered one thing I forget to discuss on my post, which is keep improving your Linkedin profile. You can’t just register your account and don’t go there again. I guess after you get online profile, it will follows you forever. Do something to get better, although Linkedin is pretty professional.

Ultimately, I wish to make wrap-up on authentic online profile. Technology is developing much faster than other industry, you have to accept build an online presence is very helpful. Almost everyone is doing business online, what happened online will stay online and offline. You have to take it seriously. [words 298]

Comments I made: Wei Xiong’s blog and Kelly’s blog

Topic 3: Authentic Online Profile

Internet makes our life much easier. We can shopping online, looking for job online and even interview online and work at home. As the advancement of technology, it is very important to have an authentic online profile.

Hiring Process

Traditionally, We send our resume to employers and we have face to face interviews. Nowadays, have a Linkedin profile could make everything easier. Linkedin is a good platform that it can work two-way between employers and employees.

Social media tells more about your private life than Linkedin, However, I think employers check you online before they hire you is a good move. There is a chance of high turnover rate, reduce morale of the whole team if they hire you before they know you. Professional aspect and your other backgrounds make you a happy employee and colleague ever after.

(Source: Undercover Recruiter)

Different Profiles

Different industry should have different profile. Doximity for doctors, Rallypoint for military, Kaggle for data analysts. I think you can have your own website, put relevant information online. For instance, if you are a web designer, you can create a great website to show off your talents.

(Source: Doximity)

Bottom Line

This is the best of times, this is the worst of times. Social media can help you find a job, it can also get you lose a job. 70 percent of employers tend to reject a candidate because of what they posted on the social networking site. Meanwhile, 70 percent of employers tend to hire a candidate because of what they posted on the social networking site. The main reason to fire can be lied about qualifications, posted inappropriate photos and comments, or associate with drugs or alcohol. The sparkles in your posts are like gave a positive impression of their personality fit with organization, and profile showed candidate is creative.

When you work under a company, you may represent the image of company. Everybody has emotions, it comes and goes, but don’t document and post online. Being creative, well-rounded and support your qualification on your online profile.

Discussion

When the time I still thinking am I suppose to put a photo on my resume, and now the employer can get to know name of my pet through social network. Authentic online profile is important, this is how online society work. Build a website, create a video or just get an account from Linkedin to build connections. There is no need to go to job fair anymore. [words 410]

Reference

1.Undercover Recruiter, http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/infographic-how-recruiters-use-social-media-screen-applicants/

2.Dan Schawbel, “5 reasons why your online presence will replace your resume in 10 years” http://www.forbes.com/sites/danschawbel/2011/02/21/5-reasons-why-your-online-presence-will-replace-your-resume-in-10-years/

3. Ryan Holmes,”How Social Media is Making Job Hunting Better For Candidates and Companies” https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20121108194605-2967511-how-social-media-is-making-job-hunting-better-for-candidates-and-companies?trk=mp-details-rr-rmpost

Topic 2: Reflective Summary

To be honest, I don’t have a twitter account until this course. And this account follows me.

This makes me ponder how did they find me. There is no doubt a booming market as our personal data are aggregate online.

From Vanessa’s blog, I learned that we have a ultimate control of what we can upload online,  to secure a better reputation of ourselves. Consistency is important, no matter you have single or multiple identities online. We don’t want to be consider insincere or hypocritical.  Multiple identities help you manage professional and personal life easier, but we need to know how to manage inner self and outer self better, whether is online or offline.

Yan Yi’s blog uploaded a video which tells a lot about online identity, Facebook is a platform you can extend real relationship online. Facebook is valuable, too many people build its business use their personal data. These personal data helps advertisement companies make smarter ads for you.

When we talking about privacy, it will associate with embarrassing accidents, and fear we’ll be found out this is not what we wish people think we are. Anonymity is an idea that I think great part of Internet. The grey area people can hide from race, prejudice, gender, appearance etc, and surfing online to uphold relative justice? When some personal stuff being upload online, and it being presented in public. People tend to overlook it, giving empathy or being judgemental are based on different background.

This could be an age of forgive and forget. You can’t erase your footprints online, multiple accounts are belong to your partial identity. Trust and respect is what we are playing online as well. [words 298]

Comments I made :

1. Vanessa’s Blog  http://vanessalisoton.wordpress.com/2014/12/01/topic-2-online-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-5

2. Yan Yi’s Blog  http://yanyiyanyi.wordpress.com/2014/12/01/one-identity-multiple-identities/

Reference

Jeff Jarvas, “One identity or more”, http://buzzmachine.com/2011/03/08/one-identity-or-more/

Topic 2: Multiple Online Identities

Digital identity is represented as ‘the reflection in the mirror, in this case in the digital mirror, is not you complete, but definitely it is you’.[1]

Internet is playing an increasing large role, more and more people are using social media. I believe in authentic identity, just like name, it gives you a feeling of responsibility and reputation. If employer can find their employees from Linkedin, they can reduce expenses on recruit agencies. Credibility not only work on social media, it also works on online shopping seller. Good reputation attracts more customers, or buyers will know it’s a fraud.

Single or Multiple

Some people choose to have multiple accounts to distinguish between personal and professional life, and I assume those are being established on the same platform(like two different twitter account). And we probably have more than one or two platforms account(like twitter, facebook account). However, it’s hard to say if you have multiple accounts are bad, it’s more like your way to manage those accounts. Each account is part of you, and your interests.

Genuine or Fake

Facebook believes in authenticity and integrity, it paid one billion dollars for the photo sharing Instagram.[2] Pictures speak a thousand words. For online gaming, I will create a fake account. Because I think this is an area that you can create your avatar to achieve your fantasy. For whistleblowers, they wish to be anonymous or their news will be suppressed. Nowadays, social networking is a big portion of our life. There is no point to create a insincere role online. Wherever there are people , there is a community.

Privacy and Safety

Without any reasons, sometimes we like to be alone. We make mistakes, and sometimes these stuff turn into data could be very nasty. Bitcoin is very popular now, you can use google search and purchase weapons online. After you realize probably did something wrong, and google ads won’t know that. Religions and politics are very sensitive and serious, not even mention military. If I am a gay, I probably don’t want my boss know that. There is a range of how much we share, and who are the group of people we expect to be audience.

Discussion

I think one person’s online identity normally ought to be one, but can be represented in different online accounts under different websites and softwares. Those accounts together compose one digital identity behavior. Otherwise, this person either insincere or split personality? [words 407]

Reference

1. Rhizome, http://digitaldisruptions.org/rhizome/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/rhiz08_DigitalIdentityMatters.pdf

2. Alex Krotoski,”Online identity: is authenticity or anonymity more important?”, http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/apr/19/online-identity-authenticity-anonymity

3. Cristina Costa and Ricardo Torres,”To be or not to be? The importance of digital identity in the networked society”, http://eft.educom.pt/index.php/eft/article/view/216/126

4. Anthony Kosner, “More Privacy Perils: Facebook Data Is Greater Than The Sum Of Your Likes”, http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2013/03/12/more-privacy-perils-facebook-data-is-greater-than-the-sum-of-your-likes/