Policies and Digital literacy

Each member of our group had to individually Investigate and later Share ideas/findings on a digital white board called Flinga. Flinga is a collaborative platform with integrated, engaging, and pedagogical activities. The platform registers all answers/ideas in a completely anonymous way (unless you write down your name). It is easy to use, colorful, and worked fine […]

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Some refections on my learnings from Topic 1 on ONL191

My reflections on Topic 1 Topic 1: Online participation & digital literacies is almost completed and it is time to do some own reflections. Topic 1 turned out to be very interesting. When I first read the instructions of the topic I didn’t even understand that the scenario was the actual scenario we were expected … Continue reading “Some refections on my learnings from Topic 1 on ONL191”

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Digital Identity & Literacy: Who am I in the Digital Age?

As a ‘third-space’ (Whitchurch, 2008) academic working in online learning, my digital identity is inseparable from my professional identity, and also deeply ingrained in my personal life (which I keep separate through the use of separate accounts for email, social media, etc.). I identify strongly with where I work, Dublin City university’s (DCU) National Institute for … Continue reading Digital Identity & Literacy: Who am I in the Digital Age?

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Digital literacies vs digital languages

The first topic on #ONL191 covers online participation and digital literacies.  One of the pieces of suggested reading presents a model by White and Le Cornu, developed in 2011, to categorise users as Visitors or Residents of the digital world.  I liked this description, and think that it has a lot of applicability.  The two […]

Preserving my privacy in this digital world: is that even possible?

Last Tuesday, I attended my first virtual meeting for the Open Networked Learning programme that I’m enrolled in, with three other course mates and our facilitators. We spent a fair bit of time discussing privacy issues and just today I read a comment from another course mate of her own brush with unwanted attention stemming from her digital presence. That got me thinking a little …