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As a curriculum innovation module I didn’t really know what to expect from Living and Working on the Web. I knew that I would be making use of my worpress blog and using social media to interact with my peers, but I didn’t know an awful lot about the content; like many, I just assumed that it would be the right option for me and for once, I wasn’t wrong!
Having just submitted my dissertation research proposal, topic five couldn’t have come at a more suitable time. The pains of the open access debate to a student at university like me are difficult to ignore as Miss CEO mentioned in her comment on my blog.
In my case, I am lucky that when I find restricted articles the university has usually paid for the journal subscription on behalf of students and I have no problem. Ellis raised an interesting point in her post, which I mentioned in my comment. She mentioned that content is needed to learn and this made me think that however strong an argument for open access is it will always come to the demand and supply dilemma, where people are willing to pay it will never be free.
“education at its core is sharing”
Taken from Ellis’ post
I also enjoyed hearing about this topic from the perspective of aspiring musicians like Hannah, who thought open access should be a right of listeners and Rofini who suggested in her post that new artists would possibly be more inclined to the idea of open access when they are trying to gain a fan base. Read my comment on Hannahs post here.
This topic has probably taught me the most of all of them as I had considered copyright issues before but not necessarily looked into them and what it means for me as a blogger. 
You’ll see I initially in my post that I set up a license for my work however Miss CEO’s post taught me that I had opted for one which required others to have the same license, as I am for open access I changed this so that now my work can be reused as long as you credit me!
Within the comments on my blog Melina and Alice both questioned whether I felt licensing my work will make a difference. I’ll be honest, before now referencing academic authors was only done to please lecturers and obtain grades but learning from this module that you, like me, will have learnt something and be able to credit authors in your future works.
The first rule of using the web as a tool in education and business is that you can’t use everything that you find due to copyright infringement and licensing issues. Open access is one model that solves some of these issues, so what is it… Continue reading
Looking into the ethical issues of social media in education appeared to be a pretty simple topic. I thought that my Infographic, Haiku Deck and PowToon explored all of the possible issues involved and through Digital Citizenship had found a way to put the world to rights. But how wrong was I (!). Continue reading
Going into this module I didn’t fully understand the idea of curriculum innovation, but this question opitimises why it is so important. We are encouraged to explore everything that the Internet has to offer and use any platform we see useful, in order to make our responses diverse and interesting. It is because of this that my personal learning network is developing and not just my ability to memorise and regurgitate facts and information.
After initially believing that this topic would be all about LinkedIn, I would like to officially admit defeat! I showcased a variety of social platforms on offer to those wishing to develop an online professional profile in my original post. Continue reading
In topic two I touched on how employers view social profiles and how presenting ourselves amicably will help us out in the long run. But, how do we go about developing an professional online profile and, how do we ensure it remains authentic?
Similar to topic one, topic two proved to teach a lot more than I originally thought. What appears to be the reasons for and against having one or more online identities introduces debates on social media, mental health, bullying, privacy and online safety. Continue reading
As a marketing student I learn first hand the importance of a single online identity. Paid advertising relies on consumers to show behaviours in order to raise profits from their advertising space. When multiple online identities are formed this becomes difficult and results in unsuccessful marketing investments (Vronay, 2014).
Originally, I thought I had grasped the concept of visitors and residents perfectly. Little did I know there would be more to learn from reading the blog posts of my peers. Although we were given the same task, the nature of online education and personal learning networks ensured that all of our content was different!
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