My EDCI blog

Throughout this course, I have learned valuable information to help me maneuver the digital world more efficiently and appropriately. I have become a lot more media-literate and self-aware of my digital identity including my professional digital identity, and more conscious of how these two are interconnected. Beyond this course, I intend to further grow my…

Media literacy refers to the medium used to communicate and the ability to understand it and engage adequately with it. It is an important skill to have as it enables us to identify the more appropriate medium to use to deliver a message and to know the best language and writing or visual style to…

As discussed throughout the course so far, PLNs can help us grow our knowledge and extend our sources of knowledge. Simultaneously, algorithms that provide us with content similar to what we voluntarily search online can make us only exposed to things we are already familiar with and impede our ability to learn new things or…

Notable individuals often use social media to grow their following and entertain their current supporters. In fact, this is one of the various benefits of being in the public eye and having a PLN. Through their PLNs, public figures are able to reach a lot more people and organizations that would contribute to their success,…

Through social media, we are able to significantly broaden our PLN as we can easily reach new people with a few clicks. We can also stay in touch with people who aren’t always or even near us as reaching out to — or being reached out to — by a distance weak link in our…

I try to build a solid reputation through my PLN by always being aware and careful with how I contribute to the people I engage with. The content that I post on social media, the messages I send to people I reach out to and my frequent real-life interactions with the people around me are…

While doing my Visitor & Resident (VR) map for my last blog post and after comparing my VR map with my group members’, I realized that my PLN wasn’t very broad. However, after going through the Week 5 material, I realized that even though I do not use many digital PLN platforms, the way that…

Individuals born and growing up in an already highly digitalized world can be considered as resident in that world, while a person who was introduced to it later in life would be considered an visitor in it as they have to put in considerably more effort to learn how to maneuver in it compared to…

Personal digital identity refers to a person’s online presence; who they are and how they personally present themselves in the digital world. This can be determined through their private posts, writing style, tone, comments and overall, private content on social media. My personal digital identity is a rather accurate reflection or representation of my actual…

A personal learning network (PLN) refers to the various media one uses to enrich themself knowledge-wise. Nowadays, many people use social media as their PLN due to its facilitated access to a vast range of ideas, knowledge, disciplines and people who could help them access more of those things. Networking through social media is done…