Chirp chirp, chirp chirp! Oh wait, not that kind of twittering. Other than the six months where I worked for the Leeds Humanities Research Institute as an administrative intern, I have never used twitter, though I occasionally gawk at the feeds of others. I will be following the strand of this post for those who… Read more Thing 7: Twitter
Author: hwilliard
Thing 6: Accessibility
How to make online content accessible is not something I know a lot about but increasingly comes up in my interactions with library users. Services to support our students and staff with disabilities are split across a few different areas of the university, so knowing more about web accessibility can help me anticipate and avoid… Read more Thing 6: Accessibility
Thing 5: Diversity
In this post, I will reflect on diversity and representation in online communication. The prompt for this post asks us to focus on this through the lens of emojis/emotions and the release of diverse emoji choices in 2015 by Apple and 2016 by Facebook. EMOJIS The initial controversy over the release of diverse emojis almost… Read more Thing 5: Diversity
Thing 4: Digital Security
The fourth thing focuses on digital security through the lens of smartphones. This week , we are asked to read about smartphone security, explore what data the apps on our phones are sharing, and reflect on the result. What I found When I started looking at my phone, I expected to see relatively little data… Read more Thing 4: Digital Security
Thing 3 – Digital Footprint
This week’s topic introduces the idea of the digital footprint, i.e. the traces of an online presence one leaves behind. These can be traces the owner of the footprint leaves themselves (writings, social media posts, and so on) as well as traces left by the presence in the online activities of others (tagging in posts,… Read more Thing 3 – Digital Footprint
Introduction: Things 1 and 2
Hello! My name is Hope Willliard, and I am an Academic Subject Librarian at the University of Lincoln. I currently support the School of History and Heritage and the School of Performing Arts. I am also an Associate Lecturer in the School of History and Heritage. Welcome to my 23 Things for Digital Knowledge Blog!… Read more Introduction: Things 1 and 2