After a brief excursion to sunny Norwegian summer days it’s back to grey October Edinburgh, and more Digital Knowledge. Thing 9: Google Hangouts I’ve seen google hangouts being used for live broadcasts, but almost never caught one live, and certainly not actively participated in one. So I went into the hangout on Friday morning […]
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Western Philosophy Intro Reader (the 10 [20] mintue version)
Irwin DeVries tweeted about looking for a Western Philosophy Intro Reader. This is a ten minute start on that.From an Open Yale syllabus let’s take an initial set of readings “PLSC 114: Introduction to Political Philosophy (Fall, 2006) Steven …
Thing 3 : My Digital Footprints
As I complete the task I wonder about digitalization of our identity. We are living in an era that might be incomprehensible to peoples in…
23 Things – Thing 11 Copyright and Licences (Pt. 1)
Thing 11 instructed us to find two media files that have a Creative Commons licence to use “in a presentation in your field”. Though I’m never called on to give presentations as a general rule, my field is electronic resources – databases, journals and the like – so here are the two media files that … Continue reading →
Thing 10: Wikipedia
This is a cross-post between WordPress and Medium. Egypt’s Library of Alexandria was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world, best known perhaps for having been burned down and thus symbolising a widescale loss of cultural knowledge. I imagine that, for all its tomes, scrolls and wisdoms, it was probably … Continue reading “Thing 10: Wikipedia”
23 Things: Thing 1
Reading through Ed Uni’s Social Media Guidelines. Not having had a chance to look up my own institution’s guidelines preferable to keep it neutral for now. Students’ guidelines are brief compared to staff ones, in my interpretation to get the essential messages across. The advice offered I believe is mostly on the cautionary side related to using…
Week 2 – Digital Footprint and Digital Security
Okay, so I’ve managed to make it to week 2. This week we’re looking at Digital Footprint and Digital Security. We’ve been asked to think about our digital footprint and explore what parts of our lives are scattered all over the internet…ohhh boy!!
Would the real Andy Todd please stand up
So I did a quick Google search for Andy Todd and was expecting to find a bunch of horrible photos from my youth which my non-computer savvy mum and dad had accidentally uploaded for the world to see, or even more worrying, horrible up-the-nose shots from those pesky photographers at pubs/nightclubs. Thankfully, nothing of the sort was found.
The main man from the Andy Todd clan seems to be the ex Blackburn Rovers player. As much as I wish this was me, with my two left feet, I can assume you it was not. He’s even got his own Wikipedia page, so he must’ve been quite good!
I’ve always been relatively careful about what I share online and as I’ve heard so many horror stories about bad people doing bad things with your personal details. With that in mind, I guess I shouldn’t really be so surprised that I didn’t find a great deal of content about myself online, well, apart from some links to the University documentation and videos I’ve produced and popped my name on.
This leads us nicely onto digital Security…
Digital Security
As mentioned above, I’ve always been relatively careful about what information is out there about me. I very rarely fill in information about where I live, my job, age etc. on social media accounts, and each of my accounts are locked down to friends only. I regularly check this and ensure that the people in my ‘friends list’ are actually friends (and those I’ve paid to be my friends), not strangers.
When I looked into the settings on my iPhone, I wasn’t overly concerned because I have been careful in what apps I download and what access they get to my phone. I tend to only download and use relatively well known apps and I think carefully about given them permission to my phone. Even then, it often seems really silly the access that some apps ask for when using/installing them. One thing I do like with IOS is that you can still use most apps without having to give full access. As you start to try and use more features, you’re normally then asked to allow access to your camera or mic.
My experience of using Android is slightly different. One app I downloaded to allow my to watch film clips requested access to nearly everything on the tablet (address book, wi-fi, camera, videos). Safe to say I passed on installing this as I didn’t feel there as any need for this kind of access to my device just to watch videos.
My biggest concern with how reliant we are on technology these days is it seems almost impossible to sign up/or use anything online without having to give certain details away. And where are they all being sorted? Who are they being shared with? What happens if Talk Talk are hacked again and our details are sold onto third parties?
Well at least we’ll have our front facing cameras to capture our reactions when we find out we’ve been compromised…..until those images are stolen from iCloud…
As a very obsessive Facebook user I am very familiar with most of its functions and options. I will admit that because Facebook keeps changing or updating things, particularly its privacy settings, sometimes I need to work out how to do something again or check my settings to make sure all is correct. Again with … Continue reading Facebook →
23 Things – Thing 10 Wikimedia
On starting out on Thing 10, I had every intention of playing The Wikipedia Adventure and even got as far as creating an account, but I soon realised that to do it justice I would need to spend more time on it than I currently have, and as I’m still running behind schedule with 23 … Continue reading →
Thing 12: Open Educational Resources
This is the first Thing I’ve struggled with. My colleagues are all heavily involved with making educational resources openly available (either by producing them or facilitating their distribution by social media, etc.), but it’s not something with which I have direct involvement. Even for the Bonus Thing C, I’ve struggled. All of the material seems […]
Digital Footprint
Do you spend much time considering your online profile? Have you googled yourself and spent some time looking at the various places and sites that your professional or private information displayed? We may not give this much thought but as professionals, particularly in field such as teaching and education, we should really be concerned about our e-professional profile.
E-professionalism – Why is it important?
An increasing number of professional organisations recognise the importance of using social media and the possible benefits, including:
Increasing audience engagement and promotion
Widening and improving communication
Providing professional development support and networking opportunities
Engaging with partners and stakeholders, including service users and consumers
It is important for you to think about how you manage your activity online in the context of your emerging professional identity (or identities) and what you need to do to manage an effective online presence and your digital footprint.
For more information about this, you could sign up for the MOOC “If I googled you, what would I find?”, a free online course designed to help you understand and control your digital footprint.
Digital Footprint
Do you spend much time considering your online profile? Have you googled yourself and spent some time looking at the various places and sites that your professional or private information displayed? We may not give this much thought but as professionals, particularly in field such as teaching and education, we should really be concerned about our e-professional profile.
E-professionalism – Why is it important?
An increasing number of professional organisations recognise the importance of using social media and the possible benefits, including:
Increasing audience engagement and promotion
Widening and improving communication
Providing professional development support and networking opportunities
Engaging with partners and stakeholders, including service users and consumers
It is important for you to think about how you manage your activity online in the context of your emerging professional identity (or identities) and what you need to do to manage an effective online presence and your digital footprint.
For more information about this, you could sign up for the MOOC “If I googled you, what would I find?”, a free online course designed to help you understand and control your digital footprint.