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Outcome 1: During this course I did: I read ” Jordan, K. & Weller, M. (2017). Openness and Education: A beginners’ guide. Global OER Graduate Network.” These comments below helped me to understand better how people enjoy online learning over face-to-face, and also why. The comment from Gekai Zhao made a great point about students… Continue reading Digital Portfolio

Social media could be a very dangerous tool and could be a very helpful tool. It all depends on how these resources are used. Many times, social media can be used for different purposes. For example, Snapchat is mostly used for communication and social networking with friends while other applications such as youtube can be… Continue reading Engaging your Personalized Learning Network

The more we advance with technology, many resources continue to appear and it has become very important to reference everything that is taken from others, or else it is copyright. With open resources, it is difficult to understand how the copyright works in a specific situation like this. The 5R’s help a lot with easing… Continue reading Topic 4: Sharing Resources and Practicing ‘Open’

Social media is the new generation’s learning style. Applications such as Youtube, Twitter, Snapchat, etc, are on of the most popular social media for learning and communicating. In fact, a study shows that “ A new Research study surveyed 4,594 Americans in 2018 and found that 51 percent of YouTube users use YouTube videos to… Continue reading Personal Learning Networks & Education

As I was going through the readings, I couldn’t help but notice how much significance was going into the design of the website. In the reading “Chapter 4: Design Principles for Indigenous Learning Spaces“, reminded me how important it is to design your websites to help a specific audience. I have always wanted to be… Continue reading Topic 3: Equity and Access

Media Literacy has an interesting meaning. Social media overtakes our lives on a daily basis. Media literacy is being able to comprehend and understand different types of media. Having a public eye in a media space has many benefits to it. First of, it allows the owner of these accounts to promote positive and important… Continue reading Public PLN – Balancing PLN, Media Literacy, & Public Discourse

Social media gives an easy form of communication to the masses to speak about global and local news. The ability for anyone to make an account and then read and post allows for freedom of speech that is incomparable to non-social media-influenced environments. However, this also leads to much more misinformation and ignorant opinions. Through… Continue reading Your Personal Learning Network Inclusion & Community Engagement

Personal Digital Identity and Professional Digital Identity are similar but also comparable. There are many platforms that aid students in developing their professional digital identity, such as Indeed. These platforms are great because they have data and privacy security and limits. Many personal digital identity platforms, such as many social media apps, such as Instagram,… Continue reading Personal Digital Identity vs Professional Digital Identity

While I was reading through the readings, it brought to my attention how crucial it is to make things clear and well explained is to this new style of online learning. I prefer closed courses over open courses. The reason for this is that I believe that open courses may include people that don’t care… Continue reading Topic 2: History and Context of Distributed and Open Learning

After reading the articles, I realized how simple it is to have your password compromised if you do not take precautionary measures. “Passphrases” is a reading that I mostly agree with. Nowadays, it is critical to never let your guard down and to never divulge any of your sensitive information. Although I recognize that having… Continue reading Topic 1: Privacy and human-centered learning