{"id":864,"date":"2018-03-05T23:42:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T23:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/?page_id=864"},"modified":"2018-03-05T23:42:32","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T23:42:32","slug":"personal-and-professional-identity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/unit-2\/digital-practices-in-the-workplace\/personal-and-professional-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal and professional identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"floatright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Digital_identity_and_academic_perfomance.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Digital identity and academic perfomance.jpg\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/3\/30\/Digital_identity_and_academic_perfomance.jpg\/320px-Digital_identity_and_academic_perfomance.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"297\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>In short, digital citizenship is about being a person on the web. In the previous learning pathway on online identity, we noted that individuals portray different <a href=\"\/lida100\/unit-2\/online-identity-for-learning\/tasks-web-presence-challenge\" title=\"Learning in a digital age\/LiDA102\/Introduction to digital identity\/Tasks web presence\">personas<\/a> online, for example personal, academic and professional.<\/p>\n<p>On the one hand, we need to be careful about what we post online because this can have a negative impact on future career prospects or current employment. We must also be cognisant of the different limitations that different careers place on what can be shared publicly and what needs to stay private. On the other hand, building a strong learning or professional network online is very powerful in staying up to date with new trends and establishing connections with your peers.\n<\/p>\n<p>In this section, we reflect on the balance between public and private in a digital world, recognising that this is going to be different for each person depending on their own environments and professional circumstances. We will also explore how like-minded professionals in your field of interest network online.<br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<table class=\"cquote\" style=\"margin:auto; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; background-color: transparent; width: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border:none; color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding: 10px 10px;\"> \u201c\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"border: none; padding: 4px 10px;\"> <i>The impact exercised by ICTs is due to at least four major transformations: the blurring of the distinction between reality and virtuality; the blurring of the distinction between human, machine and nature; the reversal from information scarcity to information abundance; and the shift from the primacy of stand-alone things, properties, and binary relations, to the primacy of interactions, processes and networks.<\/i>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"border: none; color: #B2B7F2; font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; padding: 10px 10px;\"> \u201d\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" class=\"cquotecite\" style=\"border: none; padding-right: 4%\">\n<p style=\"font-size: smaller; text-align: right;\"><cite style=\"font-style: normal;\">\u2014Luciano Floridi<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>.<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"summary\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_summary.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Mini challenge summary<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100px\"><b>Summary<\/b>:<\/td>\n<td>Exploring professional online identity and networking in the field of your choice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"floatleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Time7.svg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Time7.svg\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/8\/88\/Time7.svg\/30px-Time7.svg.png\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>1 hour<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Start_here\">Start here<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"web resources\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_inter.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Stimulus resources<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/saskatoon\/experts-surprised-by-what-people-will-say-on-social-media-1.4176138\">&#8216;Think of social media as a virtual resum\u00e9,&#8217; expert warns in light of health board resignation<\/a>, published by CBC News.\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/02\/15\/magazine\/how-one-stupid-tweet-ruined-justine-saccos-life.html\">How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Life of Senior Director of Corporate Communications<\/a>, published by New York Times Magazine.\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/07\/08\/business\/media\/08cnn.html?ref=technology\">CNN Fires Middle East Affairs Editor<\/a>, published by New York Times.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"objectives\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Purpose<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of this mini challenge is to:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> enable you to consider and implement strategies for networking with like-minded peers in your own field of interest in building a positive online identity.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"media\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_multimedia.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Professional networking online<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Watch this short video interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uregina.ca\/education\/faculty-staff\/faculty\/couros-alec.html\">Alec Couros<\/a>, published by Teaching and Learning in South Australia. Alec summarises how educators are using twitter to connect professionally.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"plainlinks\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560px\" height=\"315px\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EqSCR3HU4eg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Visit the LinkedIn help page on <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/help\/linkedin\/answer\/186\">finding and joining a LinkedIn group<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Tasks\">Tasks<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Consider the following questions:\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> Find out how like-minded professionals in your career or future career, field, discipline etc are networking online (for example Twitter, LinkEdIn groups, other websites?)\n<\/li>\n<li> What hashtags, if any, are being used for conversations in your chosen field?\n<\/li>\n<li> What are the topical areas of discussion at the moment?\n<\/li>\n<li> How could your field of interest improve professional networking online?\n<\/li>\n<li> Do organisations in your field place restrictions on employees participating in social networks? (See for example <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/1668368\/corporate-social-media-policies-good-mediocre-and-ugly\">Corporate Social Media Policies: The Good, the Mediocre, and the Ugly<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/1670530\/more-social-media-policies-la-times-harvard-law-microsoft-and-cisco\">More Social Media Policies: LA Times, Harvard Law, Microsoft, and Cisco<\/a>, or <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/webtoolkit.govt.nz\/files\/Social-Media-in-Government-Hands-on-Toolbox-final.pdf\">Social media in government (pdf)<\/a> published by the New Zealand government.)\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Outputs\">Outputs<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"activity\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_activity.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Professional online identity and digital citizenship<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Prepare a short blog post (about 300 &#8211; 400 words) summarising your findings on professional online networking in your field of interest. Consider the following questions:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> How do like-minded professionals in your field network online and what do they talk about?\n<\/li>\n<li> What does this mean for your online identity and being a digital citizen?\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Remember to add a category or tag for your post using the course tag: <b>lida102<\/b>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"References\">References<\/span><\/h2>\n<ol class=\"references\">\n<li id=\"cite_note-1\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\"><a href=\"#cite_ref-1\">\u2191<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\">Floridi, L. (Ed.). (2015). <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.springer.com\/gp\/book\/9783319040929\">The Onlife Manifesto &#8211; Being Human in a Hyperconnected Era<\/a>. 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