{"id":183,"date":"2018-05-02T14:03:44","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T21:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0053\/?p=183"},"modified":"2018-05-02T14:03:44","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T21:03:44","slug":"how-will-i-cultivate-and-support-my-digital-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0053\/how-will-i-cultivate-and-support-my-digital-presence\/","title":{"rendered":"How will I cultivate and support my digital presence?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the past few weeks I have engaged deeply in reflections on my role as educator in a digital world of learning, and my current use of technology as seen within a digital Visitor\/Resident typology. I am now at a point where I want to ask myself: where do I go from here when I think about my digital presence and identity as an educator?\u00a0<\/span>I recognize the tension created within the visitor\/resident typology and I understand it as a continuum rather than a binary opposition (Whyte & Le Cornu, 2011).<\/a> I am always seeking a balance in everything I engage in and <\/span>as I was creating my digital identity map I noticed the imbalance I had created through my lack of engagement in my professional resident space. I am most comfortable as a visitor personally and professionally and I am reluctant to leave behind a digital footprint, However, I came to realize :<\/span><\/p>\n

that privacy is simply in a state of transition as people try to make sense of how to negotiate the structural transformations resulting from networked media\u2026\u2026[and] that we need to examine people\u2019s strategies for negotiating control. (Boyd, 2010)<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, in the light of my need to control my privacy and taking Boyd\u2019s advice, what strategies will I use to develop my online identity? First<\/strong> I want to utilize the tools I have already created, but sadly neglected. I have a LinkedIn account, which I never utilize and my program has a FaceBook page<\/a>, which has been very neglected over the past year. Second<\/strong> I want to make regular use of the new tools that have recently been added to my professional resident space, such as my MALAT blog, Slack and Feedly. Third<\/strong>, I am using tools like audiobooks in my personal visitor space which I intend to move closer to my professional visitor space.<\/span><\/p>\n

My first steps towards developing my resident space will be to update my LinkedIn profile and develop a presence through inviting other colleagues and accepting invitations within the LinkedIn space. This action will start me on my path to create my professional family. As well I will take the lead within our program FaceBook page again, I want to make this site interesting and engaging for past and present students through regular twice weekly posts and links. Becoming involved on the FaceBook page will assist me to create my professional profile within the larger circle of my field of work, it will help me to stay in contact with other educators and alumni from our program. I will continue to develop my student blog with regular posts in order to stay connected to my studies and to help me to develop a confident online identity. I would like to eventually share this blog with some of my colleagues outside the MALAT environment. I want to keep developing my daily use of Slack and Feedly to stay in touch with my cohort while I am taking the MALAT program, and additionally to use Feedly as a tool to follow other blogs within my profession and areas of study. I love listening to audiobooks on my long daily commute to work and I intend to seek out digital materials that will support my journey of studies, this will help me to keep reflecting and to gather new thoughts which I will be able to share on FaceBook, Slack and my MALAT blog.<\/span><\/p>\n

To help this plan to be successful I bring with me a fearlessness in regards to trying new technologies, I love trying new tools and using them until I have mastered them. I use reflective practice to keep my actions intentional and this intention coupled with my fearlessness will help me to analyze my actions and adjust my plan if necessary. The barrier I foresee is being able to literally \u2018get over myself\u2019. I tend to over analyze anything I digitally post, this takes time and in the end often obscures what I intended to say originally. I expect I will build my confidence as a digital citizen and I intend to use the following words by White and Le Cornu<\/a> (2011) as a reminder :<\/span><\/p>\n

Residents […] see the Web as a place, perhaps like a park or a building in which there are clusters of friends and colleagues whom they can approach and with whom they can share information about their life and work. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Using this perspective to look at my resident space makes it a lot less scary to engage with.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I assume I will know I have succeeded with my plan when I feel more connected within my professional networks and my MALAT cohort, and when I have been able to form new friendships and connections because of my engagement. I will be modelling my own believe <\/span>that in open learning communities we engage in order to learn with and from each other. Cormier<\/a> (2017) said to be open for<\/strong> learning is a pedagogical necessity and I am excited to learn to be a well balanced digital citizen who feels comfortable on the typology continuum as a visitor and a resident.<\/span><\/p>\n

References<\/span><\/p>\n

Boyd, D. (2011).\u00a0Social network sites as networked publics: Affordances, dynamics, and implications<\/a>. In Z. Papacharissi (Ed.), A Networked Self (pp. 39\u201358). New York, NY: Rutledge.<\/p>\n

Cormier, D., (2017). <\/span>Cormier: Intentional messiness of online communities<\/span><\/i>. <\/span><\/i>[Video file] Retrieved from https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1mQS_o-C_jO2taghriJfXKDsgfa1fUL0mTDMo2JTGSJc\/edit#<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

White, D. S., & LeCornu, A. (2011).\u00a0Visitors and residents: A new typology for online engagement<\/a>.\u00a0First Monday<\/i>, 16(9).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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