{"id":187,"date":"2018-05-14T21:58:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T04:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0060\/?p=187"},"modified":"2018-10-05T09:32:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T16:32:31","slug":"unit-2-activity-3-create-cultivate-and-reflect-on-your-digital-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0060\/unit-2-activity-3-create-cultivate-and-reflect-on-your-digital-presence\/","title":{"rendered":"Create, Cultivate, and Reflect on your Digital Presence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #003300\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'andale mono', monospace\">Mom, wife, daughter, sister, friend, colleague, employee, student, coach &#8230; the many persona&#8217;s of DOROTHY in a world of digital presence.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px\">\u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-195 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0060\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2018\/05\/Dorothys-Personas-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"323\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 294px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 294\/323;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image: Dorothy Sidhu<\/span><\/p>\n<p>LRNT521 <em>Unit 2 Activity 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">As the learning unfolds, the image of who I am and who I want to be in the digital space becomes clearer. \u00a0The early onset as an early adopter and the chaotic absence of structure begins to make more sense to what it all means with the many roles I play. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">How much effort, desire, want and need to participate and collaborate to how much do I just want to stay at arms length and use it as nothing more than a temporary tool, as a means to an end, is telling of being a <i>visitor or resident<\/i>. \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">How much value and emphasis I am placing in the different digital spaces, forces me to reconsider and rethink my approach &#8230; asking WHY? \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">As I continue to explore my digital presence and what the significance of creating and cultivating this space for me means, I feel this is the first time I am applying it with strategy, discipline, commitment and refinement of who I want to be online.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Purpose<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif\">I want to be seen as an advocate of a growth mindset, life long learner and educator in the space of Adult Education, constantly learning, stretching and growing. \u00a0I want to show my passion and creativity through these spaces. \u00a0I want to be relevant and current through the\u00a0technological\u00a0revolution and era\u00a0we are in as we see the shift of learning and technology. \u00a0I want to be seen as an early adopter and one that doesn&#8217;t fear the disruption and immediacy of change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">I also want the digital spaces and my presence in these different environments to connect, collaborate, express points of view, and knowledge share with colleagues, professionals, networks, alongside with friends and families. Increase awareness and elevate my presence to a larger and wider audience, by finding my digital, academic voice, where I can influence and bring my though leadership to the forefront.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-weight: 800;line-height: 1.4\">Approach<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">Continue to seek and maintain accessibility to the variety of digital spaces through the use of current technology and various mobile devices and computers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">Learn about the new platforms, sites, apps, software and how it can serve and feed into my\u00a0purpose<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">Be committed to contribute and dedicate time and effort in posts, collaborative discussions, as routine and habitual, not just a task and or chore<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">Respect and continue to work on the pendulum swing of personal and professional boundaries \/ visitor and resident shifts (White &amp; Le Cornu, 2011)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">Using the tool when available.; recently attending the \u00a0ATD2018 in San Diego, highly encourage to use the app by creating an identity and cascading learning&#8217;s via the app and Twitter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">Leveraging the talents of my digital native colleagues and friends and especially my kids<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;font-weight: 800;line-height: 1.4\">Skills Knowledge &amp; Gaps<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif\">I do feel like I am comfortable with technology, embracing it versus running away from it. I do tend to be an early adopter, at least wanting to try it out once! \u00a0I am comfortable with the unknown and typically just figure things out with just trying as most of these technologies have easy end user interfaces that are simple and straight forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif\">I would identify my skill and knowledge gap as I am consciously incompetent in several of the applications that are &#8216;newer&#8217; for example recently trying to learn SLACK. \u00a0I was able to get on it and participate, however knew I was not as confident and fluid in the use of it as my colleagues. \u00a0So, knowing and being okay with the consciously incompetence is OK and trying t move along to being consciously competent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Another area of opportunity would be \u00a0for be is to more thoughtful in my approach on when to use certain digital spaces for what. \u00a0I know sometimes I have used the wrong digital space for what I am trying to promote or advocate, and it hasn&#8217;t been as impactful.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;font-weight: 800;line-height: 1.4\">Strategies &amp; Approaches<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif\">Not to be afraid to ask for help, being patient while I learn and reminding myself failing forward is part of the learning process. \u00a0I will also make sure to r<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 1rem;line-height: 1.66\">emove any personal barriers of time, accessibility, and\/or systems. \u00a0I also have to make a commitment and put effort and energy to practice, sustain, and make it routine so it becomes easy and effortless. \u00a0Of course continuing to learn by doing, be<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 1rem;line-height: 1.66\">\u00a0curious, seek out experts and learn from those that are pros in this space. \u00a0Perhaps take advantage of free webinars and YouTube videos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;font-weight: 800;line-height: 1.4\">Success Measures<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">See my confidence increase. \u00a0Completing a self assessment of where I am today and assessing myself periodically on a scale of 1-10, seeing I have moved the dial on any areas<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">I will be able to see more posts, blog entries and hopefully comments which will support the quality versus quantity; more boards on Pinterest and videos on YouTube\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">See my stress levels lower when approaching the use of these digital spaces, that I may not be so comfortable with<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">Increased confidence in my conversations<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">Moving from consciously incompetent to consciously competent<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">Teaching it within my organization, friends and family members<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">Increased creativity, moving in spaces I am comfortable to push it to advanced and beyond just the basics<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">References<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">White, D., &amp;\u00a0 Le Cornu, A. (2011).\u00a0 Visitors and Residents: A new typology for online engagement.\u00a0 First Monday, 16(9).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Boyd, D. (2010).\u00a0 Social Network Sites as Networked Publics:\u00a0 Affordances, Dynamics, and Implications.\u00a0 In Networked Self: Identity, Community, and Culture on Social Network Sites (ed. Zizi Papacharissi), pp. 39-58.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mom, wife, daughter, sister, friend, colleague, employee, student, coach &#8230; the many persona&#8217;s of DOROTHY in a world of digital presence. \u00a0\u00a0 Image: Dorothy Sidhu LRNT521 Unit 2 Activity 3 As the learning unfolds, the image of who I am and who I want to be in the digital space becomes clearer. \u00a0The early onset &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0060\/unit-2-activity-3-create-cultivate-and-reflect-on-your-digital-presence\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Create, Cultivate, and Reflect on your Digital Presence&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lrnt521"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0060\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0060\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0060\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0060\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0060\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0060\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0060\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions\/344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0060\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0060\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0060\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}