Without community, we would not have somewhere to exchange ideas about what we are working on or what we are learning.\u00a0 Learning happens every day, and while it is, primarily, an individualized activity, the connections between learning and life happens in communities as stated by Dron and Anderson, \u201cknowledge is information that has been contextualized, made relevant, and owned\u201d Dron & Anderson, 2014, p. 16).\u00a0 Until we can take the information we have received and work with it in a community, it cannot truly become knowledge (Dron & Anderson, 2016).\u00a0 This idea resonated with me in regards to my plan to grow my digital presence.\u00a0 I have always been a hands-on learner and building a digital presence will not be different.<\/p>\n
Overall, the readings helped me realize there are different groups, communities, and collectives available to help grow my digital presence.\u00a0 When I wrote my original plan, I was thinking I had to build my presence on social media, and now I want to explore other areas where I can join topic related communities.\u00a0 By creating my blog, I have starting to create a community and now in order to follow through with my plan; it is now time to share it with my network.\u00a0 Johnson (as cited in vanOostveen, DiGiuseppe, Barber, Blayone, & Childs) states \u201c\u2026reality, including virtual reality, is something that is created, rather than discovered\u201d (Johnson as cited in vanOostveen, DiGiuseppe, Barber, Blayone, & Childs, 2016, para. 6), I think my digital presence will be a combination of what I create and what I discover; I cannot create an entire reality of my own – there is not enough learning in that.\u00a0 Sharing knowledge is how it gets stronger (Dron & Anderson, 2014), these readings have made me what to go out and share the knowledge!<\/p>\n
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Blayone, Todd & van Oostveen, Roland & Barber, Wendy & DiGiuseppe, Maurice & Childs, Elizabeth. (2016). Developing Learning Communities in Fully Online Space<\/em>s: Positioning the Fully Online Learning Community Model. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/312087765_Developing_Learning_Communities_in_Fully_Online_Spaces_Positioning_the_Fully_Online_Learning_Community_Model<\/a><\/p>\n Dron, J, & Anderson, T. (2014). Teaching Crowds<\/em>. doi:10.15215\/aupress\/9781927356807.01<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Without community, we would not have somewhere to exchange ideas about what we are working on or what we are learning.\u00a0 Learning happens every day, and while it is, primarily, an individualized activity, the connections between learning and life happens in communities as stated by Dron and Anderson, \u201cknowledge is information that has been contextualized, … Continue reading The Impact of Structures Have on my Digital Presence and Identity<\/span>