Figure 1 For the latest entry on our blogs, we were asked to work in small groups and discuss how digital learning has impacted fake news and misinformation (our chosen topic). According to Farmer (2019), the term fake news refers to “misleading news”, which has been created to misinform for several reasons, including to “gain power or influence” (p. 223). While misinformation and fake news are not new phenomena, the way people...
Read MoreCreated using the free version of Lucidchart This visual network map is a merge of my where I want my digital presence to be and what I currently understand to make up my online world are reflected in a cultivated map of carefully organized tools and technologies that together make up a cohesive interrelated web of relationships and platforms where information is created and consumed. I have used a dotted outline to identify the...
Read More“seo-blocks” by Paloma Gómez is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0. In my challenge to articulate and reflect on the future of my digital identity and digital presence, I stumbled at the fact that I am yet to really understand my current identity to really understand the strengths and gaps and how I might want to leverage something slightly imperfect to showcase the journey where learning and technology intersect in a personal way....
Read MoreHaving access to and ones familiarity with a particular set of tools is dictated by the type of work we do online, one important functionality for both personally and professionally is that the technology, platform or service has an Application Programming Interface (API); an API makes it possible for two apps to essentially “talk” to each other. It would be interesting to see the relationships between the apps themselves and...
Read MorePhoto by Paul Calescu on Unsplash What a pleasure it has been to consume the vast amount of knowledge offered during the MALAT 2022 Virtual Symposium. Here is some reflection of where I experienced feelings of gratitude, eagerness, and a renewed anticipation for what’s to come. However, along with this excitement, is the pure art of possibility and an obvious understatement of just how undefined that is, creates a...
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