DIGITAL IDENTITY AND DIGITAL PRESENCE PLAN

The use of digital platforms now makes it a necessity that one must consider issues related to individuals’ digital identity and digital presence. In academic realms, the need for consideration on individual digital identity and digital presence becomes even more important.

It is very common nowadays you find an individual using more than one digital platforms (e.g: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc ) for varied purposes academic and nonacademic. All along these varied purposes of using all these digital platforms one must keep in mind these fundamental questions: What kind of things do you tend to post online and how much thought do you give to choose or creating them? What would you not post? What mental processes do you go through in deciding what to post, when and how? Do you have a different personality, presentation or persona on different sites or services? If so, why, and how do they differ? How do you think you are perceived online? Why? Schryver, K. (2013, February 5)

Critical questions like: How do you wish others would perceive you online? How do you worry you might actually come across? Makes it relevant now for one having a Digital Identity and Digital Presence (DIDP) Plan. In this regard my DIDP plan will be set intentionally to support the cultivation of my digital Identity and Digital Presence throughout the DIpLAT program.

THE GOAL AND PURPOSE OF MY DIDP PLAN

SPECIFYING AND DEFINING THE SCOPE OF MY DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT FOR ACADEMIC AND NONACADEMIC PURPOSES WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME OF MY ACADEMIC PROGRAM.

APPROACH FOR ACHIEVING THE GOAL

Regular use of My Blog site to post relevant content related to my program of study. Commenting on the blogs of my other fellow students. Posting relevant videos related to my program of study on my youtube channel and post those links to my blog.

I will maintain a true identity of Myself on all social network platforms and will be cautious on what I post as those content may remain in those platforms for many years to come.

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE GAP

I will continue refining my knowledge on the use of any specific social network platform and will pay special attention on the privacy and security features of any social media platform since security vulnerabilities are always in existence on these social media (digital) platforms.

ADDRESSING KNOWLEDGE GAP:

Make us of web-based research and Learning tools continuously over the entire period of my academic program.

MEASURE OF SUCCESS:

Having at least a monthly web engagement activity on at least one or more of any of the digital platforms namely Web blog, youtube, Twitter, LinkedIn, |slack

Reference:

KELLY SCHRYVER. (February 5, 2013 Tuesday). Guest Post | Who Are You Online? Considering Issues of Web Identity. The New York Times Blogs (The Learning Network). https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:57NS-B791-DY2M-W4PJ-00000-00&context=1516831.