IMPACT OF GROUPS, NETs, SETs, COMMUNITIES AND COLLECTIVES ON MY PLAN FOR THE CREATION OF MY DIGITAL PRESENCE AND DIGITAL IDENTITY

Social learning processes particularly, the one that involves the use of digital platforms (social media platforms or educational social software), leads to the existence or emergence of social forms for learning or in other words social learning structures namely: Groups, Nets, Sets and collectives. The three of those namely: Group, Nets and Sets, are specifically referred to as the three kinds of aggregation of Learners in either formal or informal learning.

Groups are social forms where individual deliberately join others with shared goals and identity with group norms and behaviors.

Nets are social forms where the connections between individuals and sometimes clusters of individuals are what binds them together.

Sets are social forms where people may have no knowledge of others in the set but are clustered by commonalities between them. (Dron, J, & Anderson, T. 2014))

Since the creation of my digital presence and digital identity requires such consideration as what kind of things do I post online, what not to post and how I wish others would perceive me online, then I will always have to consider the how my online engagement will affect Groups, Nets, Sets, communities and collectives which will be accessing my online content. Thus, I will have to make sure the content I post online remain relevant all the social forms of learners. The development approach and presentation of my content posted online will be tailored to suit the various audiences namely groups, Net, Sets, communities and collectives. In this proceeding, eventually the scope and quality of Digital Identity and Digital presence plan (DIDP) will be impacted.

Reference

Dron, J, & Anderson, T. (2014). Teaching Crowds. Athabasca University Press. (Note: free PDF available for download). Chapter 4 – 7.

Stewart, B., Phipps, L., & Cormier, D. (2019, April 10). The Participatory open: Can we build a Pro-Social, Pro-Societal web? [Video]. You Tube. https://oer19.oerconf.org/sessions/the-participatory-open-can-we-build-a-pro-social-pro-societal-web-o-127/