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The Virtual Symposium week exposed you to many different thoughts and ideas with respect to digital learning environments. In Unit 2, you will focus on understanding participatory cultures, digital literacies, and on what it means to create a digital presence and identity. Questions of what, why, how, and for whom will be examined. The unit begins with a discussion of digital identities and design considerations surrounding digital presence. We will discuss the resident-visitor typology and you will identify your use of technology as it applies to this typology. In this Unit, you will begin to build your digital identity through the creation of your own WordPress site which you will actively use throughout your program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Read\u00a0Unit 2 readings<\/a> and reflect on the impact structures such as (groups, nets, sets, communities, collectives) have on your plan for the creation of your digital presence and digital identity. Consider these readings as you move forward into the Unit 2 activities and draw on them (and others) to support your decisions as you begin to create your digital identity and digital presence plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For those of you who are new to academic reading and writing, this article How to Read a Journal Articl<\/a>e (average reading time = 20 min) has some wonderful tips to get you started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n You have now been provided with access to your own instance of WebSpace powered by WordPress for you to customize and make your own throughout the program. This week you need to spend some time setting up your WordPress site and giving some thought to the digital presence and digital identity you would like to cultivate as a graduate student, and you even have your first blog post! Remember, your academic voice and your critical academic blogging will be different than perhaps the blogging you are used to or have experienced. Here is an overview of critical academic writing <\/a> and a resource on academic blogging<\/a> to get you started – no doubt you will find more resources as you go. Think of your blog posts as critical academic reflection where you are analyzing and synthesizing as you make connections between theory and practice. Don’t forget to explore the resources on the RRU Writing Centre <\/a>as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information on Creative Commons licensing see creativecommons.org as well as the session from the 2018 MALAT Virtual Symposium<\/p>\n\n\n\n Clint Lalonde<\/span><\/a> Topic: Sharing and CC licensing <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Link to Recorded Session<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n (0:00 – 58:20)<\/span> It\u2019s now your turn to map your use of digital technologies as it pertains to the resident-visitor typology. You task is to create a conceptual map of your use. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As you can see there are many different way to create such a map. You could create a digital map using an illustration software of your choice or you could create this map on paper. To get started, we suggest watching this video: Just the Mapping<\/a> in which Dave White, one of the authors of the paper describing the visitor-resident typology, goes through the mapping process himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once you are happy with your map, please post a copy of it on your blog with a 100 – 200 word description explaining your map to others on your blog<\/strong>. If you created a map on paper, please take a picture of it and share the image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Comment on at least one other person\u2019s map ether to ask clarifying questions or to note issues of interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now take a moment to consider an alternative tension pair presented by Dave Cormier.<\/a> Does it bring new insight to your conceptual map generated by the resident\/visitor tension pair above? 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Henry Jenkins on Participatory Culture: Big Thinkers<\/a>
OPTIONAL FOR UNIT 2 Jenkins, H. (2009). Confronting the challenges of participatory culture: Media education for the 21st century<\/a><\/em>. MIT Press.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nUnit 2 – Activity 1 | Create your own WordPress site<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>*please note we had some technical issues happen during this session so the video and audio may be slightly out of synch.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nUnit 2 – Activity 3 | Begin Assignment 1: Create, Cultivate, and Reflect on your Digital Presence (Individual)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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