In this course, we have re-understood the importance and role of online social media, which makes it an indispensable part of our lives today, and can even change our life development.

  • Reflect on your experience in the course, your development of PLN, your use of social media platforms and networked publics, share any changes in your perspective of social media in professional settings and personal use.

Before this course, EDCI338, I think social media is just a tool for entertainment and sharing of life, and there is no need to pay too much attention. But at the end of this course, I changed my mind. Social media is a tool closely related to life, and we also need to manage it well. In this course, I learned the importance of digital identity/reputation. In the network, each of our actions will affect our digital identity, and digital identity can represent us, and maintaining a good reputation sometimes brings benefits. For example, when we are seeking career development, employers can filter by looking at the digital identities of job applicants. A good digital identity can bring a deep impression. Therefore, managing a PLN will also help our future career development. In this course, we will create a blog every week to share our views on PLN and social media. PLN is equivalent to an online community, we will get to know different people and different opinions, thus forming a diversified community. In the opinion, there will be positive or negative. Therefore, inclusiveness is a necessary condition for the development of our PLN. Accepting the views of reflection, identification and criticism can make the PLN community more professional.

  • Do you continue with your created content and your network, how do you use your skills in professional practice?

Similarly, I will continue to keep the blog updated and share content frequently. This is also a way to maintain the development of our digital identity. Blogs can make me pay attention to Internet trends, and it is helpful to update our professional skills. For example, I will follow bloggers related to my profession, interact with them, and get their experience so that I can update my professional knowledge. By share professional content in the blog, analyze and reflect with the audience, so as to make yourself more progress.

 

This course gave me some new perspectives on social media and new ideas for my future professional development. I think in the future, I will continue to pay more attention to social media, create opportunities in online social media to make yourself more progressive.