Edci 338 Final assignment

LI ZHIHAN

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• Describe the key characteristics (benefits/negatives) of any discussed social media platforms.

Benefits：

  1. Social media can enrich our own sources of information, and we can get a lot of information we want from social media.
  2. You can have a more direct connection with your audience. You will get to know them better: when you get to know your audience better, you can provide them with more valuable content. You can make the content more personalized according to their interests, thereby increasing the engagement of your page and your business. We also can share our daily lives on social media in the form of posts.
  3. We can see other people’s posts on social media. You can also comment on the post, and communicate with the poster, and pass our own ideas to the poster. We can also comment and express our thoughts and opinions while watching videos or articles.

Negatives:

  1. You may receive negative feedback. People use social media to post content they like, but they also use it to share experiences they don’t like. Someone can leave negative comments on your page and share their negative experience. When someone next views your page, they will look at the comments and check for negative feedback.
  2. Social media is not good at protecting people’s privacy. Many people steal the privacy of others on social media.
  3. They also have some negative effects on children. And there is a link between increased use of social networks and a higher incidence of anxiety and depression.

• What features & characteristics of existing media technologies make it effective for personal learning?

With the improvement of social media technology, online learning has become very applicable and convenient. There is also a great improvement in our personal learning.

Online learning media are tools for cooperation, collaboration and communication. These devices allow to provide a separate amount of teaching presence, structure, learning and technical support, positioning of new roles and processes, and interaction with mentors and others. Distance online learning is now more applicable to the current environment. The current general environment trend is to shift from traditional classrooms to online learning classrooms.

• How does the discussed technology allow you to enhance/develop your digital identity/reputation?

Developing digital identities refers to working with the digital tools and networks to which you have access in your contexts in order to enable you to create and manage your own online presences and footprints, and to exercise control over your expression of this digital identity (or identities). By implication, this involves negotiating pathways within contexts.

• What are social considerations that should be accounted for?

The development of social media requires many social factors to be considered. For example, whether it is available to most people, whether children and the elderly can use them well, and whether it is harmful to them. There is also the need to strengthen the privacy protection of users in social media, so that when users use it, their privacy will not be stolen. Finally, whether the development of social media can keep up with the trend of social development must be considered for the development of the social environment. These are some of the social issues that social media needs to consider.

• What are the ways the technology tracks and uses your data – how can this be used to benefit a PLN?

On the Internet, various websites are extracted through the integration of big data, and the data of users of social platforms is tracked and used. Each website and browser will leave traces of the user’s browsing. This is also a way for technology to track and use dataThe physical method is the questionnaire survey. For us PLN, it can help us build a better network. Use these data to better build your own PLN.

• What are the strengths and weaknesses of the privacy, security and acceptable use policies for the social media platforms.

The advantage is that it more effectively protects the rights and interests of users, so that users will not be stolen due to various omissions when using the privacy and some real identities. It also protects the real identity of the user. 

The disadvantage is that it is also possible to steal user information within the social platform. The insecurity of social platforms can lead to the loss of user information. Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of users, it must be cleaned from within the social platform.

• Provide examples of individuals who have used a PLN to become leaders in a field of interest, discuss their presence in the platform?

Zoom is a good personal learning network. Teachers can teach by typing, video and voice, or use zoom to communicate with students more conveniently. Students can also use zoom to discuss academic issues with students from all over the world. Mattermost, which I just came into contact with, is also a very good platform, whether it is a group or communicating with a person is very convenient.

• How do they use the social media platforms to build their reputation/presence? • How will you know that your PLN is a success?

Social Media Reputation Management: 6 Keys to Success

  1. Post engaging, relevant content.
  2. Resolve issue that affect reputation.
  3. Use a social listening tool.
  4. Pay close attention to google and facebook.
  5. Share your best reviews on social media.
  6. Transform social media data into insights.

Reference

  1. Penaflorida, R. (2021, April 27). Social Media Reputation Management: How to Do it Right. ReviewTrackers. https://www.reviewtrackers.com/blog/social-media-reputation-management/
  2. Eysenbach G. Medicine 2.0: social networking, collaboration, participation,

apomediation, and openness. J Med Internet Res. 2008;10:e22.

  • Top 13 Advantages and Disadvantages of Social Media. (n.d.). https://www.webfx.com/internet-marketing/social-media-marketing-advantages-and-disadvantages.html. 
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of Social Media. Miappi. Moments That Matter. (2018, November 15). https://miappi.com/social-media-problems/.

5.  The Theory and Practice of Online Learning: 7. Characteristics of Interactive Online Learning Media / Patrick. J. Fahy. “7. Characteristics of Interactive Online Learning Media / Patrick. J. Fahy” in “The Theory and Practice of Online Learning” on AU Press-Digital Publications. (n.d.). https://read.aupress.ca/read/the-theory-and-practice-of-online-learning/section/01d6cd11-5223-4ed0-b84d-fe2388f20b1c.