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Blog Post #2 -Digital Identity

  • What is a digital identity? 

Define digital identity has always been a challenge. People understand the meaning of “identity” by its multiple forms in digital products, services, and networks. Every identity system will have a huge impact. With the use and maturity of social media, the importance and complexity of the identity system are increasing. Whatever your goals and technical needs for digital identity, you should start interacting with others. Despite imperfect definitions and differences, it related to our instinct, digital identity is not static, single, or personal. We want a connected, trusted, usable digital identity that can be extended to global use. It should be flexible, dynamic, and interoperable.

  • How do personal versus professional approaches to digital identity affect social media use? 

Nowadays people mostly have two digital identities, one for professional purposes, the other for private purposes. The reason for that is people do not want business demand to interrupt their personal life. Professional digital identity also represents the image of business cooperation. In social media, professionals show the brand personality to cultivate potential customers. They express a strategic impression of the product by maximum every positive feature by the scientific statistic, but you never see the negative information from there. In contrast, personal digital identity is diversified. You could share your favorite TV shows, hobby, books, and pets to let other viewers resonate with you and get the ripple effect. 

  • How do digital identities converge in networked publics – what are the impacts and/or benefits?

Social media is simple enough to enrich your life, but you do not want social media to control your mind. If you keep the reasonable harmonious image in your social account, you won’t involve in any trouble unless you post incendiary messages. Professional digital identity knows how to operate public relationships. No matter what type of users you serve, the goal is the same: let others interact with you and realize the value. The impacts could be numerous on the internet. People could explore the edge of knowledge in the process of social media in registration, certification, and participation. They could observe as much experience as possible with the least additional cost. Moreover, People focus on core value-added points with community discussion. Then you will find them useful information grows convergently over time. The digital identity approach will change with a more flexible decentralized model. 

  • Can a digital wallet provide trust in networked publics?

From my perspective, the digital wallet is trustable. From the development of digital encryption and blockchain techniques. Every transaction of E-money is traceable. Every flow in the circulation process will have node records and biometric identification authorization. As long as the organization of the digital wallet is certificated, E-money is safely stored in your own biometric authentication node. 

 

 

References:

  1. Cartwright, D. (2020, December 11). Managing Personal vs. Professional Identity on Social Media. Qnstux. https://online.queens.edu/resources/article/managing-personal-vs-professional-identity-on-social-media/
  2. Davos 2019 – Press Conference The Value of Digital Identity for the Global Economy and Society. (2019, February 5). [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-V7lyxrOmw&feature=youtu.be
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Blog Post #1

  • What does it mean to network using social media?

Networking using social media like Youtube, Twitter, Zoom, Slack, Facebook, Instagram, and similar online platforms. Network establishing, maintaining, and activating the connection between people. The covid-19 pandemic situation has transformed the way we study things. Even people are isolated by the 14-days policy. They can still use network connect with the world outside or larger scale they have reached before. To better improve ourselves, we need to develop network skills and digital literacies. To become an adaptable learner, we have to realize the ability to find and communicate with relevant others.

  • How are we motivated to participate in networked publics?

People are motivated to participate in the networked public. They play different roles between reality and the virtual world. In the virtual world, people could maximize what they are skilled in. They have less concern about nervous which some people may occur when they are presenting in front of a large group of people. Furthermore, we are not restricted by the information we learned from school, we are possible to observe the knowledge and skills from the internet. We can watch the lecture from MIT or Stanford University. The professional network is considered as both internationally or unintentionally long-term activity (Compton, 2009; tempest and Starkey, 2004). According to the study, PLN involves the ability of people to cooperate and comprehend others’ work. This network is central and builds by professional activity. It connects heterogeneous people to a small group and allows them to exchange energy and power.

  • What are the risks & rewards of public communications?

From an individual’s field, a structured network promotes people to come up with creative ideas and handle the changing assignment. People get tacit knowledge from the experience and reflection of interacting with others. Most importantly, personal networks enhance the resources and benefits in the different stages of learners’ careers. However, public communications also have vulnerabilities. Social media will collect our data potentially and they have algorithms to analyze what we like or dislike. We have no privacy face to the internet magnates. To ignore defraud, we should be aware of the data we allow applications to collect, like face and fingerprint. Nowadays, governments have emphasized the importance of protecting ourselves’ privacy. I hope the policy could protect the public’s right and against the organization who abuse the technology.

References:

1.FutureLearn. (2020, August 13). What is a Personal Learning Network (PLN)? https://www.futurelearn.com/info/courses/learning-network-age/0/steps/24644

2.View of Understanding personal learning networks: Their structure, content and the networking skills needed to optimally use them | First Monday. (2012, January). Firstmonday. https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3559/3131

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Intro

Hi everyone!

My name is Qianhe Yu, I am a fourth-year Uvic student who is major in Computer Science. I was born in Jilin city where is a northeast city in China. I planning to settle in Vancouver after I graduate this summer. My career plan is to become a development engineer and I also have huge interests in the commercial field and I may also consider rise a little business or step into an investment bank. I have a passion for photographing, traveling, and exercise. I prefer to watch traveling, cooking videos when I am at home. I have taken one of the EDCI courses in the 2019 summer. That course teaches us how to make good PowerPoint and video to attract people’s attention and makes study effective. I found this EDCI course is very helpful to let me become a better learner. I am excited about the person learning network. From my perspective, I am attracted by group study or work in a team. I found the PLN promotes me to think differently especially in different atmospheres or when I communicating with people. I hope this course will be a great experience this semester. Last I hope everyone is safe and healthy and have a good study time at home.

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