Digital identity

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Human identity is a fascinating concept - it's how you distinguish between yourself and others, and it's a central aspect of your unique personality. It's who you are, and how you respresent yourself to others. It's also quite a complex part of being human, because identity can shift depending on context, interactions, social influence and a host of other variables. When we immerse ourselves in the digital world, and we mediate our communication through technology, it becomes more complex still. Educators need to understand this when they teach online.

Digital identity is the main focus of module number 5 of my free series Digital Learning - and we explore some of the emerging properties and practices of digital life, including selfies and the need to manage our online impression, personal branding, digital interactions, selfies, the murky world of fake identities and a whole host of other issues, challenges and ideas. What's more, they are placed into the context of online learning, digital pedagogy, social and psychological theory and teaching in the technology enabled world of the virtual classroom. It's just the ticket for teachers who have recently been compelled to adopt technology supported learning. It's the new normal and will be for a while, so if you would like to know more about your own 'digital' identity, as well as the way your students represent themselves in the digital world, then this free course is for you.

Here's the link to the module. I wrote it with you especially in mind. It will take less than an hour for you to complete, and you don't pay a penny. You'd be mad to miss out.

You're welcome.


Digital identity by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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