From the inclusion and disability perspective, inclusion concerns with an evolution of time, and what is the “real” inclusion arouses my interests a lot. That’s why I chose this topic to discuss.
Wow:
The evolutional timeline: Exclusion-> Segregation->Integration->Inclusion
Equitable access to community when learning is the goal for inclusion. Specifically, Shelley Moore and Leyton Schnellert discuss that rather than physically integrated in classes and schools, students with disabilities have equitable access to classrooms and schools, which means all students in classrooms and schools have roles and responsibilities to meaningfully connect to their peers.
Shelley Moore and Leyton Schnellert share their thoughts through the book(One without the other: Stories of unity through diversity and inclusion) and Youtube videos, which are useful ways to express their thoughts to the public and make more people care about the inclusion.
Wonder:
After inclusion, what is the next step of inclusive evolution? Or is there have another evolution happening in inclusion? I would like to investigate more a about that.
In “Visitors and Residents: A new typology for online engagement“, Dave and Alison argue that technology, especially for social media, offers people digital identities; digital identities, such as a visitor and a resident of the Web, allow them to achieve their goal in communication, work, and study areas. Besides, I would like to investigate the difference between two identities and the privacy issues for digital users.
In terms of difference between two identities, I am interested in how the residents could help people in their life. Dave and Alison mention that being a resident helps people to construct social relationship with others, such as their families, friends, classmates, or even strangers with common interests. For example, people could share ideas in time by posting a blog, and they could also ask questions and make friends when using Facebook and Instagram. However, for those people who choose to be visitors of a Web, they simply seem social media as a tool to help their learning by searching relevant information without logging in it.
Furthermore, the difference between two identities also relates to people’s privacy issues. It is easier for digital residents to expose personal information, such as searching history, hobbies, and even home locations, rather than a visitor. Meanwhile, Dave and Alison argue that visitors could hide their personal information to others when they are looking at the Web. Samantha Ellis in her Wow and Wonder blog discusses that even though it is fun to contact with others as a resident, she still prefers to be a visitor because she would like to limit her private information online. I really agree with her idea to be a visitor, when we just use social media as a tool to study and know the world.
However, sometimes, it is inevitable for people to be a resident. Specifically, when people use Email to contact teachers and bosses, they are required to be a resident; when people adopt CIBC Online Banking to pay for daily fees, and even online shopping, they are residents of those social media. Jiahui Chen in her Wow and Wonder blog points out the existence of hackers. If hackers gets people’s private information, there is a serious problem. I hold with Jiahui Chen‘s thoughts. For those people who are using social media to make a payment, it is possible for hackers to steal card password and even deposits.
In a nutshell, there are difference between being a visitor and being a resident. Even though being a visitor is helpful to hide people’s private information, it is still unavoidable to be a resident when people are studying and working. Furthermore, the information exposure could lead people get into trouble.
In terms of online communities and activities, Visitors and Residents typology also concerns with people’s privacy issues, which arouses my interests a lot. That’s why I chose this topic to discuss.
Wow:
Motivations and goals could also help people decide which online identity they are belonging.
For those people who do not want an online identity, they could choose to be a visitor to a specific Web, which allows them to hide their personal information to others and at the same time achieve their goals. For example, taking online classes.
Residents use the Web to build their social relationship with others; they treat the Web as a place to communicate, work, and study. Therefore, their personal information could be shown to others, since they have a digital identity.
Wonder:
I would like to investigate more about how to protect ourselves from identity theft.
When I first looked at this word, connectivism, it aroused my interest. I was really curious about how it related to learning types. That was why I chose it to discuss.
Specifically, it is an individual activity. Since personal experiences are limited for people to gain abundant knowledge, technology allows individuals to connect with each other and connect with the online information sources. The stronger the connection is, the more chances people could acquire knowledge. Furthermore, companies could also adopt connectivism to learn and make progress. While individuals’ knowledge are updated online, online feedback helps people to obtain more knowledge. Therefore, the connection is vital for people’s learning.
Wonder:
In terms of connectivism, I want to investigate more about how non-human appliances allow people to learn.
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