Post #11 – 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.

My experience with EDCI 338 has been more than informative, our professor Jesse Miller provided us with the tools to develop our own personal learning network. I will be continuing to create content and grow my PLN so it can be well developed by the time I have graduated. This will set me significantly well in my post-graduate and professional life because I will have access to amazing resources (other people’s content) and will be able to engage and share information. In this course, a couple of topics that resonated with me were the importance of having a PLN that is inclusive and safe and the risks/benefits of interacting with individuals online.

Having a PLN that is inclusive truly allows for knowledge to be shared without bias. I have learnt through this course that the importance of having a non-bias attitude towards individuals or information is personally beneficial. Without bias, we can become more well rounded and critical thinking individuals. With the building of our PLNs online, I have realized that when we surround ourselves with accurate information (non-bias) slowly our communities start becoming non-bias as well. Additionally, I have learnt that when interacting with individuals online we must be cautious but also mindful. What I mean by this is, be cautious when sharing personal information online and don’t share anything you wouldn’t want potential employers to see. However, we should be mindful of interacting with individuals online because we never know when someone will teach us something (we have to be mindful not to dismiss individuals’ opinions).