This is it! Tonight is my last official post for EME6414, Summer 2023. What to write about? If you had asked me a few hours earlier, my honest answer would have been "no idea". It's not I don't have anything on my mind (I may have too much actually), but I was not sure how to approach this last post. So, I've decided I'll do just as usual and draw a few personal reflections. To help me tackle this last challenge, I went back to Canvas and get an overview of our Modules Main Page. Gosh, what a journey it has been! The first image that comes to my mind is the iceberg metaphor. You know, this impression that for years, you had been exploring the World Wide Web with confidence, as if you were in your own neighborhood, with your own habits, hanging out with the same people, getting what you were looking for, not less, not more. And one day, you realize that you were just scratching the surface and that a whole world was lying underneath, inviting you to a whole new...
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This week was intense, both on personal and professional sides. Lots of fresh knowledge, new interactions, emotions, and not a lot of time to sleep and thus process the whole thing.
I did not really know how to approach this post but I wanted it to be reflective and connect key pieces into an insightful picture (by insightful, I mean at least for, even I always look that people find some meaning for themselves as well!).
After a few more processing, it became clear that the paper from Dabbagh & Kitsantas (2012) I mentioned in my previous post resonated with me in several aspects. I already talked about their framework per se, but I realized I started some thinking on my personal experience based on the following phases: (1) personal information management, (2) social interaction and collaboration, and (3) information aggregation and management. I approached this framework as an iterative and ongoing cycle. Here is the basic but enriching analysis I made on my current PLN version and role in Web 2.
Engaging in this course's activities led me to approach my online actions and purposes with more awareness and with an intentional attitude. Several questions emerged such as: "What should a blogger do?" or "What should be my duties and responsibilities in online communities?". I am still not sure about my online self, but I intentionally designed my blogging space using cues that are personal and even intimate but in a very discrete way that hinders potential "intrusions". Also, I was really in the dark about the actual purpose of writing a blog; in that matter, Dr. Dennen's paper (2014) was really enlightening by presenting several cases of bloggers, and how and why they became bloggers. For now, I am recognizing myself in Alyssa's story (check out the article for all stories!) as an automatic insider, getting on board at the same time as my classmates to live that adventure as a whole brand new community.
Which brings me to step 2. Right after building my blogging environment, I engaged in blogging with the expectation to be read and to read others' blogs as well, to confront perspectives and seek understanding for some complex or unfamiliar concepts addressed during the course.
Step 3 then required me to manage reflective times to organize information generated from my own input, others' input, and the one resulting from our synergistic interactions. This step has also been a very helpful phase to get a clearer idea of my online identity and how I viewed my role on Web 2.0. I realized that I was mostly acting as a lurker, but also that sharing did not just mean sharing "tangible content"; in fact, it also included sharing opinions, emotions, and support. This aspect is actually prominent in my PLN and in my conscious intentions in the various communities I joined recently. Finally, reflections from step 3 encourage subsequent adjustments to reshape PLN based on new insights and new purposes and intentions.
A new cycle is coming in, and I am excited to dive into it. From what I learned during this first "conscious and intentional" iteration, I know I can anticipate some changes in my position as a blogger and community member, maybe being less of a lurker and more of a producer, and hopefully more supportive of others. To that end, our current experiment for our first assignment should bring more insights to the table. Also, my writing might evolve as well; actually, I noticed the content, style, and length of my posts have changed slightly to be less self-oriented and maybe quicker to read or skim and, (at least I hope!) more "straight to the point".
Dr. Dennen, you read my mind! Here is my Spotify playlist: be selfish ;-)! Celebrate yourself with self-centered songs, others don't count here! Add your own songs, guys! (and yes, there's a Taylor Swift song, so no hesitation here ;-) ). Important info: the collaborative feature of Spotify is not working great. Some online users suggest accessing Spotify on the desktop app to add songs to a collaborative playlist. It seems that the web player or a mobile app won't work. Give it a try, it might have been solved!
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