Google is the new business card - what does Google say about you? This presentation introduces the concept of digital footprints and Personal Learning Networks. You are online even if you are not, online. Take control of what Google says about you and manage your online digital footprint!

1. Digital footprints and Personal Learning Networks
The internet as a source of information about YOU
Presented by Liana Meadon
Digital literacies researcher, eLearning
University of the Witwatersrand

2. Acknowledgement
The presenter does not own the copyright of any of the images in
this presentation. The presenter acknowledges the original
copyright and licensing regime of every image used.
This presentation (excluding the images) is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
License

3. My life according to Google…

4. Hi, my name is Liana and I know a
lot about digital literacy…
Slide adapted from: http://www.slideshare.net/weblearning/introduction-to-personal-learning-networks

5. … but how do YOU know I know
what I know?
Slide adapted from: http://www.slideshare.net/weblearning/introduction-to-personal-learning-networks

6. Can I show you my…
QUALIFICATIONS?
CV?
Slide adapted from: http://www.slideshare.net/weblearning/introduction-to-personal-learning-networks

7. You can ASK me…
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8. Or, you can ask…
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9. What does say about me?
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10. Google shows you what I share…

11. … shows you some places where you can see what I know
… shows you some of the people I follow, and who follows me

12. … shows you some of the things that I say and do

13. … shows you my Personal Learning Network (PLN)
WHAT I know
WHO I know
My PLN =
WHAT I do
… with people
who share their
learning with
me
HOW I learn
HOW I connect
http://mad-learn.com/4-tips-for-creating-your-very-own-personal-learning-network/

14. What does say about me?
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15. Slide adapted from: http://www.slideshare.net/weblearning/introduction-to-personal-learning-networks

17. How personal is your Personal Learning
Network?

18. Slide adapted from: http://www.slideshare.net/weblearning/introduction-to-personal-learning-networks

19. If you don’t control
your online image,
someone else will

20. But the good news is that you can…
You can TAKE CONTROL of your digital footprint and digital
identities
What is a digital footprint?
It’s electronic crumbs left behind during online activities, such
as:
- the IP address of machines accessing / posting content
- Usernames / handles
- blog posts
- posted web content
- discussion topic posts / replies
- emails
- uploaded files and videos

21. The digital world is expanding, daily…

22. How you connect digitally is what your digital footprint is all
about – your online PLN
WHAT you know
WHO you know
Your PLN =
WHAT you do
… with people
who share their
learning with
you
HOW you learn
HOW you connect
http://tldevelopment.net/inquireHSbook/pg283

23. Example: Wits post-grad student intern

24. Example: the PLN of a student teacher (UJ)
http://www.slideshare.net/caspamajola/my-personal-learning-network-diagram

25. Slide from Joyce Seitzinger: http://www.slideshare.net/catspyjamas/ibsa-conference-potential-of-personal-learning-networks?related=1
What does your PLN look like?

26. http://adessama.blogspot.co.za/2011/06/week-8-social-networks-communities-of.html

27. Take control and own your content…
Your digital footprint
goes beyond Social
Media and is about
more than selfies – it’s
about ALL your online
activities

28. Actively create your content to actively
represent YOU
http://www.slideshare.net/catspyjamas/csudocfest?next_slideshow=1

29. Develop, carefully maintain and manage your
PLN…

30. THANK YOU
Liana Meadon
Digital literacies researcher,
eLearning
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
+27(0) 11 717 1712 (office)
Liana.meadon@wits.ac.za
Twitter: @Liana360

31. References and resources
Internet live stats
http://www.internetlivestats.com/
Learning Design and Personal Learning Networks
http://www.slideshare.net/catspyjamas/rmit-what-onearthaug2014?qid=352dc7f3-bee2-433b-bb3b-
e781025f313d&v=default&b=&from_search=1
Bonsai networking
http://www.slideshare.net/catspyjamas/csudocfest?next_slideshow=1
Introduction to Personal Learning Networks
http://www.slideshare.net/weblearning/introduction-to-personal-learning-networks
How to Create a Personal Learning Portfolio: Students and Professionals
http://onlinelearninginsights.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/why-students-need-personal-learning-portfolios-more-than-
we-do/?utm_content=bufferce8dc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer/
Opening slides adapted from: http://www.slideshare.net/weblearning/introduction-to-personal-learning-networks