Week 12

Reflect on your experience in the course, your development of a 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. Do you continue with your created content and your network? How do you use your skills in professional practice?

This course has taught me a lot about the social media world and the importance of a PLN. Prior to the course, I only thought a professional platform like LinkedIn could be used as a PLN in order to network, learn from others, and find jobs, but I was proved wrong as there are so many more services out there to be utilized. I discovered how to create a successful PLN through managing my account, engaging my audience, enhancing my digital identity/presence, including more diversity and inclusion, and the importance of privacy and security concerns that can rise. Watching the weekly guest speaker videos provided me with a lot of useful insight and opened my eyes to how social media can be used to bring communities together, give a voice to people who may not have one, advance through different careers, and engage with people from all over the world with different educational backgrounds, genders, and ethnicities. All the knowledge I have gained in this course will be used in not only my professional endeavours, but also my personal ones.  Overall, I had a great experience with EDCI 338 and the valuable knowledge I gained from the course.