Download - Intro to DI for Library Staff
This Is Me
Digital Identity - The sum of the information about an individual across the Web Originally sponsored by
Eduserv, now funded by CMS
Project Team: Prof. Shirley Williams
Pat Parslow Sarah Fleming
This Is Me is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License
eSafetyYes, some elements of DI relate to eSafety, but
it is much more
Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Fugura US Library of Congress, Public domain
Where are the Monsters?
Life-long learning is about mapping our environment. • Sometimes, we need guides to help us • Using our Sat-Nav is not always reliable licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License. Herbert Ortner, Vienna, Austria available at
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Prater_Monster.jpg
Personal Learning Networks
• The power of the network
• Short half-life of information
• Internet facilitating collaboration
• An environment based on reputation and trust
Helping people find their way...
… through a hall of mirrors
Providing scaffolding…
licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License. Available at http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Baugeruest-hausaltenberg-1120x892.jpg by user TaubeNuss
...to help people learn to manage and use their Digital Identity
How do others see you online?
• Have you Googled yourself lately?
• Do you get misleading results from a search?
• What can you do to help people find out about you?
• Does a 'lockdown' really help?