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…

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...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?