Digital Identity Management
Our digital profiles have larger impacts on our lives than we realise – have you googled yourself lately? Use Create a Better Online You to learn more.
Learning objectives
- Understand the environments in which digital identity is created and managed
- Employ social media as a medium useful for the development of both personal and professional networks
- Manage digital profiles carefully and make sure they are suitable for different networks
Higher level
- Maintain a current digital CV, portfolio or online blog
- Analyse the forms of digital storytelling
Activities
Create a better online you
Create a Better Online You enables users to discover the impact of social media on personal and professional networks.
A guide for academic staff [PDF] is available to support academic staff who wish to use these social media modules in their teaching.
Australia’s digital identity
- Ask the students to read this article from The Conversation.
- Ask them to answer the below questions.
- What are the benefits of having a Digital Identity?
- What could be some negatives/potential pitfalls of having a Digital Identity?
Digital Identity as a student
- Display the following questions on the board/screen before playing the video.
- What did you learn about managing your identity?
- Was there anything you disagreed with?
- What did you know already that was covered in this video?
Video: 5.3a Managing Digital Identity (University of Sydney)
Resources
- QUT – Evaluate Your Online Presence(QUT Resource)
- Social media (UQ, online module)
- eProfessionalism (UQ, online module)
- How To Manage Your Digital Footprint: 20 Tips for Students(Research.com, website)
- Digital Identity(University of Western Sydney, library guide)
- Breaking Digital Identity News(ItNews, website)
