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INF506 – OLJ Task 13: Information Trends

 

The School Organisation Perspective

These changing social behaviours can directly impact on the need for, and development of, information policies in organisations in order to address these behaviours. It is not about the if the online world reaches students, more to the point it’s the how schools can prepare for managing their impacts and consider how to strategically expose students in a scaffolded and protected environment.

As stated in the Social media research ethical and privacy guidelines. Organisations and schools need to be particularly careful about the collection of data, how it is shared and published, with specific consideration for our young students.

For schools, sage journals published a journal article on the Qualitative Exploration of Electronic Image Sharing Among Young People which discusses and navigates the issues that adolescents face around Conformity, Trust, Intention and Reputation. Young people today are far more exposed to potential risks and exposure online including cyberbullying, image sharing and sexting, all problems that have not been issues prior to the social networking world.

The education for this begins for schools at a much earlier stage where children as young as 5 have exposure to digital platforms and social media. Some are even younger where platforms such as Facebook now have messenger for kids as an example. It is schools and adults that must keep our young people safe online.

Some considerations for schools:

  • Organisations such as primary schools can minimise the level of negative impacts within their student community through providing education for parents and families.
  • A current eSmart program for students to address trending digital social issues should be in place for students of all ages and relevant to their development and current online exposures.
  • The student privacy and parent consent must be sought before sharing of any images or names on the internet. When schools do so, this must be completed considering the privacies and safety of the student.
  • Appropriate policies should be in place to guide the school in order to keep all stakeholders safe online.

Some policies that I have devised for the primary school I work at include:

These considerations help institutions ensure that risk mitigation is considered and in place. Despite the potential risk to students, it is important for a school to actively teach appropriate online etiquette and therefore equip our young people with the tools to successfully navigate their way through the ever changing online world that we now live in.

References

George Washington University Libraries. (2018). Social media research ethical and privacy guidelines. Retrieved from https://gwu-libraries.github.io/sfm-ui/resources/social_media_research_ethical_and_privacy_guidelines.pdf

Monks, H., Barnes, A., Cross, D., & McKee, H. (2019). A qualitative exploration of electronic image sharing among young people:Navigating the issues of conformity, trust, intention, and reputation. Health Education & Behavior, 46(2_suppl), 106S-113S. doi:10.1177/1090198119873921

The Digital Transformation https://youtu.be/6k_G_h41ZaQ

 

INF506 – OLJ Task 9: Mobile Exploration

The Impact of Mobile Technologies

Mobile technology has grown and developed exponentially over the past 20 years to a stage now where everything that you could possibly need is accessible at your fingertips, anywhere in the world and at any time. The ability to gain access in such a simple, user friendly and convenient manner also means that people can now work and play all from a single device. Gone are the days where individuals separated their digital work and life balance.

In direct response to the capabilities of mobile phones, web developers have made mobile and tablet friendly sites and apps, therefore allowing organisations to integrate seamlessly across the devices and therefore ensuring readily available access to their social media platforms.

Exploring Mobile Functionality

Mobile Experience

Facebook eBay

Firefly Learning

Mobile Positives

  • User interface easy to navigate
  • Encourages communication with friends and has new features such as FB Rooms for group chats
  • Story feature located at the top of the page so that it is easy to see what your friends and pages you are following have been up to
  • Ability to manage more than one account and page through single sign in options on the phone
  • Easy ability to like, comment and send messages to each person who posts
  • FB mobile resizes to compliment the mobile experience. In many ways it is more user friendly through the mobile app than through the full website
  • Ability to integrate emojis and gifs easily
  • Suggests public figures to follow
  • Mobile alerts for any messages or activity on FB can be turned on/off as user determines
  • Good integration between other apps such as Instagram
  • Listing for recently viewed and currently watched items at the top of the ebay mobile app, allowing for easy access
  • Camera integration to allow for easy upload of images to sell
  • Simple search engine to find items for sale
  • Feedback and messaging capabilities to connect you directly with the seller/buyer
  • Purchase memory, allowing easy re-purchasing for repeat items
  • Auction and bidding site and capabilities
  • Reviews and recommendations easy to see and navigate
  • Integrated mobile alerts for messages and activity
  • Provides different apps for parents and students
  • Replicates the web version of the Firefly LMS
  • Images and videos come across from the website to the mobile app seamlessly
  • Ability to edit and manipulate the site with administrator privileges
  • Ability to message users and send alerts from mobile phone
  • Carries embedded documents such as pdf, Word Docs, You Tube videos and Power Point presentations and can be opened in the mobile app
  • Integrated mobile alerts for messages and announcements

Areas for Improvement

  • Less advertisements throughout videos
  • Increased ability to mute messages and alerts during certain hours of the day
  • Clearer ability to compare items based on user reviews or ratings
  • Improved navigation for contacting a seller or buyer
  • Navigating the pages is clunky and not user intuitive
  • The app does not seem to adjust from the web version to the mobile version seamlessly and therefore there are a lot of clicks to get to where you want to go
  • The app could be improved by changing the layout of lists of pages to be mobile friendly
  • Adjusting of pages to fit the mobile screen would enhance user experience

References