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As Eduserv report in their press release, the This Is Me project aimed to look at ways of helping people to learn more about what makes up their Digital Identity (DI) and at ways of developing and enhancing it.  "Digital Identity" is made up of multiple parts - it isn't just what we have published about ourself on the web, but also includes things other people have published about us.

The University of Reading's CCMS has funded a continuation of This Is Me, which will run through until early 2010.  The new project will be looking at helping people get the most from their DI in terms of career aspirations.

In an environment where there are many ways to publish material quickly and easily, such as social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, hi5 etc.), blogging platforms (Blogger, LiveJournal, WordPress, Typepad etc.) and all manner of other ways of expressing yourself on the web, people can find that they have their 'web presence' spread across multiple sites.  What's more, other people might post something about you without you knowing about it - and it might be done quite innocently.

We are developing a number of short exercises and learning materials to help people think about what sorts of issues there are about DI.  As part of the process, we will be asking people for their DI stories, such as why they use social networking sites, whether they have ever had someone find out things they would rather have kept private, and what consideration they put into what information they share on profiles.  We will also be publishing the materials as we go, and putting up case studies of their use. 

You are more than welcome to share DI stories with us, to use the materials we post here, and are particularly encouraged to share any feedback you have on how well they worked, or how they needed to be tailored to meet your particular needs.

Last updated 1018 days ago by PatParslow