• What digital platforms are students currently using to develop their professional network?

there are lot of the platforms that can be potentially used to develop personal networks, one of them I have used are twitter, since twitter is one of the apps that allows you to interact with people, allow you to have access to media, and also allows you to have many useful artifacts about learning from professional learning channels.

  • What could the student consider in expanding their professional learning network?

they can choose to link themselves with the right people and whom they feel suitable of coming in contact, or they should consider weather or not these person are professionals in terms of learning. in the reading : View of Understanding personal learning networks: Their structure, content and the networking skills needed to optimally use them | First Monday it shows how people should construct and maintain their learning network which I find really helpful. It has mentioned that many factors plays a role such as the nature of the tie, and nature of the profession you are trying to learn.

  • How do data privacy and security limit and/or promote a PLN?

One way it would limit it is the privacy settings and data control, I would say if your settings were way too private other people cannot reach you and thus you might lose a chance of potentially building and expanding your interactive network. However, it you are too open it could cause too much disturbance with too many people approaching and thus it would be hard for you to focus on really building your network, you always want to keep your tied clear and concise.

  • In your network how can you create a digital identity/ reputation?

It is best to write more about topics you are interested and let people know you are, act kindly, and show potential for collaboration and potential for learning by sharing context that makes you able to collaborate with others and show insights of it.

  • How did pivots to work-from-home during the COVID-19 pandemic change how we should consider our social media connectivity and professional balance?

a lot of times now we are just working from home after the hit of covid-19, it is more than important to value the online working as part of the adjustment we will be making long term and therefore we have to readjust to the notion of communicating “virtually” since we are able to make real working out put and learning progress that are contributed from a virtual space. Therefore, every virtual thing we thought as fake before is being taken real and more serious upon. Upon realizing that, people started to shift more of their workload into working online and started to use it as a platform to build real personal reputations and makes connections thru it.

At the end, here is my V&R map, I drew it since I couldn’t find the app to draw it online.