Epatucci's List: DGL Library

• Digital Immigrants are approximately ages 30-60 years and are the early and late adopters of the Web2.0 technologies. Most Immigrants were born “before the existence of digital technology and adopted it to some extent later in their life.” They were brought up with a variety of computer technologies, used them in different contexts and have varied levels of experience with social media. By necessity they have accepted the realities of the digital revolution and are scurrying to understand their role and learn the basics. For the most part these business people think in silos; they see marketing as separate tools that can be added to the marketing mix— advertising (e.g., print, TV , radio), direct mail, websites,  outdoor and now social and mobile media. They use social media as an add-on to their current market efforts. They dabble, try out the newest app, struggle and search for answers and understanding. They need to be guided to develop a digital mindset,  refine their experience in 1-2 social tools and integrate these tools into their business strategy.

• the latecomer in the technology revolution and as with any immigrant, there is a certain “accent” that is readily apparent to the native speakers. Examples of this “accent” are things like calling and asking someone if a recipient received the email that was just sent, typing out text messages with full words rather than the standard abbreviations (OMGur my bff!), or going to the library before searching the Interne

• the generation born during or after the general introduction of digital technology. While individuals from elder generations recall organizing, planning and interacting with one another without mobile devices, computers or the Internet, Digital Natives have been using these technologies since their early years. They are the same, but different to previous generations.
• Digital Natives have an inherent understanding of digital technologies, as they’ve been integrated into their lives since early childhood. They are part of a tech-savvy generation at the forefront of technological progress and want to be connected when they wish, from anywhere

• the generation born around the arrival of digital technology
• They have used digital technologies since early childhood, naturally developing the skills to integrate them in their lives.

• the ability to create and read a variety of modes of communication
• Approaching literacy in multimodal ways emphasizes the many ways that individuals can communicate their ideas. This understanding respects individual students and promotes success in their literate lives.

• Multimodality is an inter-disciplinary approach that understands communication and representation to be more than about language. It has been developed over the past decade to systematically address much-debated questions about changes in society, for instance in relation to new media and technologies.
• Four core concepts are common across multimodal research: mode, semiotic resource, modal affordance and inter-semiotic relations

• A contagious information pattern that replicates by parasitically infecting human minds and altering their behavior, causing them to propagate the pattern
• Individual slogans, catch-phrases, melodies, icons, inventions, and fashions are typical memes
• a unit of intellectual or cultural information that survives long enough to be recognized as such, and which can pass from mind to mind.
• Examples of memes are tunes, ideas, catch-phrases, clothes fashions, ways of making pots or of building arches

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• a virally-transmitted cultural symbol or social idea
• A meme (rhymes with "team") behaves like a flu or a cold virus, traveling from person to person quickly, but transmitting an idea instead of a lifeform

• a type of website that allows some or all visitors to the site to add, remove and change pages and content very quickly and easily.

• an open, collaborative community Website where anyone can contribute.
• Wikis can be used for a large variety of tasks, from personal note-taking to collaborating online, creating an internal knowledge base, assembling an online community, and managing a traditional website.

• Social networking, also referred to as social media, encompasses many Internet-based tools that make it easier for people to listen, interact, engage and collaborate with each other.
• People use social networking to share recipes, photos, ideas and to keep friends updated on our lives. In many cases, you can use social networking tools from mobile devices, such as Blackberries and iPhones, as easily as from a PC or Ma

• the grouping of individuals into specific groups, like small rural communities or a neighborhood subdivision, if you wil
• Although social networking is possible in person, especially in the workplace, universities, and high schools, it is most popular online
• This is because unlike most high schools, colleges, or workplaces,  the internet is filled with millions of individuals who are looking to meet other people, to gather and share  first-hand information and experiences about cooking, golfing, gardening, developing friendships professional  alliances, finding employment, business-to-business marketing and even groups sharing information about baking  cookies

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• As a student, you are expected to submit original work and give credit to other peoples' ideas
• honest and responsible scholarship

• Maintaining your academic integrity involves:

   
   
  • Creating and expressing your own ideas in course work;
   
  • Acknowledging all sources of information;
   
  • Completing assignments independently or acknowledging collaboration;
   
  • Accurately reporting results when conducting your own research or with respect to labs;
   
  • Honesty during examinations.

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• honesty and responsibility in scholarship.
• Students and faculty alike must obey rules of honest scholarship, which means that all academic work should result from an individual's own effort

• there are five fundamental values that are center to academic integrity: honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility

• the branch of study dealing with what is the proper course of action for man. It answers the question, "What do I do?" It is the study of right and wrong in human endeavors

• a system of moral principles. They affect how people make decisions and lead their lives.
• Ethics is concerned with what is good for individuals and society and is also described as moral philosophy.
• The term is derived from the Greek word ethos which can mean custom, habit, character or disposition

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• norms for conduct that distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable behavior.
• Most people learn ethical norms at home, at school, in church, or in other social settings. Although most people acquire their sense of right and wrong during childhood, moral development occurs throughout life and human beings pass through different stages of growth as they mature. Ethical norms are so ubiquitous that one might be tempted to regard them as simple commonsense.

• self-reliance in organising your learning and individual thought.

• when an individual is able to think, act and pursue their own studies autonomously, without the same levels of support you receive from a teacher at schoo

• To become a good independent learner you need to be:

   
   
  • Motivated
   
  • Resilient, to overcome challenges
   
  • An excellent time manager