Learning Online: Managing Your Online Identity

Online Course

University of Leeds

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Learning Online: Managing Your Online Identity

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What is the course about?

Learning Online: Managing Your Online Identity

The course Learning Online: Managing Your Online Identity is an online class provided by University of Leeds through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Reflect on how you want to present yourself online and take positive steps towards these goals.

Course description

2 weeks

Many of us now have an online identity running alongside our everyday lives. In this course you’ll consider your online presence; you’ll discover how what we say and do online can have major implications for our real lives, and those of others. You’ll also spend time looking at how to assess and enhance your online identities to ensure that you can get the most out of being yourself online.
This course is just one of a series about ‘learning online’, which introduces you to the essential skills and tools you need to study effectively online.

Assess your current confidence level in managing your identity online.
Reflect on your current approach to managing your identity online and discuss with other learners.
Explain how an individual’s actions online can have both positive and negative consequences in the real world.
Produce and share your own code of practice for your online presence.
Research and reflect on the power of social media and identify examples of people who are using the tool to raise awareness of projects.
Explore the tools available to create your online presence.
Critically assess your online identity and identify strategies to create or enhance it. Produce a digital asset to enhance a specific area of an online identity.
Assess your knowledge by participating in the end of course test.

This course is part of the Going to University collection which has been specifically designed for students at schools and colleges. They provide a taster of undergraduate study at the University of Leeds and help students to decide which subject to study at university.
Completion of the courses will also enhance students’ university applications.
The courses can also be used as a teachers’ classroom enrichment resource.
Courses in this collection are also great for people that want an introduction in the specific subjects discussed in each course.

University of Leeds
As one of the UK’s largest research-based universities, the University of Leeds is a member of the prestigious Russell Group and a centre of excellence for teaching.

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Prerequisites & Facts

Learning Online: Managing Your Online Identity

Course Topic

Study Skills

University, College, Institution

University of Leeds

Course Skill Level

see course summary

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Degree & Cost

Learning Online: Managing Your Online Identity

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / University of Leeds you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.

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Learning Online: Managing Your Online Identity

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