Looking Forward

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In this last blog of my last graduate class on Web 2.0 Based Learning and Performance, I am looking forward and thinking about what lies ahead.  As the graphic above shows, with all the current turmoil in the country from the pandemic, broiling social and civil unrest, a severely depressed economy and a presidential election which brings uncertainty, the road ahead only looks bumpy and uneven with huge challenges along with way.

But I am nevertheless feeling strangely confident with the knowledge I have learned about social media tools and their diversity, functionalities and uses.  

I will be actively and continuously be using various tools and my PLNs for both personal improvement and professional development in the ISLT field.  

I will strive to find ways to incorporate social media use as performance enhancement tools in my upcoming internship, where applicable.

Yet I will proceed with control and discipline to control the unending feeds and flow of information to that which is helpful and beneficial to me, and reduce or resist content that is disruptive, inaccurate or hurtful.

Social media tools are governed by two major things: the policy side (corporations that made them, the rules that regulate them, and the algorithms that run them), and the people side (users and participants who create produsage and interact with it).   By controlling my use of social media, and sometimes limiting or eliminating it if needed, and by selecting content and and engaging in participation that is helpful to my well being and growth, then I can help weather the road ahead, and help myself succeed in life.