Joelle’s Virtual Experience

My contribution on the teams presentation We met a few times as a team to discuss what we wanted to build on our area regarding the topic of sustainability and how to reduce our carbon footprint. Personally I focused on researching about the greenhouse and the water mill as well as placing some other pieces…

As the Assistant Team Leader in the group project, my role was to support the team leader and make sure everything is going well. I helped organizing meetings, coordinate our tasks, and tried to make sure everyone talked to each other. I shared my ideas during brainstorming in the meetings as well as the group…

The Omelas & Virtual Environments Both the concept of Omelas and the virtual environment touch in some fascinating ways. Omelas concept represents an idyllic society where everyone’s needs are met, similar to the benefit of virtual worlds. Both Omelas and virtual environments offer a form of escape, where individuals such as me and you can…

Who is Marschall McLuhan? Marschall McLuhan was a Canadian professor most famous for his view on media in the 20th century. He thought that it was not the media itself that was most important but rather the influence it had on society’s thinking and behaviour. His theory becomes more important in todays life in context…

What is a digital citizen? Digital citizenship refers to the responsibility and ethical behaviour of people in the online world. It follows a set of principles, values, and skills that are a guide for our interactions, engagement, and participation in the digital world. A digital citizen is someone who understands and and shows responsibility for…

Ethical digital engagement means following certain values and guidelines when you’re interacting with individuals in the online world. These principles help us to navigate the online world with responsibility and honesty. Here are some key principles that I personally try to keep in mind: Respect: Treat others with respect and kindness in all my online…

This book written by Patrick Lencioni examines the effectiveness in teams as well as the causes of that. He found out that 5 areas can create disfunction in a team and a way to improve these (function) to create higher performing teams. Lack of Trust The foundation of teamwork and the foundation of this pyramid…

As we all use social media and the internet on a daily basis, the importance of it during the last century increased immensely. Even though the difference between the online and the offline identity drifted even further. But what even is your offline self and your online self in contrast. Offline Identity Our offline identity…

This week we got the opportunity to visit different places in second life to get to know the software a bit better. For my first place i decided to go to a place that we all know quite well from the real life. Dublin The first few things i recognised were the luas stop and…