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Digital Professionalism & Your Digital Footprint

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Our second livestreamed session is
Digital Professionalism & Your Digital Footprint, Nataša Perovic, Jessica Gramp and Domi Sinclair

Date: Tuesday, 11th November 2014
Time: 13:00 – 14:00 (GMT)

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Session description
When we use the internet, especially social sites, we leave a mark which is sometimes called our digital footprint. The size of your footprint will depend on many things, such as the number of sites you use, how intently you use them and your impact on other users of the site. It is also possible to have multiple footprints, for example if you use separate digital identities. Your digital identity is the term for how you present yourself online. This can be a complex topic as people go about it in different ways. Some people like to use separate accounts for personal or professional use of social media, and might even have additional accounts for special interests, each of these accounts would represent a unique digital identity. In this session we will have a look at what our digital footprints reveal about ourselves.

About the session hosts
This session will be run by a trio from E-Learning: Nataša Perovic, Jessica Gramp and Domi Sinclair. Jess and Nataša are both E-Learning Facilitators. They work with our academics in the SLIMS and BEAMS faculties. Domi, who is one of UCL’s Learning Technologists, has written two books about Prezi.

Location details
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BYOD: Bring Your Own Device – It would be helpful if people could bring their own laptop or tablet to this session

Data and a Dangerous Idea

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Our first livestreamed digifest event is
Data and a Dangerous Idea, Dr Daniel Hulme – UCL Computer Science

Date: Monday, 10th November 2014
Time: 13:00 – 14:00 (GMT)

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Session description
This is a one hour discussion about data and the challenges it presents.

What is Data, Data Science, and Data-Driven Decision Making? We will look at why is data important, and how can it be harnessed by people to help society. Data for both positive and negative use and its ethical challenges are also some of the topics to be addressed in this session.

It presents a dangerous idea – what would happen if we made all our data open?

About the session host
Dr Daniel Hulme of UCL Department of Computer Science , founder and CEO of Satalia , a company that provides unique algorithmic technology and professional service to solve industries optimisation problems. He is also passionate about emerging technology and regularly speaks at events. Interests in Algorithms, Optimisation, BigData and Emerging Technologies.

Location details
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