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Online Communities Flashcards

1
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What does each type of online community have which is different to each other

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Functions – the reasons for the online community.
Features – the things users can do in that social community.
Target audiences.

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What is the social presence mean

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How A user is represented online

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State what social networking is

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It is a way of linking and communicating with people using their personal information

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This two types of online community

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Social networking.

VLEs

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5
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Give two reasons for having an online account in an online community

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You can create an online social presence.

You can personalise your space

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What is the difference between an online workspace and a VLE

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They provide an online community for a group of people who work together whereas a VLE provides an online community for a group of people who learn together

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State a function of a VLE

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They provide information to help students learn e.g. students can access additional notes and homework from home.

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Name two features of a VLE

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Timetable for staff and students

Marking tools for the teachers

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Give three ways a team could use an online workspace to work collaboratively

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They can all work in the same document.
They can hold a virtual meeting using chat.
They can use VoIP.

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The only workspace allows Jake to set access permissions on the files. Give one other advantage to Jake and his French colleague of using an online workspace rather than email

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Everyone involved in the newsletter can see edits to the documents as they happen.

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Name two functions of a social networking site

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They allow users to have an online presence.

They allow users to stay in touch with other people.

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Give two advantages of using social networks rather than SMS, to stay in touch with friends

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You only have to post one message to reach many people.

SMS requires payment for each person receiving the message.

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What is a social networking site

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It is an online community where people are linked together using their personal information

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Name three advantages of social networking

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It’s easy for everyone to create a personal page.
It’s an easy way to keep in contact with people.
It’s often free to join and use.

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Give three disadvantages of social networking

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People can waste a lot of time.
Some people create fake profiles.
People can be bullied online.

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Why do different social networks have different features

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There are many social networks aimed at a specific target audience. They include features that that target audience would find useful.

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17
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Name three types of online communities

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Blogs
Social networking
Virtual worlds

18
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What are user generated reference sites

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There are sites that allow users to contribute and share information

19
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This three features of the user generated reference site

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You are able to add and edit the content.
You can track changes.
You can provide hyperlink to pages and images

20
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Give two advantages of wikis

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+People from different parts of the world can work together to create content.
-They often do not require users to pay a fee and contain a huge amount of information.

21
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Give two disadvantages of wikis

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Anyone can contribute information, it can become inaccurate, biased or Untrue if not carefully managed.
An Internet connection is needed for people to work collaboratively.

22
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Poppy is using a social book marking site to share images she is collecting as inspiration for her G and T project. Give two features of a social bookmarking site that would be useful to Poppy.

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URLs images can be stored online so that she does not lose them.
URLs can be accessed from any device connected to the Internet.

23
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Describe one function of a social bookmarking site

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Uses can tag URLs that can then be searched

24
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Give two ways in which the Internet has improved uses interaction with news

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People can write stories to promote or bury them.

Everyone can publish and comment on new stories.

25
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Describe two ways in which ICT is changing the way knowledge is created

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People can communicate, collaborate and share ideas on a global scale.
Tools such as spreadsheets and databases within online workspaces help to create ideas, model different situations and solve problems.

26
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Give two positive impacts that ICT has had on working practices

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Cloud computering allows workers to access documents and programs from anywhere they can get Internet access from it.
Employers contract social networks to research potential employees.

27
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Give two negative impacts that ICT has had on working practices

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Some employees may feel pressured to work when away from the office.
Workers without Internet access may be left out of making important decisions.

28
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Steve leaves a long way from his office so works part time from home. This two ways in which technology can help him to access documents and people in the office.

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He can access any of his documents remotely using cloud computering.
He can communicate effectively with colleagues using email, VoIP or collaborative online workspaces.

29
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What is collaborative working

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It is about working together as a group to achieve common goals this can be helped by VoIP, email, online chat

30
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Give two advantages to working collaboratively

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Working as a group, uses can get more done in less time.

users can help each other solve problems

31
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Give a disadvantages of working collaboratively

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What can be lost if users overwrite others contributions

32
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What is teleworking

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It’s about working at home but stay in touch and others with the help of technology

33
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Give two positives to teleworking

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It says money as people don’t need to transport for work.

It’s flexible as people can work when they want and where they like

34
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Give two disadvantages to teleworking

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There is less social contact.

It is dependent on having an Internet connection

35
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Name to good Impacts the Internet has on socialising

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It’s available 24/7/365

It’s an easy way for people to keep in contact

36
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Name too bad Impact the Internet has on socialising

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People can pretend to be someone they’re not.

People spend less time with real friends

37
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Describe the purpose of an acceptable use policy

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An acceptable use policy is a set of rules set out how to behave when using the website. Users have to agree to the rules before use on the website.

38
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Give two reasons why websites have an acceptable use policy

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To protect users from abuse.

To protect users from inappropriate content.

39
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A user send Claire a threatening message. Describe one action Claire could take as a result of this

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Claire could block the user so that the user can not send her more messages

40
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State two ways in which ICT is used on a global scale

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VoIP,

Cloud computering

41
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State how the website prevent viewers in our countries from watching a TV program hosted in the websites country.

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The website uses IP address filtering – it looks at the IP address of the user to see which country they are in and does not allow users from other countries to access the program.

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Stella is a travel writer. What’s the broad she uses an online workspace with colleagues in the UK. List to other ways she could collaborate globally

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Social networking,

Video conferencing

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