Posted: March 12th, 2023
LIVING LEARNING IN A TECH WORLD
In this week’s Discussion, you will comment on being human in the online world and observe others’ in the same context. Include some reference to the week’s resources in your post and responses. If you are relating an idea or building upon the readings, poems, or videos, please identify which one by listing it at the bottom of the post.
TIP: You can copy and paste the reference details from the Resources page to make your life easier.
Resources
- Document: Sample Discussion Board Responses – High and Low Quality Download Sample Discussion Board Responses – High and Low Quality(PDF)
Sample Discussion posts are provided to assist you in developing high-quality posts and responses.
- Access the Week 1 Learning Resources (opens in a new tab)
- Read and reflect upon the Week 1 Learning Resources.
- Think about interactions you have had in a virtual space such as a chat, comment section, online discussion board, or social networking site.
- Think about the times you have had emotional reactions to online content and interactions.
Refer to the High- and Low-Quality Discussion Boards Posts document (PDF).
QUESTION
Post a paragraph (about 200–300 words in length) responding to the following questions:
- Do you behave and communicate differently online than you do face-to-face? How so? Give specific examples.
- What does it mean to be “fully human”? Considering your definition, do you think we can be “fully human” while interacting with others in a virtual space like this classroom? Why or why not?
- Select one of the pieces. How does the author speak to the concept of being human?
Read two or more of your classmate’s postings. Respond to two or more of your classmate’s postings with suggestions for how to be present in an online environment like this one or how you would change what you wrote after reading your classmates’ posts.
Respond to two or more of your classmate’s postings with suggestions for how to be present in an online environment like this one or how you would change what you wrote after reading your classmates’ posts.
Response 1
My definition of being fully human. Not to be afraid to show your true self to the world. Being fully human you can better yourself by accepting challenges. Being fully human includes physical and emotional actions. Face-to-face, in my opinion, is better, that way you can see the emotion on the person’s face, and better communicate what feeling they are showing.
As for myself in a virtual world, I am completely different. In the virtual world, you don’t need common sense as much as you do in the real world. I am more open and willing to discuss my feeling and hardships. In the real world, I tend to hide my real feelings. For example, I just now only told my husband that I am signing up for class and did it through text message.
All over watched by Machines, touches closer to home. I am an outdoor kind of person and it would just be weird to see some computers rolling around with animal life. His concept does roll with what is going on in the world today. Every day news reports are on new and developing things. Then again some of these things have already been in business. Like the delivery bots in foreign countries.
Reply 2
When I communicate online, I always tend to be a bit more professional. I don’t use slang; I spell out everything instead of abbreviations. I do tend to overuse emojis and exclamation points to project my excitement or happiness. In person, I am much more relaxed and use slang regularly. In-person, my personality has no problems shining through, whereas online, I have many more difficulties showing who I really am.
Being fully human means having all parts of yourself: body, mind, soul, and spirit are all interconnected to the universe. I believe we can express those parts of ourselves online, but I don’t think we can fully be human online. It is hard to feel that level of connectedness to the online universe.
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace talks about freeing ourselves from our daily labors and returning to nature. I believe he is saying that we should be able to use technology regularly and not let it overtake our lives. It is good to take a break from technology and return to nature.
Respond to two or more of your classmate’s postings with suggestions for how to be present in an online environment like this one or how you would change what you wrote after reading your classmates’ posts.
Response 1
My definition of being fully human. Not to be afraid to show your true self to the world. Being fully human you can better yourself by accepting challenges. Being fully human includes physical and emotional actions. Face-to-face, in my opinion, is better, that way you can see the emotion on the person’s face, and better communicate what feeling they are showing.
As for myself in a virtual world, I am completely different. In the virtual world, you don’t need common sense as much as you do in the real world. I am more open and willing to discuss my feeling and hardships. In the real world, I tend to hide my real feelings. For example, I just now only told my husband that I am signing up for class and did it through text message.
All over watched by Machines, touches closer to home. I am an outdoor kind of person and it would just be weird to see some computers rolling around with animal life. His concept does roll with what is going on in the world today. Every day news reports are on new and developing things. Then again some of these things have already been in business. Like the delivery bots in foreign countries.
Reply 2
When I communicate online, I always tend to be a bit more professional. I don’t use slang; I spell out everything instead of abbreviations. I do tend to overuse emojis and exclamation points to project my excitement or happiness. In person, I am much more relaxed and use slang regularly. In-person, my personality has no problems shining through, whereas online, I have many more difficulties showing who I really am.
Being fully human means having all parts of yourself: body, mind, soul, and spirit are all interconnected to the universe. I believe we can express those parts of ourselves online, but I don’t think we can fully be human online. It is hard to feel that level of connectedness to the online universe.
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace talks about freeing ourselves from our daily labors and returning to nature. I believe he is saying that we should be able to use technology regularly and not let it overtake our lives. It is good to take a break from technology and return to nature.
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