Week 9: Closure

The project has finally come to an end and I must say I am a bit sad; the nine weeks have literally flown by. From a personal perspective the course has been a huge eye-opener, and I really didn’t think that I would learn so much in the short space of time, but at the same time it has been really challenging.
Through Nigel’s teachings I am a lot more aware and more open-minded towards the idea of virtual identities and online communities. To be honest I had a very negative view on online social networking, I just thought most of it was deception, fraud, and a social gathering for paedophiles. But furthering my knowledge and reading up on academic texts on this specific topic I really have seen the light.

As a group we have come so far and the end product is very impressive (well that’s a personal opinion). I mean it was a bit of a slow start at first and then towards middle of the course we had a set back, which then changed the entire concept of our ‘big’ idea. But hay I’m a firm believer in that “everything happens for a reason”. Ok I can’t actually believe that I am going to say this but I will continue to keep blogging, I mean in some weird way I really do find it quite therapeutic being able to express myself even though nobody is listening. I remember when we first started blogging I found it so daunting knowing that people all over the world are able to access what I write, and be able to form an opinion about me through the few sentences that I note down, but I’m sooooo over that now. Overall the course has been a really good experience and I take with me a bag full of knowledge.

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