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Module 4
Your Online Social Life
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By Kathy Sole, Ashford University
Learning Objectives
After reading this module, you should be able to
• Explain what is required to be considered a good digital citizen.
• Outline the potential consequences of plagiarism at Ashford University and state how you can avoid it in
your assignments and online discussions.
• Describe how blogs can be used to enhance your academic, professional, and personal life, and identify at
least two precautions you can take to ensure that your blog comments are kept private.
• Describe how social media can be used to enhance your academic, professional, and personal life, and iden-
tify at least two precautions you can take to ensure that your social media comments are kept private.
• Explain some of the ways people inadvertently share more information online than they should.
