- From: Patrick Parslow <p.parslow@reading.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 11:59:06 +0100
- To: public-social-web-talk@w3.org
At the W3C Workshop on the future of social networking, we discussed the importance of raising user awareness of issues relating to their digital identities. The issues of privacy and security relate to this, and obviously any move towards a more portable social graph impact upon it. We have been doing some work on educational materials to help people think about some of the issues. These aren't about the technical ins-and- outs, but rather about raising the user communities awareness of how they are building a form of digital reputation through their interactions with social networking sites. By raising public awareness, it is hoped that there will be a greater level of public debate, and better design decisions can be made. As an example of the sorts of learning materials we are producing at the moment, you can download a free copy (as in beer, and also as in Creative Commons) of our workbook from http://www.lulu.com/odinlab (you can also order printed copies, at cost). The workbook is already being re-purposed by a number of other organisations. It was suggested at the Workshop that user education might, potentially, be an area where the W3C could take a lead - and one of the primary purposes of this email is to elicit a discussion on this. yours, Pat Parslow, BSc, MSc, MBCS, CMALT OdinLab Ambient and Pervasive Intelligence group Computer Science and Informatics School of Systems Engineering University of Reading
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