Technologyand Communityas Identity

Technology and Community as Identity George Siemens Emerge: Online Communities and Online Identities April 23, 2008

What is identity?
Identity formation
The Distributed Self
Identity Trails
Identity in associations
Who is paying attention?
Concerns

Who are we?

Identity considerations
Technological
Relational

Technical details of identity
Digital identity management: set of processes, tools and social contracts surrounding the creation, maintenance and termination of digital identity”
Pato, 2003

Terms
Identity
Attributes
Persistent
Temporary
Authentication (proof of attribute)
Access
Camp, 2004

Most of us are more concerned about relational identity rather than digital identity management

Formal identity: when we interact with systems (passport)
Informal identity: how we relate to individuals (communal)

What do we wish to do with “identity”?

What is identity?
Identity formation
Identity Trails
Concerns

Identity Formation, pre-Internet

Identity post-internet

Wellman: networked individualism

Three levels of information
Direct declaration
Indirect: trails of interaction
Through devices (GPS, mobile)

What you say
Profile
Expression (blog)

What others say
Direct comments
Voting/rating

What you do
Trail of identity

What is identity?
Identity formation
Identity Trails
Concerns

As technology becomes distributed...
...our interactions
...our content
...our identity trails
...our identity

Identity trails
Self-declared
Created as a consequence of actions

How does “who we are” influence our relation to others?

What is identity?
Identity formation
Identity Trails
Concerns

Associative trails between information

Associative trails between people

Trails in community

Our status

Distributed cognition Situated learning

Identity distributed

What is identity?
Identity formation
Identity Trails
Concerns

Identity as function of interactions
Identity tied to community

Identity is in the pieces, pulled together

Our involvement is our identity

What is identity?
Identity formation
Identity Trails
Concerns

Ratings, reviews, and reputations

What is identity?
Identity formation
Identity Trails
Concerns

Living in glass houses

Concerns
Future implications
Privacy
Putting the pieces together
Learner awareness of identity formation
Impact of “non-existence”
Correcting false information

Literacy with identity

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