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I'm feeling so much more confident about the basics so today I'm going to to look at some online tools to help me network with friends and colleagues.

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Friday: Keeping up-to-date for study and work

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Friday: Keeping up-to-date for study and work

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I've found some great tips here on the pros and cons of different online tools and how to keep up-to-date

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Keeping up-to-date using online networking

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I've got loads of results back from my Google search. How can I decide which ones are best ones for my studies and whether I can trust the information I've found?

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This is going to be a useful checklist to help me evaluate webistes and online information.

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The Being digital Information universe activity will help me see what kinds of information sources I can tap into. I can do it in 10 minutes over a well-earned cup of coffee.

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There's so much to read, and I'm not even sure what I'm looking for! How can I get to grips with all the information that's out there on the web?

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I think the Communicating online activity on Being digital will help me to pick up the basics.

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OK, now I've assessed my skills I've realised that before I tackle my academic study skills, I need to get more confident at communicating online.

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I've just started studying again, but this is the first time I've done a course that's all online. This week I've decided to work on the digital skills that I'm going to need.

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Today I'm going to use Being Digital's Assess your Skills pathway to find out what skills I'll need when I'm studying online.

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When you select a pathway, you will see a number of activities on a particular theme. Pathways allow you to develop a deeper understanding of a topic. You can work through the activities in your chosen pathway in any order.

Assess your skills

Assess your familiarity and confidence with online tools and environments and find out which activities can help you develop your skills further.

Here are the activities making up this pathway.

The icon next to each activity helps you to identify the format used (e.g. video, activity, further reading).

Further Reading

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When you select a pathway, you will see a number of activities on a particular theme. Pathways allow you to develop a deeper understanding of a topic. You can work through the activities in your chosen pathway in any order.