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| Question | Answer |
| Online communitys | An online community is a group of people who meet up online. These include blogs, social networking sites, VLEs, wikis, forums and virtual worlds. |
| Online Workspaces and VLEs | Online workspaces provide an online community for people who work together. Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) provide an online community for a group of people who learn together. |
| Social networks | A social networking site is an online community where people are linked together using their personal information. |
| social networking ADVANTAGES | -Easy way to keep in touch with people. -Easy to make new friends with similar interests. -Often free to join and use. -Easy to share media with many people at once – videos, pictures etc. -Moderators sometimes help to prevent inappropriate posting. |
| social networking DISADVANTAGES | - Some people create fake profiles. - Loss of privacy / privacy issues. - Online bullying. - GPS tagging can be a risk to users’ safety if their location is given away. |
| Reference Sites (User edited) | A user-generated reference site allows users to contribute and share information. Wikipedia is an example of one of these. Users can add or edit content. |
| Social Bookmarking Sites ( PINTREST ) | Social bookmarking websites are similar to wikis but users add bookmarks/weblinks instead of content then share these with others. |
| Acceptable use polices | When you set up an online account you are asked to agree to the rules given in an acceptable use policy. Breaking the rules will result in your online account being withdrawn. |
| Gloablisation | ICT and the Internet have sped up globalisation. It is now easy to make purchases from all over the world at any time of the day. |
| Socialisation | Socialising is about how you get along with others. |
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