Digital Literacy at Full Sail University

Internet privacy

the privacy and security level of personal data published via the Internet

refers to a variety of factors, techniques and technologies used to protect sensitive and private data, communications, and preferences.

malware" covers all sorts of malicious software designed to harm a computer or network.

viruses, worms, spyware, and Trojan horses

malware

any kind of unwanted software that is installed without your adequate consent.

short for "malicious software.

Malware is a category of malicious code that includes viruses, worms, and Trojan horses.

will utilize popular communication tools to spread, including worms sent through email and instant messages,

pped from web sites, and virus-infected files downloaded from peer-to-peer connections. Malware will also seek to exploit existing vulnerabilities on systems making their entry quiet and easy.

the study of subsurface conditions and materials through soil and rock mechanics,

Application of the methods of engineering and science to exploitation of natural resources.

Geotechnology is the study of soils and rocks forming the earths surface.

"Netiquette" stands for "Internet Etiquette"

the set of practices created over the years to make the Internet experience pleasant for everyone.

primarily concerned with matters of courtesy in communications.

Netiquette is the fusing of the words Network and Etiquette

ey apply to all aspects of your wheeling and dealing on the Internet, whether it be the content of your website, an email, or chat room banter.

Information that seems truthful, relevant and based on unbiased facts, but has been concocted to mislead the recipient

to attain fraudulent monetary, military, political, or religious objectives

Disinformation is deliberately misleading information announced publicly or leaked by a government, intelligence agency, corporation or other entity for the purpose of influencing opinions or perceptions.

Unlike misinformation

disinformation is produced by people who intend to deceive their audience.

designed for the participation of large numbers of geographically dispersed students. 

MOOCs: Internet-based teaching programs designed to handle thousands of students simultaneously

using the tactics of social-networking websites

articipants even mark one another's tests

A massive open online course (MOOC) is a model for delivering learning content online to any person who wants to take a course, with no limit on attendance.

Wikis allow course members to contribute and modify one or more pages of course related materials,

create and edit pages quickly, while tracking changes and additions,

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“digital immigrants,” technology is a tool we pick up and use: we adapt to it, but it is not “home” for us

always retain to some extent what  Prensky calls their “accent,” that is, their “foot in the past.

but has learned to use it later in life

Someone who was born before the existence of digital technologies and adopted it to some extent later in life.