#domain-of-ones-own
Every item in the public site that shares this topic, gathered across writing, book notes, and publications.
- Entries
- 18 total
- Writing
- 16
- Book notes
- 0
- Publications
- 2
Writing
2026
- Feb 27, 2026 Under the Hood: Setting up a Self-Hosted Jitsi Server on Reclaim Cloud
How I took a one-click Jitsi install on Reclaim Cloud and turned it into a secure, branded, production-ready video conferencing setup.
2025
- Nov 30, 2025 What Educators Should Teach Now: Digital Literacy for the Sovereign Web
What digital literacy should become in a platform-dominated web, and why educators need to teach for sovereignty, not just participation.
2020
- Nov 10, 2020 Begin Owning Your Online Content
Why owning your online content starts with having a home base.
2018
- Jun 20, 2018 Interviewing my digital domains
A reflection on what it means to own a domain, build a home on the web, and keep shaping that space over time.
2017
- Mar 9, 2017 Becoming Literate Digitally in a Digitally Literate Environment of Their Own
Why students need a personalized online space to become digitally literate.
- Feb 16, 2017 Building a domain of your own: Selecting a WordPress theme
How to choose a WordPress theme when building your own domain.
- Feb 8, 2017 Building a Domain of Your Own: Installing WordPress
How to install WordPress as part of building your own site.
- Feb 7, 2017 How to register a domain and host your own website
Why hosting your own website is the best way to own your content.
2016
- Nov 15, 2016 Developing a domain of one’s own for pre-service educators
How pre-service educators can build a domain of their own.
- Oct 25, 2016 Moving from digital portfolios to a domain of one’s own
How digital portfolios can support identity, reflection, and learning.
- Apr 7, 2016 Becoming digitally literate in a domain of one’s own
How a domain of one's own supports digital identity and ownership.
- Feb 22, 2016 Preparing Students to be Literate Digitally in a Digitally Literate Environment of Their Own
How students can become digitally literate in a connected environment.
2015
- Jul 2, 2015 Why You Should Build and Maintain Your One Space on the Internet
Why every educator should build and maintain one home base online.
- Jan 23, 2015 Building Your Front Door, or Hub for Digital Learning Spaces
How to think through the purpose, audience, and structure of an online hub that can serve as the front door to your digital identity.
2014
- Oct 4, 2014 Continued Exploration and Development of Digital Badges
TL;DR version: An update in my continued exploration and development of a digital badging system. At this point
2012
- Jun 28, 2012 I Blog…therefore I am…
Why blogging helps us think, write, and share online.
Publications
2021
- 2021 Pre-service educators developing a digital identity
Journal article · O'Byrne, W Ian; Hunter-Doniger, Tracey. (2021). Pre-service educators developing a digital identity. TechTrends.
2017
- 2017 Becoming literate digitally in a digitally literate environment of their own
Journal article · O’Byrne, W Ian; Pytash, Kristine E. (2017). Becoming literate digitally in a digitally literate environment of their own. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy.