Timothy,
I think it is a great way for them to support their arguments also. This is important part of the use of technology.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
I think it would be great for discussion that require student to provide video, picture and links to support their arguments.
There are two ways that I see would be helpful in using blogs in my courses. The first is to have students discuss course content with other students in a more open-ended manner than the discussion boards are constructed. They can literally get out of the box on the issues. Another use is in evaluation of the course content through student interaction. What are they addressing? What do they avoid or omit? Where are there misunderstandings? I currently use DB forums that are open to student comments, questions and the like outside the specific content orientation of the other DB forums. I have found them generally useful but not used by as many students as I would like. Using chats, blogs and general discussion DB forums are optional as they are not assessed at my U.
Austin,
I think that is a great idea. I actually did something like that as an experiment. If you remember MTV's Real World? The participants had to go in a closet and talk about their relationships. The students called the video blog that! They loved to talk about their experiences and they felt they were not alone.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Austin,
That is a good idea. They must see how blogs are done professionally.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Sharon,
How cool is using that site you mentioned. Accounting doesn't always have that type of engagement but the power of that site would be awesome. (I may share that with some of my accounting prof friends).
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Kimberly,
It really could be a very collaborative tool as well as a way to develop relationships.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Stacie,
Maintaining journal of lessons being learned by interns would create interesting approach to blogging.
I would encourage students to blog on selected topics. I would also provide links to blogs on related course topics for their review and comments.
As frustrated as I appeared with the microblogs, I am enamored with blogs -:) With we do not stunt student's discussion with 140 character limitation. I actually could find reputable business blog sites such as one for the Financial Accounting Standards Board which discusses the convergence of US accounting standards with international accounting standards. This is something that would enhance my classroom and allow experts closer to the decision making process with insight that I could only offer conjecture on. Also with the archival feature I can efficiently review and assess the blogs. I am excited about this feature of technology.
I like blogging. I would love to have students blog discussion posts and see what type of information they can generate. I think blogging is a great way to get to really know a person and their interests.
Darcel,
I love your phrase, "Blogging conjointly permits for cooperative, participating and authentic tasks.". It could be a pretty powerful assessment tool . . . to assess.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
:- Blogging has several edges in an online class, one is the ability to permit students to seamlessly communicate with others for each social and educational functions. In an academic context this provides endless opportunities for brand spanking new, innovative experiences like improved communication and feedback for rural students and people unable to attend ancient education institutes. Another profit that stems from the employment of blogging is that the availableness of recent support networks, that area unit accessible to educators and students in any respect of time. These support teams permit students and instructors to exchange info and support among protecting environments that change prompt feedback and discussion.
Blogging conjointly permits for cooperative, participating and authentic tasks. For example, you can have a category discussion employing a blogging platform. The teacher, or another student, can be appointed the role as moderator and also the brevity needed for blogging teaches students to be taciturn and use essential thinking to gift solely vital, relevant info. This activity encourages the employment of social media, or different blogging platforms in a very essential approach and permits chance for collaboration, peer appraisal and reflection.
Richard,
What a great way to use blogging. It is a workload issue many times and you provide some very good examples to control it.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Rebecca,
You make a great point about management of a blog. You would have to set your own perimeters regarding the blog. I have had several colleagues use twitter and they find it very powerful.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Greetings,
I teach for a few universities where they require a specific number of posts by instructors in courses. Rather than rebuild content each time, I have learned to use my own blog/content sites to post my own original works. Then, in classrooms, I'm able to point students to these articles and resources. They are able to use the formal discussion boards, but then in my content sites - they can see what non-students have said or shared too.
Thanks for asking!
Rick
I do not know that I would use blogging myself. I can see the benefits of using Twitter to provide a space for students to connect to other experts in the field, to share ideas with one another, and for me to provide them with updates and announcements. However, I do not think I would be able to keep up with a blog in a way that made it engaging and interesting over a long period of time.
I would like to see examples of blogs at work in online courses. Perhaps if I were to see those examples, I could see how they might work for me.
denise,
Ok,I may try it in my next course. Stay tune. . . .
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Dr. Wilkinson,
I might consider blogging. It would be great if maybe an in-service could cover the basics of blogging to help out beginners.
I wonder if anyone taking your course would be comfortable with sharing their blogs with us. I would love to see some examples!
DIANA ,
Not everyone feels that way. I think it is interesting to invite others to participate in your class.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
