I have a paper to write for my online teaching and learning class and am particularly interested in the use of weblogs. But I can’t figure out the angle. When you type weblogs into ERIC (http:\/\/eric.ed.gov), you get 16 results ranging from articles in practitioners journals to a long presentation from AERA to articles from the Chronicle of Higher Education. I’ll start with a lit review, of course, and then review the issues: privacy and truth. I think there is also a larger issue of technology in general. One article I read discussed the way that blogs were going to revolutionize writing, taking students from made up classroom research activities to more real world assignments. Really? A technology can do that? I think that is the teacher’s responsibility. The technology can help us store our thoughts, track our research, and otherwise support our learning, but it is not going to change how we teach unless a teacher makes a specific decision to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have a paper to write for my online teaching and learning class and am particularly interested in the use of weblogs. But I can’t figure out the angle. When you type weblogs into ERIC (http:\/\/eric.ed.gov), you get 16 results ranging from articles in practitioners journals to a long presentation \u2026 Continue reading