Saturday, September 15, 2007

Blogging as Part of Classroom Experience

Note: 9/17/2007 - fixed link to correct instructor's blog. Some good comments coming in.

I've received several good questions from Kirsten Morton that I'll be answering over the next few blog posts. She is a graduate student in adult education and learning technologies at the University of Colorado. This semester, one of her courses focuses on trends in eLearning and requires that each student start a blog.

It was interesting to visit her blog, the instructor's blog and some fellow student blogs:
Note: get with it Keith - you are definitely lagging the rest.

This is a GREAT educational tool to use associated with a class. I did something similar in my Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools Class. All students were required to use blogs as the primary writing tool for assignments. Further, they were required to provide feedback via comments or blog posts on each other's work.

I like that the instructor in this class is going one step further by asking the students to network to find individuals to answer questions. This is a great way to learn how to do this outside of a class environment.

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