Reflecting, Writing, and Responding: Reasons Students Blog

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Briefs, Case Studies, Papers, Reports
Author(s) and Contributors:
Author(s): Carie Page
Source(s) and Collection(s):
Sources(s): EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) Collection(s): ELI Papers and Reports
ParentTopics:
Faculty Development Information Literacy Instructional Design Online Learning Student Engagement and Interaction Teaching and Learning

Abstract

Faculty and students are recognizing blogging's learning potential, including the chance to practice writing, reflect on others' thinking, and respond to critical analyses of one's own work. In this paper, a graduate student explores the campus "blogosphere" to discover who is blogging and what they are posting, as well as how faculty are using blogs in their courses and the results they are seeing.

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