Workshop: Blogs for beginners

Work your way through the following questions to start a series of short discussions. Please summarise your responses in the reply box below, making reference to the question number in the response.

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  1. What is the difference between a blog and a normal website?
  2. In what situation might you use blogs for an assessment?
  3. If you decided to use a blog for an assessment, how would your institution be able to help?
  4. What problems can you foresee in using blogs for assessment?

10 Replies to “Workshop: Blogs for beginners”

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  5. Question 2 – Areas of assessment that blogs may be used could include e-portfolio, live debates and group work. For some students blogs may be used to give comment on particular readings or texts. In such situations, we wonder whether asking students to use the blogs in class may capture and engage them earlier and stimulate further discussion and analysis.

  6. 2.
    One of the main reasons they might use blogs for assessments would be the fact that they are part of a electronic/web-based course. At which point they would be able to use it to work towards their module grade.
    Though for other departments or subject areas, I would see it as a method of checking terminology or area where other students can ask questions about the module or course. A source of information and communication with others and course leaders.

  7. 1. Blogs allow constant updating and encourage continued discussion.
    2. Reflective process, revision areas
    3. I believe we have members of staff experienced in this area so technical support would be readily available
    4. From the students perspective, plaigerism. From an academic perspective, student use by all learner types.

  8. Question 1 – The difference between the website and blogs are the level of engagement that they promote and require. With websites they are often static and require update from admin personel of the website, however blogs create a more dynamic environment which allows others to create to the content.

  9. Question 4. If blogs are used as reflective tools for nursing/teaching undergraduates how do you address issues of confidentiality and ethics around the nature of those reflections?

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