Blogs, Wikis
and eLearning Week

Template-driven
websites made of posts
with the ability for users
Blogs to comment

Blogs in Teaching and Learning
• Recording your work
• Self reflection
• Peer reflection
Patrick Janssen, SDE
http://blog.nus.edu.sg/patrick/design-studio-blogs/

Blogs in Teaching and Learning
• Blogs in English language teaching and
learning: Pedagogical uses and student
responses
Brad Blackstone, John Spiri
& Naeko Naganuma
Reflections on English Language Teaching
Volume 6, 2007. Number 2
http://www.nus.edu.sg/celc/publications/RETL62
/01to20blackstone.pdf

ES2007S
ES2007S
Student
Blogs

EG1471
EG1471
Student
Blogs

LSM1303 Animal Behaviour
Student Blog
LSM1303
Animal
Behaviour
Student
Blog

Blog.nus
blog.nus.edu.sg

Blog.nus Dashboard
Runs on Wordpress,
Hosted by Edublogs

Exploring Blog.nus
• Visit http://blog.nus.edu.sg/
• Students and staff can create blogs
for academic, educational, research
and administrative purposes
• http://wiki.nus.edu.sg/display/web2nus

Blogs & eLearning Week
• Already used in CELC for
assignments
• Students and staff relatively familiar
with blogs
• Supplement or replace a tutorial
• Use blogs throughout semester

Wikis
Websites that anyone
(or some people) can
edit

Wikis in Teaching and Learning
• Collaborative writing
• Building a glossary or knowledgebase
• Edit a pre-existing article on
Wikipedia

Wiki.nus
Wiki.nus
wiki.nus.edu.sg

Wiki.nus
Runs on
Confluence

Exploring Wiki.nus
• Visit http://wiki.nus.edu.sg/
• Log in with your NUSNET credentials
(without the domain – NUSSTF)
• Explore the wikis or meddle with the
Demonstration Space:
http://wiki.nus.edu.sg/display/ds

Log in to Wiki.nus
NUSNET
User ID &
Password

Wikis & eLearning Week
• Has not been used in previous
eLearning Week
• Collaborative writing assignment?
• Also should be something spread
throughout semester

Right tool
for the
right purpose

Photo Credits
• Slide 2 – Blogs | Work by Winston Avich | cc by
http://www.flickr.com/photos/winstonavich/189032152/
• Slide 13 – Wikis | Obligatory WIki Photo by Alan Levine | cc by
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/19490596/
• Slide 20 – Right tool for the right purpose | Wrong tool for the job
by Turi Becker| cc by-nc-sa
http://www.flickr.com/photos/turi_b/697794899/