Teaching and Learning with Drupal

Teaching and Learning with Drupal Meredith Farkas Norwich University

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Lost in translation?

Web 2.0 ideas for the classroom
Age of participation
The wisdom of crowds
Social constructivism

Drupal in the Online Classroom

drupal.org

Why blogs?

Familiar medium
133 million blogs indexed by Technorati
42% of bloggers 18-34
77.7 million unique visitors to blogs vs. 41 million to Facebook (in May 2008)
New types of blogging: in MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, etc.
Source: Technorati State of the Blogosphere 2008 http://technorati.com/blogging/feature/state-of-the-blogosphere-2008/

Faculty communication with students

Builds student sense of ownership over the medium

Community-building

Reflective Learning

Discussion and debate

Writing in public

Everyone is teacher and learner

Blogs can…
Promote critical and reflective thinking
Enable collaboration and knowledge-sharing
Create an informal environment for student discussion and community-building
Encourage dialogue and debate
Encourage students to teach as well as learn and co-construct their learning experience

Thanks!

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