Using Blogs to Share Student Created Content
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- 1. Using Blogs to Share LearnerGenerated Content Sean Dowling Ed Tech Coordinator Sharjah HCT
- 2. Overview The evolution of blogs Learner-generated content What is it? Why share it? How to share it? 4P Model – present, practice, produce + publish Case studies Face-to-face learning environment Online learning environment
- 3. The evolution of blogs Around since 1990s. 2006-2011: 36 million 181 million 1 Early platforms – online diaries (Open Diary, Live Journal) Later platforms – interactive websites, CMS (WordPress, Blogger) Microblogs – niche blogs (Tumblr, LinkedIn, Edmodo) Core feature – simple posts and comments
- 4. Blogs for teaching and learning Learning activities can be posted Lines of communication open at all times Record of student work Allow for sharing of content (learner-generated content)
- 5. Learner-generated content (LGC) Traditionally, content is teacher generated What is LGC? content created or found by students as a result of doing learning activities 2,3 “student performance content” blogs allow for sharing of LGC need for quality control 2
- 6. Why share LGC? Increase student motivation levels 4,5 sense of ownership / participation / community Help students develop 21st century skills Create valuable learning resources for peers 6,7 More capable peers to less capable – ZPD 8,9 Using blogs – knowledge transferred through “social/collaborative learning” 10
- 7. How can blogs be used to share LGC? Teacher blogs for quality control guiding and supporting moderating student responses Student blogs longer pieces of work ePortfolios
- 8. The blogging platform - WordPress sean@shc
- 11. Publishing LGC
- 12. web2english
- 13. A sample lesson
- 17. Sharing LGC
- 19. References 1. NMIncite (2012, March 8). Buzz in the blogosphere: Millions more bloggers and blog readers. Available: http://nmincite.com/buzz-in-theblogosphere-millions-more-bloggers-and-blog-readers/. 2. Boettcher, J.V. (2006, February 28). The rise of student performance content. Campus Technology. Available:: http://campustechnology.com/articles/2006/02/the-rise-of-student-performance-content.aspx 3. Peres-Mateo, M., Maina, M., Guitert, M. & Romero, M. (2011). Learner generated content: quality criteria in online collaborative learning. European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning. Available: http://www.eurodl.org/?article=459. 4. Ciftci, H., & Kocoglu, Z. (2012). Effects of peer e-feedback on Turkish EFL students’ writing performance. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 46(1), 61-84. 5. Magnifico, A.M. (2010). Writing for whom? Cognition, motivation, and a writer’s audience. Educational Psychologist, 45(3), 167-184. 6. Farhat, A., & Raven, J. (2013). Students constructing iBooks for students: A student centered materials development project. In S. Dowling, H. Donaghue, C. Gunn, S. Hayhoe, & J. Raven (eds.), eLearning in Action, “Redefining Learning”, HCT Educational Technology Series, Book 2. Abu Dhabi: HCT Press. Available: http://shct.hct.ac.ae/events/edtechpd2013/articles/Farhat-Raven.pdf. 7. Trajtemberg, C., & Yiakoumetti, A. (2011). Weblogs: a tool for EFL interaction, expression, and self-evaluation. ELT Journal 65/4, October 2011. Available: http://eltj.oxfordjournals.org/content/65/4/437.full.pdf+html. 8. Vygotsky, L.S. (1978). Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 9. Vygotsky, L.S. (1987). Collected works volume 1: Problems of general psychology (Vol. 1). NY: Plenum Press. 10. Narayan, V. (2011). Learner-generated content as a pedagogical change agent. Ascilite 2011 conference proceedings, 891-903. Hobart: Australia. Available: http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/hobart11/downloads/papers/Narayan-full.pdf. 11. Dowling, S. (2013). Using Blogs to Share Learner-Generated Content (TESL-EJ, 17-2, August 2013)