This document discusses using blogs in online classrooms. It notes that blogs are a familiar medium, especially for younger people, and can be used for faculty communication with students. Blogs also build a sense of student ownership and can promote community building. They allow for reflective learning and encourage discussion, debate, and collaboration. When implemented, blogs can promote critical thinking, knowledge sharing, informal discussion, and position students as both teachers and learners.

1. Teaching and Learning with Blogs Meredith Farkas Head of Instructional Initiatives Kreitzberg Library

2. Written lecture notes Discussion forums Assignments Quizes

4. Lost in translation?

5. Lost in translation?

6. So what is Web2.0?

7. Web 1.0: Democratized Access to Information

8. Web 2.0: Democratized Participation

9. More than just technology Age of participation The wisdom of crowds Social constructivism

10. Blogs in the Online Classroom

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19. Why blogs?

20. 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/

21. Faculty communication with students

22. Builds student sense of ownership over the medium

23. Community-building

24. Community-building

25. Reflective Learning

26. Reflective Learning

27. Reflective Learning

28. Discussion and debate

29. Discussion and debate

30. Discussion and debate

31. Writing in public

32. Writing in public

33. Everyone is teacher and learner

34. 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

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