1. Nika Balomenou and Celeste Jones Business School L& T conference Tuesday 7 th June http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYSbUOoq4Vg

3. 1. How it all started... 2. Semester A 3. Semester B 4. Benefits 5. Limitations 6. The future

4.  The School of Education team aka Blogging Guru team Dr Joy Jarvis, Sally Graham, Kathy Weston  BS Team: Karen Robins, Celeste Jones, Dr Nika Balomenou Research on Professionalism in Event Management

5.  “Reflective thinking level increased significantly over time […] peer feedback was found to negatively affect students' reflective thinking skills (Xie et al., 2008, p18)  Diaries- new form of e-diary (Bolger et al., 2003)  Research bias  Vote: reflective report or reflective blog?  Leaving comments!  Results: your printout

6.  Fortnightly entries  Peer comments  Assessed piece (700 words)  Focus group

7.  “..encourage ongoing, reflective practice via an exchange between students thereby limiting feelings of isolation …” (Wolf, 2010, p289)  Experience recording technique  Time management  Semester-long (or longer)  Voluntary engagement  Reduces research bias  Monitoring tool for tutors  Answers specific questions (numbers?)  Blended learning technique

8.  Difficult to locate  Making blog public  Universally accessible (in UH)  Honesty  Challenging feedback  Feedback for staff as an SFQ  Demanding in terms of organisation and time  ‘Bit of a fad’  Can detract from academic reflection  Voluntary engagement

9. Event Impacts and Legacies (EvILe) external examiner comments http://www.studynet2.her ts.ac.uk/crs/10/5BUS10510 111.nsf/Homepage?Readf orm http://www.studynet2.her ts.ac.uk/crs/10/5BUS10510 111.nsf/Homepage?Readf orm Guidance 1/3 academic content requirement Will continue in level 5 skills modules

12.  Sally Graham  Dr Joy Jarvis  Kathy Weston  Karen Robins  Justin Lance  BS for funding this L&T project

13. Any questions?

14.  Bolger N., Davis A., Rafaeli E. (2003) Diary methods capturing life as it is lived. Annual Review of Psychology Vol. 54 p579-616  Wolf K. (2010) Bridging the distance: the use of blogs as reflective learning tools for placement students. Higher Educations Research & Development Vol. 29 (5) 589-602  Xie Y., Ke F., Sharma P. (2008) The effect of peer feedback for blogging on college students' reflective learning processes. The Internet and Higher Education Vol. 11 (1) 18-25