1. Weblogs as Academic Tools: Cases and Cautions Margaret D. Anderson Psychology Department SUNY Cortland

2. Academic uses Pedagogy drives technology use  tech appropriate to the task  genuine not contrived use  integrated into course grading  not overly rigid assignments

3. Weblogs “weblog” – Jorn Barger – 17 Dec 1997 (Wikipedia) Series of thematic entries – reverse chronological order Written by one individual Or thematic, written by many

4. My academic needs: Not limited to class enrollment or semester Customize – insert photos, links, video etc. Determine security level Very intuitive structure Word limit

5. LiveJournal Open source Account levels Multiple languages Tec support Change in template

6. 1 - Traditional course Weekly journal assignments Hardcopy – problems Web based Needs: privacy accountability (date stamp) interactive (post comments) simple

7. Model 1 One-to-one, Two-way communication, Closed System

8. Closed system of personal communication between students and instructor using LiveJournal CLASS MEMBERS LIVE JOURNAL INTERFACE INSTRUCTOR

9. 2 - Off site supervision Student interns Remote sites Site supervisor(s) Faculty supervisor Confidentiality Interactive Ease Attachments

10. Model 2 Multi-user, Two-way communication, Closed system

11. Closed system of communication among student intern, faculty and site supervisor using Live Journal STUDENT INTERN FACULTY SUPERVISOR SITE SUPERVISOR LIVE JOURNAL SI SS FS LJ

12. 3 - Multiple linked courses Individual posts Determine accessibility Personalize format Interactive

13. Model 3 Multi-group, Multi-individual, Two-way communication, Closed System

14. Closed system of communication among six linked courses COR A COR B CAP A CPN A CPN B CAP B CPN I / A COR A I / A COR B I / A CAP I / A PROGRAM COORDINATOR

15. 4 - Asynchronous course discussion board as one element of course

16. Discussion board requirements Instructor generated question Students respond to question Students respond to peers input Needs: √ Ease √ Interactive √ Security level – limit to class members

17. Discussion software Shareware Free Easy to structure/maintain No security Local sys op WebCT Not free Not intuitive Sys op Limited to class members Limited to semester

18. Model 4a Multi-group, Two-way Communication, Closed system

19. Closed system of communication among class members CLASS MEMBERS INSTRUCTOR LJ TOPIC

20. Model 4b Expand system Add other groups (classes)

21. Closed system of communication among multiple classes CLASS A CLASS BCLASS C INSTRUCTOR LIVE JOURNAL “ TOPIC”

22. Open system Open discussion to “digital community”

23. Model 5 Multi-user, Two-way Communication, Open system

24. Open system of communication including multiple classes CLASS A CLASS C CLASS B INST. “TOPIC”

25. Cautions Determine pedagogical use Determine logic structure Select software

26. Thank you! Questions???? Margaret D. Anderson Psychology Department SUNY Cortland, NY 13045 andersmd@cortland.edu