1. EDUC 4766 Web-Based Learning Lorraine Beaudin Web-Based Learning Lorraine Beaudin

2. Class Overview  Introductions and course expectations  Course Outline  Blogging and Blogger.com  Break  Intro to web authoring using Dreamweaver  Introductions and course expectations  Course Outline  Blogging and Blogger.com  Break  Intro to web authoring using Dreamweaver

3. Course Outline  Web-Based Learning: http://classes.uleth.ca/200601/educ476 6a/ http://classes.uleth.ca/200601/educ476 6a/  Web-Based Learning: http://classes.uleth.ca/200601/educ476 6a/ http://classes.uleth.ca/200601/educ476 6a/

4. Blogging  PROFESSIONAL CODE OF ETHICS. blog does not contain anything that is controversial. BE PROFESSIONAL.

5. Definitions of Blogging  “ A contraction of the term ‘ Web logging, ’ blogging can best be described as a form of micropublishing ” (Roberts, 2004).  … a hierarchy of text, images, media objects and data, arranged chronologically, that can be viewed in an HTML browser. (Winer, 2003).  “ A contraction of the term ‘ Web logging, ’ blogging can best be described as a form of micropublishing ” (Roberts, 2004).  … a hierarchy of text, images, media objects and data, arranged chronologically, that can be viewed in an HTML browser. (Winer, 2003).

6. Blogging Example http://www.blogger.com/profile/5124200 Jodi Lynn (PSIII Student) http://lindsayforrest.blogspot.com/ Lindsay (PSI Student)

7. Blogging Described  While all kinds of blogs exist on the Net, most are personal or journalistic.  Most blogs are individual but group blogs are also possible.  Blogs are easily linked and cross-linked to create larger on-line communities.  Blogs offer a communication medium that is more structured than an e-mail list and more focused than a discussion board. Ideally a journal writer considers new ideas while connecting to what is known. (Hull, 2003)  While all kinds of blogs exist on the Net, most are personal or journalistic.  Most blogs are individual but group blogs are also possible.  Blogs are easily linked and cross-linked to create larger on-line communities.  Blogs offer a communication medium that is more structured than an e-mail list and more focused than a discussion board. Ideally a journal writer considers new ideas while connecting to what is known. (Hull, 2003)

8. Blogging Described  Blogs are not really journalism. It is more about sharing and managing information. (Hobgood, 2003)  While email, discussion boards and listservs all have similar sharing potential for the classroom, they are transient, they are fleeting and discarded. A blog builds on knowledge and in that way can encourage scaffolding.  Blogs are not really journalism. It is more about sharing and managing information. (Hobgood, 2003)  While email, discussion boards and listservs all have similar sharing potential for the classroom, they are transient, they are fleeting and discarded. A blog builds on knowledge and in that way can encourage scaffolding.

9. Blogging for Teaching and Learning.  Blogs are useful teaching and learning tools because they provide a space for students to reflect and publish their thoughts and understandings. (Ferdig and Trammell, 2004).  Publication (also) offers the opportunity for feedback, which, in turn, scaffolds a learner in his or her quest for knowledge construction.  Many students agree that course blogs has helped them to better understand course topics. (Hartono, 2005)  Blogs are useful teaching and learning tools because they provide a space for students to reflect and publish their thoughts and understandings. (Ferdig and Trammell, 2004).  Publication (also) offers the opportunity for feedback, which, in turn, scaffolds a learner in his or her quest for knowledge construction.  Many students agree that course blogs has helped them to better understand course topics. (Hartono, 2005)

10. Blogs for Teaching and Learning con’t  Blogs are an individual’s learning space.  Blogs structure are defined by the individual not by a moderator with topic-based discussions.  Self-publishing encourages ownership and responsibility on the part of the students, if they know they are writing for a real audience.  Blogs are an individual’s learning space.  Blogs structure are defined by the individual not by a moderator with topic-based discussions.  Self-publishing encourages ownership and responsibility on the part of the students, if they know they are writing for a real audience.

11. Using Blogs to Connect Learning Tying Learning Together: Blogging as a Reflective/Learning/Evaluatio n Tool. Used as a ‘Connector” for Various Activities Within An Online Technology Course Listservs Web Page Resources Face to Face Lectures Discussion Boards

12. References  EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES Blogs and Wikis: Environments for On- line Collaboration Language Learning & Technology Vol. 7, No. 2, May 2003, pp. 12-16 Available at: http://llt.msu.edu/vol7num2/emerging/default.html (Access Date, January 1, 2006) http://llt.msu.edu/vol7num2/emerging/default.html  Orihuela, J.L., (2003). Blogging and the eCommunication Paradigms: 10 Principles of the New Media Scenario. BlogTalk, May, 2003. Available at: http://mccd.udc.es/orihuela/blogtalk/ (access date: May 2005).  Reagan, W. J. (2004). Theoretical and Practical Applications of Emergent Technology in ELT Classrooms: How the ‘Blog’ Can Change English Language Teaching. Available at: http://earth.prohosting.com/wjreagin/eltblogs.htm (Accessed January 10, 2006). (Good section on benefits of blogs in the classroom). http://earth.prohosting.com/wjreagin/eltblogs.htm  EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES Blogs and Wikis: Environments for On- line Collaboration Language Learning & Technology Vol. 7, No. 2, May 2003, pp. 12-16 Available at: http://llt.msu.edu/vol7num2/emerging/default.html (Access Date, January 1, 2006) http://llt.msu.edu/vol7num2/emerging/default.html  Orihuela, J.L., (2003). Blogging and the eCommunication Paradigms: 10 Principles of the New Media Scenario. BlogTalk, May, 2003. Available at: http://mccd.udc.es/orihuela/blogtalk/ (access date: May 2005).  Reagan, W. J. (2004). Theoretical and Practical Applications of Emergent Technology in ELT Classrooms: How the ‘Blog’ Can Change English Language Teaching. Available at: http://earth.prohosting.com/wjreagin/eltblogs.htm (Accessed January 10, 2006). (Good section on benefits of blogs in the classroom). http://earth.prohosting.com/wjreagin/eltblogs.htm