1. Web + logs = Weblogs or Blogs Teaching and Learning with Technology March 16

2. Overview What is a blog? How are they used? UniSA experiences Make a blog Wiki record

3. What is a blog? Free digital publishing – anyone can write what they are thinking Easy to use Easy to change look to your taste Easy to connect to readers Video of David Sifry, CEO of Technocrati, answering the question ‘What is a blog?’ (4 mins)

4. Survey How many occasionally read blogs? How many regularly read blogs? (feed; email alerts) How many have commented on a blog? How many have made a blog? How many regularly write a blog?

5. How are they used? Assignments –Students blog and comment on class blogs to develop critique/evaluation skills –Students blog to explore identity and blogs –Students blog as a learning journal to develop critical self reflection –Students review blogs to develop critique/evaluation skills Teachers blog –Transmitting content and inviting comment –Supporting face to face teaching –Critical self-reflection on teaching outcomes Support development of an identity

6. Blogs for identity and collaboration Introducing … Andrea Duff New student orientation in 2007 –Academic –Physical environment –Introduction to Uni systems –Social School of Computer and Information Science –CIS Quest

7. CIS quest Over 2 days, with day in between Collaboration - student teams of 6 to 10 with student mentor –Blog group name, images Search to find clues, crack codes –Blog experiences Explore career directions Academic –What is the future of mobile phones? –Blog group response Rewards for best blogs

8. Students experience on CIS Quest

9. Online journal tool Intensive course (4 days full time; ongoing assignments) Support critical self reflection about learning in the face to face component of the course each night through journaling in private blog Course coordinator reviewed and commented on posted before the next days teaching –Informed the next day’s teaching to be most effective –Many students experienced transformation of their attitudes about the course material (aged care and social work)

10. Journal tool – log in

11. Journal tool - read

12. Latest posts

13. Comments on posts

14. Course evaluation Feedback item in CEI –Before online journal 3 rd quartile –After online journal 1 st quartile (top 25% of 232 courses in humanities taught over three years)

15. Demonstration of blog creation Blogger Application share