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8/2/2019 Blogging for Educational Environments: Blogging Flow Chart
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FINDING THEAPPROPRIATEBLOG FO R YOURTEACHINGPURPOSES
IDENTIFY YOUR
LEARNING AIMS
AND OUTCOMES
DETERMINE HOW
YOU WANT
STUDENTS TO USE
BLOGS?
SELECTING THE
RIGHT TYPE
OF BLOG
START
Identify reason(s)
for student blogs
How do student blogs
match your teachingpriorities?
Are your teaching
priorities for student
blogs matched to l earning
aims & outcomes?
Match student blogging
activity to learning
aims & outcomes
Blogging for Educational Environments: Student Blogging Process Toolkit
openSpacethe specialist Art, Design, Media & Performance open education virtual learning environment
COMMUNICATING
AIMS AND
OUTCOMES
TO STUDENTS
ASSESSMENT
Identify assessment
criteria
YES
NO
Would creating the new
learning aims & outcomes
require module / unit /
course re-validation?
Create new learning
aims & outcomes for
student blogging
activity.
YES NO
Re-validate and match
to learning aims &outcomes OR investigate
alternate online solutions
(wikis, forums, etc).
Determine assessment
methodology
Feedback (formative,
summative, both?)
Determine what typeof blog is best suited
to your teaching
purpose
SELECT BLOG TYPE
Do you want a course or subject specific blog?
(an extension of subject concepts or an
extension of a specific course / collaborativeproject)
Do you want students to have an industry-
focused, networking blog? Is the blog a
subject or industry resource? Is the blog
to represent professional practice or
student portfolio? Is it a research ordissemination platform?
ORIs the blog to improve
general writing
skills?OR
COURSE / PROJECT BLOG
Main focus:
- Constructing- Argument
- Commentary
- Chronology
- Extension- Resources
- Writing
REFLECTIVE LEARNING BLOG
Main focus:
- Perspective
- Involvement- Insight
- Process
SOCIAL BLOG
- Writing- Composition
- Grammar & syntax
- Referencing
- Topic research
Main focus:PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE BLOG
Main focus:
- Scaffolding
- Community- Peer to Peer
- Voice to all
- Research
- Communication- Portfolio
- ProfessionalPractice
INTERNAL OREXTERNAL ACCESS?
Internal access only External & internal access
GROUP BLOG OR
INDIVIDUAL BLOGS?
Will you use an
institutional blogging
resource (Moodle,
Blackboard, etc)?
Use external blogging
resource: Wordpress,
Blogger, Tumblr,
Edublogs, etc.
Decide who will be
the main author of
the blog
Decide who will
moderate the blog
+
Teacher Student(s)
Consult yourinstitutional guidelines(e.g. bringing theinstitution into
disrepute, branding, etc)
Disseminate project
brief, learning aims &
outcomes, assessment
criteria, and marking
methodology tostudents
Teach students the basics
of blogging
Teach students
blogging etiquette,
online etiquette
(netiquette), online
safety and onlinemoderation.
Teach students about
Intellectual Property
Rights / Third PartyCopyright + publishing
legalities.
STUDENT BLOGS
GO LIVE
- Development
- Self-actualization- Communication
- Self-assessment
YES
NO
Source external
platform: Edublogs orrestricted access
Wordpress / Blogger /
Tumblr / etc
Contact your
Learning Technologyteam to create
internal blog(s).
Internal creationprocess