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Weblogs as Academic Tools: Cases and Cautions
Margaret D. AndersonPsychology Department
SUNY Cortland
Academic uses
Pedagogy drives technology use
tech appropriate to the task genuine not contrived use integrated into course grading not overly rigid assignments
Weblogs
“weblog” – Jorn Barger – 17 Dec 1997 (Wikipedia)
Series of thematic entries – reverse chronological order
Written by one individual Or thematic, written by many
My academic needs:
Not limited to class enrollment or semester
Customize – insert photos, links, video etc.
Determine security level Very intuitive structure Word limit
LiveJournal
Open source Account levels Multiple languages Tec support Change in template
1 - Traditional course
Weekly journal assignmentsHardcopy – problemsWeb basedNeeds: privacy accountability (date stamp) interactive (post comments) simple
Model 1
One-to-one, Two-way communication, Closed
System
Closed system of personal communication between students and instructor using LiveJournal
CLASS MEMBERS LIVE JOURNAL INTERFACE
INSTRUCTOR
2 - Off site supervision
Student interns Remote sites Site supervisor(s) Faculty supervisor Confidentiality Interactive Ease Attachments
Model 2
Multi-user, Two-way communication, Closed
system
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
3 - Multiple linked courses
Individual posts Determine accessibility Personalize format Interactive
Model 3
Multi-group, Multi-individual, Two-way
communication, Closed System
Closed system of communication among
six linked courses
COR ACOR B
CAP A
CPN A CPN B
CAP B
CPNI / A
COR A I / A
COR B I / A
CAPI / A
PROGRAMCOORDINATOR
4 - Asynchronous course
discussion board as one element of course
Discussion board requirements
Instructor generated question Students respond to question Students respond to peers input Needs:
√ Ease√ Interactive √ Security level – limit to class
members
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
Model 4a
Multi-group, Two-way Communication, Closed
system
Closed system of communication among class members
CLASS MEMBERS
INSTRUCTOR
LJ TOPIC
Model 4b
Expand system Add other groups (classes)
Closed system of communication among multiple classes
CLASS A
CLASS B CLASS C
INSTRUCTOR
LIVE JOURNAL “ TOPIC”
Open system
Open discussion to “digital community”
Model 5
Multi-user, Two-way Communication, Open
system
Open system of communication including multiple classes
CLASS A
CLASS C
CLASS B
INST.
“TOPIC”
Cautions
Determine pedagogical use Determine logic structure Select software
Thank you!
Questions????
Margaret D. AndersonPsychology Department
SUNY Cortland,NY 13045
