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Main topics: * Challenges of online learning * What is multiuser blogging? * How can MU blogging be used in higher education? * Requirements * Who else is using MU blogging environments?
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Opening the Box:Building online learning communities with multiuser blogging environments
Presentation by
Michael Wilder
Agenda
• Challenges of online learning• What is multiuser blogging?• How can MU blogging be used in higher education?• Requirements• Who else is using MU blogging environments?• Questions
Challenges of online learning
Challenges of online learning
Interaction• Student to content• Student to student• Student to instructor
Old Paradigm
Instructor – Student interaction
Challenges of online learning
Persistence of content• No public archive• No resources for capstone
Challenges of online learning
Closed system•Student to world•World to student
Challenges of online learning
Student ownership• Control of learning environment• Contribution to the curriculum
Overview
Overview
http://www.vegas-times.com/imd/
Overviewhttp://www.vegas-times.com/sloanc/
un & pw: sloanc
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Easy Publication
•Full range of editing tools•Spellcheck•No Java!•Copy & paste keyboard shortcuts•Drag & drop media uploader•Custom visibility
Easy publication
•Drafts•Built-in custom characters•Word count•Paste from text and MS Word•Categories•Metatags
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OverviewSyndication
OverviewSyndication
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Social Media Hub
Social Media
Automatic reposting of blog posts with images and podcasts.
Uses the RSS Grafitti app.
One-way communicationNo privacy issues
Also:Facebook LikeFacebook Connect
Facebook “Page”
Mobile
Automatically adjusts WordPress posts to display on iPhone, iPod touch, Android mobile devices, Palm Pre/Pixi and BlackBerry OS6 mobile devices.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wptouch/
Wptouch theme
Integration into LMS
Most left navigation links in contemporary learning management systems (Blackboard, WebCT, Moodle, for example) can be completely customized.
Customized Course menu
Requirements
Server• PHP• MySQLDomain name
Self-hosted<100$ a year
Hosting Solution
Requirements
http://www.wordpress.org
FreeOpen SourceEasy to installEasy to updateLarge development community
WordPress
Requirements
FreeOpen SourceEasy to installEasy to updateLarge development community
http://www.buddypress.org
BuddyPress
Requirements
1000+ Free1000+ CommercialEasily customizedEasy to installEasy to updateLarge development community
http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/
Themes
Useful Plugins
• Akismet – spam protection http://akismet.com/
• BuddyPress - Social networking http://buddypress.org/
• bbPress – forum softwarehttp://bbpress.org/
• FeedWordPress – RSShttp://feedwordpress.radgeek.com/
• podPress – Podcasting solutionhttp://www.mightyseek.com/podpress/
• WordPress Wiki – Turn WP pages to wikihttp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-wiki/
• Wptouch – Format for mobilehttp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wptouch/
Who else is using it?
http://tinyurl.com/7tazukz
200+ Major institutions Worldwide
WordPress in Higher Education
References
Brescia, W., & Miller, M. (2006). What's it worth? The perceived benefits of instructional blogging. Electronic Journal for the Integration of Technology in Education, 5, 44-52.
Downes, S. (2004). Educational blogging. EDUCAUSE Review, 39(5), 14-26.Ellison, N., & Wu, Y. (2008). Blogging in the classroom: a preliminary exploration of students attitudes and impact on comprehension. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 17(1), 99-122.
Glogoff, S. (2005). Instructional blogging: promoting interactivity, student-centered learning, and peer input. Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 1(5),
Jenkins, H., Purushotma, R., Clinton, K., Weigel, M. & Robison, A. J. (2006). Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, IL.
References
Kerawalla, L., Minocha, S., Kirkup, G., & Conole, G. (2008). An empirically grounded framework to guide blogging in higher education. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 25, 31-42.
Paulus, T., Payne, R., & Jahns, L. (2009). Am I making sense here? What blogging reveals about undergraduate student understanding. Journal for Interactive Online Learning, 8(1), 1-22.
Xie, Y., Ke, F., & Sharma, P. (2008). The effect of peer feedback for blogging on college students' reflective learning processes. Internet and Higher Education, 11, 18-25.
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Michael WilderInstructional Design Coordinator
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