INNOVATIVE THINKING FOR THE REAL WORLD Mirror, Mirror on the Wall? Blogging as Reflection Ruth A. Smith, Principal Lecturer.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Knowledge & Innovation in Education: A 3D Virtual Experience on Second Life Noor Faridah KM Conference Sept 2010.

Advertisements

Working with academics to promote online resources to students Judith Keene Information and Learning Services.

COOPERATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE ONLINE LEARNING Rosseni Din, PhD PPA Academic Advancement Course.

By: Josh Bergquist and Dustin Mees. Why Blog? Blogging gives you a chance to communicate your thoughts and ideas with your classmates in an asynchronous.

Project Management Network for Excellence in Learning & Teaching PMnetwork for Excellence in Learning & Teaching Fifth Workshop Bournemouth University.

Student-centred Learning in Construction Education Increasing Participation The SLICE Approach.

Wikispaces Ben Smith and Jared Mader Red Lion Area School District Monday, May 18, 2015Monday, May 18, 2015Monday, May 18, 2015Monday, May 18, 2015.

University of Birmingham Blogging in a Managed Environment Stephen Clarke, Head of eLearning University of Birmingham.

Developing Professional Skills

 Blog is an abbreviated version of “weblog”, which is a term used to describe web sites that maintain an ongoing chronicle of information.  A frequent,

Educational Blogs A Way to Reach the Digital Native Wando High School.

Damian Gordon.  Summary and Relevance of topic paper  Definition of Usability Testing ◦ Formal vs. Informal methods of testing  Testing Basics ◦ Five.

Improving outcomes, increasing engagement in Year 10 English through a book publishing project Shelley Davidow MSEd Noosa Pengari Steiner School, QLD.

Teaching and Learning in a Digital Age Sue Watling Festival of Teaching and Learning June 2014.

ANGELA SHORT SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND HUMANITIES KEVIN STARRS, SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING(RETIRED!) Designing and Delivering an online module.

08/09/2015UAS Advert1.1 Computing in the Classroom Introduction What is this all about? Fiona McNeill EM G52

Student Centered Teaching Through Universal Instructional Design Part III.

Samira M. Bakr, PhD Academic visitor Reading University, UK 22/02/ E-Learning Conference Samira Bakr.

Meeting the DET interview panelThe Literacy Project: possibilities and parameters The purpose The parameters The possibilities An Action Research Project.

Perceptions of the Value of the Online Tools Alessandra Abbattista and Ali Messer, University of Roehampton Dr Arthur Chapman, Institute of Education.

Seírbhísí TF UCDUCD IT Services Measures of Learning Style in the Evaluation of Blogs as Reflective Learning Tools Niall Watts Educational Technology Officer.

Jenni Parker, Murdoch University Authentic eDESIGN: An online professional development course for higher education practitioners This presentation by jennip98.

1 Meeting the Challenge of Community: Online Social Networking to Facilitate Online Distance Learning.

Adrianna Coronel, CDA, RDH, BSDH. Welcome  This presentation will introduce you to a variety of Internet Technology tools that facilitate collaboration.

Presentation Outline What is a wiki? How does wiki work? Choosing a Wiki plan The educational benefits of a Wiki Wikis in higHeR eDucation Plans and Pricing.

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

Blogging Transforming Writing for the 21 st Century.

What is Usability? Usability Is a measure of how easy it is to use something: –How easy will the use of the software be for a typical user to understand,

ASSESSING CREATIVE THINKING THROUGH PORTFOLIOS October 30, 2014 MAGGIE KONICH ASSESSMENT SPECIALIST.

Updated Today's talk should help you to understand better  what your responsibilities for this module  how you will be taught  how you.

PRACTICAL GUIDEBOOK Methods, Assessment and Producing Lessonware.

Haybridge High School Lynne Byford David Corden. Haybridge High School.

CPLA Video Case Studies Making Media Nursing. Making Media - Background First year, semester long 20 credit core module Involved 200 students with 4 staff.

Group work – why do it? Rachel Horn – Civil & Structural Engineering.

Self and Peer Assessment Through DUO Hannah Whaley University of Dundee Hannah Whaley University of Dundee.

Getting students to Curriculum Leader – MFL Tile Hill Wood School & Language College Coventry.

The Use of Blogs in Learning and Teaching E-Learning Conference East London International Convention Centre 31 October – 1 November 2011 Mmampho Gogela.

Students’ perceptions on using blogs for reflective learning in higher educational contexts Presenters : Irshad Ali and Dr Kevin Byard.

Creating Wikis - Building Your Warehouse Ben Smith and Jared Mader Red Lion Area School District Sunday, December 13, 2015Sunday, December 13, 2015Sunday,

Lena Arena ICT Consultant, Sydney Region Creating Collaborative Blogs and Wikis.

Enhancing e-learning experience with online social networks Published in IET Communications J.J.P.C. Rodrigues, F.M.R. Sabino, L. Zhou Reporter: Yu Chih.

Christchurch New Zealand October 2009 Integrating new technologies to empower learning and transform leadership.

Online Social Networking Innovative Grammar Teaching.

Wikispaces Ben Smith and Jared Mader Red Lion Area School District Saturday, January 23, 2016Saturday, January 23, 2016Saturday, January 23, 2016Saturday,

Technologizing the postgraduate classroom PedRIO 2016 Sara Smith and Martin Khechara.

School of History FACULTY OF ARTS Marking Criteria: the Student Experience Dr Kevin Linch Julia Bowler.

1 June 2013 Engaging users: initiatives and challenges in VNU-HCM Central Library.

Teaching Creatively: Ideas in Action Alison Morrison-Shetlar University of Central Florida

CHAPTER 4 – EVALUATION GRADING AND BACKWASH Presenter: Diane Whaley.

Copyright © 2008, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and Intel Teach Program are trademarks of.

Engaging our students with Web2.0 tools. Teacher delivers content and skills based on government standards Content and skills delivered by the teacher.

Learning Active Citizenship using IPADS, Political Blogs and Social Media Professor Bryony Hoskins, University of Roehampton.

Copyright © 2008, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and Intel Teach Program are trademarks of.

Blogs and Blogging: creating your own Weblog with blogger >>>> By Helen Nneka Eke Blogs and Blogging: creating your own Weblog with Blogger By Helen Nneka.

Course Work 2: Critical Reflection GERALDINE DORAN B

A Flipped Classroom: Engaging Students In and Out of the Classroom

Using Technology in Teaching

Research Course 4, Session 2, Day One

Oideachas 2.0: Using Web 2.0 in the Irish Educational Context

Essentials Course Module 8: Showcasing Unit Portfolios

Online Driver Education and Virtual Classroom

Research Course 4, Session 7, Day One

“Embracing the Future”

(Asst. Prof. Dr. Gültekin Boran)

Creative assessment and feedback

* G. Bastos * P. Bauer * T. Cardoso * S. Cornelius

Online Driver Education and Virtual Classroom

Week 9 English, Literacies and Policy Contexts A.

Create engaging content using effective Instructional Design practices Ana Maria Zurita Instructional Designer | CCOL Mariana Fernandez Professor | Media.

Using SharePoint in a flipped classroom

Presentation transcript:

INNOVATIVE THINKING FOR THE REAL WORLD Mirror, Mirror on the Wall? Blogging as Reflection Ruth A. Smith, Principal Lecturer

INNOVATIVE THINKING FOR THE REAL WORLD Learning Outcomes By the end of this session, delegates will be able to: Describe ways in which blogging can be used in assessment Outline the benefits of blogging in assessment Explain how to overcome potential issues in using blogging as assessment

INNOVATIVE THINKING FOR THE REAL WORLD Why use Blogs in Assessment? ‘Higher Education in a Web 2.0 World’ (March 2009) Recognised impact and potential challenges of students’ widespread use of Web 2.0 technologies Web 2.0 is known as the ‘Social Web’where software is available through the Internet that supports group interaction (Shirky, 2003).

INNOVATIVE THINKING FOR THE REAL WORLD Web 2.0 Timeline 1999 MSN Blogger.com Facebook 2004 YouTube Myspace

INNOVATIVE THINKING FOR THE REAL WORLD Using Blogs A Blog or weblog is “a hierarchy of text, images, media objects and data, arranged chronologically, that can be viewed in an HTML browser” (Winer, 2003). Blogs replace reflective notebooks for Work Placement Modules

INNOVATIVE THINKING FOR THE REAL WORLD Benefits of Blogging… “Provide a space for students to reflect and publish their thoughts and understandings” (Ferdig & Trammell, 2004) Makes people more thoughtful and articulate observers of their world (Blood, 2002) May develop reflective skills (Clyde, 2005) Can promote reflection and deeper learning which can be transferred to situations outside the classroom (Bouldin et al., 2006)

INNOVATIVE THINKING FOR THE REAL WORLD Barriers to Blogging… Students may be reticent about revealing their real feelings (Catalano, 2005, Lenhart and Fox, 2006) Reflective blogging may be more attractive to some groups than others (Herring et al, 2004) Creative individuals are more likely to enjoy blogging than others (Guadagno et al, 2008) Link

INNOVATIVE THINKING FOR THE REAL WORLD Case Study: Context Postgraduate Certificate in Creative Business Management (3 x 20 credit modules at Level 7) The course commenced with a 7 week block followed by a 6 month work placement. Blogging represents 15% of the final mark for the work placement module.

INNOVATIVE THINKING FOR THE REAL WORLD Blogging Preparation Short Presentation on how to reflect (essential) Structure of Posts:  Where are you now?  Where do you want to be?  How are you going to get there?  What does it feel like?

INNOVATIVE THINKING FOR THE REAL WORLD Evaluation Positive… – “can look back in blog and see past ideas and learn from mistakes” – “it was easy to be self-critical and reflect on group's mistakes” – “helps you understand the module - think about your work”

INNOVATIVE THINKING FOR THE REAL WORLD Evaluation Negative… – “don't know what to write” – “don't know what to write about and takes time that could be spent in a way that feels more productive” – “I sometimes find it hard to get started”

INNOVATIVE THINKING FOR THE REAL WORLD Recommendations A Blogging ‘Code of Practice’ is essential Explain what students should be blogging about. Explain how to ‘Do Reflection’. Explain how to protect anonymity. Encourage – give regular feedback.