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

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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