NUS Presentation Title 2001
Blogs as a Teaching Tool in a Tertiary Institution
Kenneth Gerard PintoCentre for Instructional TechnologyNational University of Singapore
Outline
Background
About blogs
Why blogs?
NUS approach to blogs
Suggested uses and examples of blogs in education
Future directions: 3 Ps
Background
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98% of which have done so in the last 12 months
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More stats:
> 90% of NUS students own a laptop or desktop
Background
Wireless access is
almost ubiquitous
Background
Blogging is big
in Singapore
Background
About blogs
About blogs
web log
About blogs
weblog
About blogs
weblog
About blogs
Blog characteristics
Posts
Reverse chronological order
Archives
Categories
Permalinks
Templates
Comments
Why blogs?
Why blogs?
No/low cost
http://www.blogger.com/
http://www.wordpress.com/
http://edublogs.org/
Why blogs?
It's easy
If you can email and use productivity software,
you can blog
No HTML required*
Why blogs?
Infinitely malleable
Can serve numerous purposes
Why blogs?
Add stuff!
Images | on the blog, flickr.com
Videos | youtube.com, teachertube.com
PowerPoints | slideshare.net
NUS approach to blogs
2003
First known use of academic blogs in NUS
Dr John Christian Holbo
Reason & Persuasion
Reason & Persuasion
http://examinedlife.typepad.com/ph1101egem1004/
NUS approach to blogs
June 2006:
Launched
NUS Module Blogs
NUS approach to blogs
Aim
Provide one-click blog creation,
utilizing NUSNET ID
NUS approach to blogs
Module-based
Ties in with Course Management System
Provides starting point
NUS approach to blogs
Community Server
Supports LDAP
Staff using other blogs not forced to switch
Suggested uses and examples of blogs in education
Medium not genre
Danah Boyd
A Blogger's Blog: Exploring the Definition of a Medium. In Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture, 6(4).
Suggested uses and examples of blogs in education
Personal publishing
not
personal journal
Suggested uses and examples of blogs in education
Leslie's use of blogs in educaton matrix
Scott Leslie
Matrix of some uses of blogs in education. EdTechPost. Retrieved December 1, 2006 from http://www.edtechpost.ca/mt/archive/000393.html
Suggested uses and examples of blogs in education
Farrell's five uses
Henry Farrell
The street finds its own use for things. Crooked Timber. Retrieved on December 6, 2006 from http://crookedtimber.org/2003/09/15/the-street-finds-its-own-use-for-things
Suggested uses and examples of blogs in education
Blogs as class websites
PC1432 Physics IIe
http://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/blogs/pc1432/
Suggested uses and examples of blogs in education
Categories
Course Components
Course Information
Blogs as space to share about real life applications/examples
LSM1303 Animal Behaviour
http://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/blogs/lsm1303/
Suggested uses and examples of blogs in education
Blogs as a place to direct class discussions
CL2280 Basic Translation
http://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/blogs/cl2280/
Suggested uses and examples of blogs in education
Blogs as student-driven weekly summaries
NM3216 Game Culture (Design) 1
http://gamingculture1.blogspot.com/
Suggested uses and examples of blogs in education
Blogs as student assignments
NM4210 User Experience Design
Individual student blogs
Suggested uses and examples of blogs in education
Other blogs in NUS:
professional interest
Urban Transport Issues Asia
http://urbantransportasia.blogspot.com/
Suggested uses and examples of blogs in education
Other blogs in NUS:
corporate newsletter
Qblog (Office of Quality Management)
http://www.nus.edu.sg/oqm/blog/
Suggested uses and examples of blogs in education
Other blogs in NUS:
museum blog
Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research
http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/news/
Suggested uses and examples of blogs in education
Other blogs in NUS:
a blog about blogs
Using NUS Module Blogs
http://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/blogs/using_module_blogs/
Suggested uses and examples of blogs in education
Future directions:
3 Ps
Possibilities
3 Ps
Personal
Learning
Environment
http://www.higheredblogcon.com/index.php/blogs-as-personal-learning-environments/
Possibilities
Thesis/Project Reporting
Possibilities
Languages
Possibilities
Professional
Development
Possibilities
Pitfalls
3 Ps
Copyright
& Plagiarism
Pitfalls
Misuse & Mischief
Pitfalls
Privacy
Pitfalls
Programmes
3 Ps
Training for faculty staff: Using Community Server
Programmes
Training for faculty staff:
Using blogs in education
Programmes
Training for
staff & students:
Using blogs
for lifelong learning
Programmes
Thank you!
Blogs as a Teaching Tool in a Tertiary Institution
At least one computer at homefrom Annual Survey on Infocomm Usage inHouseholds and by Individuals for 2006 (IDA)Internet at home
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Households with Internet accessfrom Annual Survey on Infocomm Usage inHouseholds and by Individuals for 2006 (IDA)Internet at home
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15 to 29 year olds who haveaccessed the Internetfrom Annual Survey on Infocomm Usage inHouseholds and by Individuals for 2006 (IDA)Internet at home
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15 to 29 year olds who blogfrom Annual Survey on Infocomm Usage inHouseholds and by Individuals for 2006 (IDA)Internet at home
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15 to 29 year olds who read blogfrom Annual Survey on Infocomm Usage inHouseholds and by Individuals for 2006 (IDA)Internet at home
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