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Weblogs as Academic Tools: Cases and Cautions Margaret D. AndersonPsychology DepartmentSUNY Cortland
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Academic usesPedagogy drives technology usetech appropriate to the taskgenuine not contrived useintegrated into course gradingnot overly rigid assignments
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Weblogsweblog Jorn Barger 17 Dec 1997 (Wikipedia)Series of thematic entries reverse chronological orderWritten by one individualOr thematic, written by many
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My academic needs:Not limited to class enrollment or semesterCustomize insert photos, links, video etc.Determine security levelVery intuitive structureWord limit
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LiveJournalOpen sourceAccount levelsMultiple languages Tec supportChange in template
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1 - Traditional courseWeekly journal assignmentsHardcopy problemsWeb basedNeeds:privacyaccountability (date stamp)interactive (post comments)simple
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Model 1One-to-one, Two-way communication, Closed System
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Closed system of personal communication between students and instructor using LiveJournal
CLASS MEMBERS LIVE JOURNAL INTERFACE
INSTRUCTOR
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2 - Off site supervisionStudent internsRemote sitesSite supervisor(s)Faculty supervisorConfidentialityInteractiveEaseAttachments
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Model 2Multi-user, Two-way communication, Closed system
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Closed system of communication among student intern, faculty and site supervisor using Live Journal
STUDENT INTERN FACULTY SUPERVISOR
SITE SUPERVISOR
LIVE JOURNAL
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3 - Multiple linked coursesIndividual postsDetermine accessibilityPersonalize formatInteractive
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Model 3Multi-group, Multi-individual, Two-way communication, Closed System
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Closed system of communication among six linked courses
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4 - Asynchronous coursediscussion board as one element of course
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Discussion board requirementsInstructor generated questionStudents respond to questionStudents respond to peers inputNeeds:EaseInteractive Security level limit to class members
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Discussion softwareSharewareFree Easy to structure/maintainNo securityLocal sys opWebCTNot free Not intuitiveSys opLimited to class membersLimited to semester
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Model 4aMulti-group, Two-way Communication, Closed system
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Closed system of communication among class members
CLASS MEMBERS
INSTRUCTOR
LJ TOPIC
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Model 4bExpand systemAdd other groups (classes)
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Closed system of communication among multiple classes
CLASS A
CLASS BCLASS C
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Open systemOpen discussion to digital community
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Model 5Multi-user, Two-way Communication, Open system
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Open system of communication including multiple classes
CLASS A
CLASS C
CLASS B
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Cautions Determine pedagogical useDetermine logic structureSelect software
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Thank you!Questions????
Margaret D. AndersonPsychology DepartmentSUNY Cortland,NY [email protected]