Blog as a communication tool
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Description
- Instructor: UCF's Dr. Thomas Brueckner
- Course Title: PSC1121 Physical Science
Instructor Testimony
UCF physics professor Dr. Thomas Brueckner uses a blog as a tool to communicate with students. He posts class announcements, reminders, and shares resources. The benefits of using a blog for this type of communication are as follows:
- Organization of content
- Posts are displayed in reverse chronological order – most recent information always appears first
- Use of tags to make content easy to find
- Effective communication tool outside of his online course. Students can subscribe to RSS feeds to have updates pushed to them or visit the blog through link posted inside course.
Link to example artifact(s)
Explore Dr. Brueckner’s blog at: http://psc1121.blogspot.com/
Link to scholarly reference(s)
Church, A. (2008). Bloom's digital taxonomy. Retrieved from http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/bloom%27s+Digital+taxonomy+v3.01.pdf
CommonCraft.com (2007). Blogs in Plain English [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI
Demski, J. (2012, January 1). Strategies for blog-powered instruction. Campus Technology. Retrieved from http://campustechnology.com/articles/2012/01/01/strategies-for-blog-powered-instruction.aspx
EDUCAUSE. (2005). 7 things you should know about Blogs ( No. ELI7006). Retrieved from http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7006.pdf
Leslie, S. (2003). Some Uses of Blogs in Education. Retrieved from http://www.edtechpost.ca/gems/
Citation
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Seilhamer, R. & Chen, B. (2012). Blog as a communication tool. In K. Thompson and B. Chen (Eds.), Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository. Orlando, FL: University of Central Florida Center for Distributed Learning. Retrieved May 23, 2013 from http://topr.online.ucf.edu/index.php?title=Blog_as_a_communication_tool&oldid=2257