Andriati Restiani, an Instructional Designer at Ryerson's DMP Office, and a driving force behind the university's recent implementation of blogging technology, has provided a great set of resources to address why a blog is potentially a very useful pedagogical tool, even though it is from a non-traditional and evolving communicative realm. You can find that posting (a blog posting) here:
http://weblogs.ryerson.ca/roller/RyersonWeblog/category/Practices+%26+Resources
An important thing to note about blogs is that, much like any web technology, they are best used as supplements rather than replacements for existing pedagogical methods. Using a blog to post PowerPoint slides for students is probably not a "best practice" - either for undergraduate teaching, or for blogs. One of the resources Restiani highlights is
Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education
- adapted from a 1987 article by Chickering and Gamson. The Boyer Commission Report, with its ten recommendations, is also a great resource to reflect on where and how blogging (and other technologies) address best practice principles in undergraduate education. Of particular interest (at least to me) is considering how the promotion of inquiry-based practice can be encouraged by "blogging"....
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.