Blogs in Higher Education

Jeremy B Williams and Joanne Jacobs have published an excellent overview and literature survey of blogging in higher education in the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology. One of the many interesting articles cited is Content Delivery in the 'Blogosphere' by Richard Ferdig and Kaye Trammell, published in Technological Horizons in Education (February 2004). Ferdig and Trammell list four benefits of student blogging:

• The use of blogs helps students become subject-matter experts.
• The use of blogs helps students become subject-matter experts.
• The use of blogs gives students legitimate chances to participate.
• The use of blogs provides opportunities for diverse perspectives, both within and outside of the classroom.

[See also this article from the September 23 Guardian, Inside the ivory tower: Blogging is allowing academics to develop and share their ideas with an audience beyond the universities. (Free, but registration required.)]

Posted by Chris Hodge at September 24, 2004 10:49 AM | Links to this post
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