Towards a Framework for Educational Affordances of Blogs

Autor/inn/en	Deng, Liping; Yuen, Allan H. K.
Titel	Towards a Framework for Educational Affordances of Blogs
Quelle	In: Computers & Education, 56 (2011) 2, S.441-451 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1315
DOI	10.1016/j.compedu.2010.09.005
Schlagwörter	Student Teachers; Web Sites; Electronic Publishing; Educational Benefits; Interpersonal Relationship; Interaction; Educational Media; Reflective Teaching; Teaching Methods; Preservice Teacher Education; Models; Computer Assisted Instruction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudentin; Referendar; Referendarin; Web-Design; Elektronisches Publizieren; Bildungsertrag; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Interaktion; Bildungsmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Analogiemodell; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht
Abstract	Accompanying the emergence of blog technology as a dominant online publishing paradigm is a growing interest in its educational benefits and applications. This study sets out to develop an empirically grounded framework for educational blogging in the context of teacher education. A working framework was first proposed that highlights four areas: self-expression, self-reflection, social interaction, and reflective dialogue. An exploratory study was then conducted to examine the framework by involving two groups of student teachers during their teaching practice. This study revealed that the salient values of blogs centered on emotionally charged and social-oriented individual expressions as well as self-reflection. The interactive functionality of blogs was used mostly for exchanging social support rather than reflective dialogue. A new dimension--blog-reading--has emerged through the investigation and been added to the original framework. The findings can contribute to a better understanding of the educational values of blogs and their meaningful applications as educational media. (Contains 5 tables and 5 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10