Advances in E-learning - The Case of Blogging in U .K. School Geography
Date
2009
Authors
Wood, Phil
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Publisher
The Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education
Abstract
This paper sets out results from a small scale investigation into the use of educational weblogs (edublogs) in U.K. geography education. Using frameworks introduced by Rey (2006) and Owen, Grant, Sayer, and Facer (2006), this investigation provides evidence of a developing blogging community of teachers who are using the opportunities the medium offers in a number of different ways. There is a widespread use of blogs for communicating resources and views, but far less evidence of their use in developing a consciously collaborative medium. However, whilst the evidence for collaboration is small, where it exists, it shows a clear potential for extending learning beyond the confines of the classroom.
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Keywords
geography, blog, web 2.0, e-learning, collaborative learning
Citation
Wood, P. (2009). Advances in e-learning - the case of blogging in U .K. school geography. Research in Geographic Education, 11(2), pp. 28-46.