Radhika: It is progressive because there is still a lot of resistance to distance learning in academia. It is a way for the school to make more money, but many in academia, based on my research (both formal and informal) have issues with distance learning. In fact, the president of CHEA spoke at our seminar class approximately three weeks ago and this topic was heavily discussed. A lot of institutions have openly criticized and tried to minimize the University of Phoenix and how the school was treated like an ex-con on probation. We use Blackboard and it is vanilla, but it is effective. One can have full blown discussions, turn in papers and do exams online. I've had at least 7 classes that have been Blackboard and classroom combinations. They were great. -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Annette Markham Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 8:20 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] Blogging basics? well, using blogs for class assignments is not new for many of us, that's true. But if you'd never heard of doing this, it would seem progressive, eh? Most of my students here in the Virgin Islands don't even know what blogging is. Most forms of CMC are completely new to them. Last week, I held class in the virtual classroom of Blackboard, the most vanilla of chatrooms, and they thought it was amazing, progressive, and very strange. So Chris, if you're interested, you should take up the subject here, 'cause many of the people on this list have been using blogs for years...like Radhika :) annette On 11/29/05, Radhika Gajjala <radhika@cyberdiva.org> wrote:
okay - I cant resist this jab - forgive me
what's so progressive about using blogs for class a assignments?
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ps - no offense meant.
Can you email me direct at chris.heidelberg@ssa.gov? I am a graduate student studying edutainment and convergence and I would like to get your thoughts. Where do you teach? This sounds so progressive.
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of DattaKaurK@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 2:53 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] Blogging basics?
I use blogs as an online journal requirement for my graduate students. They love it, become introduced to the technology tool and, as a teacher, I am updated weekly related to team procedures, content interests and
blogging
experiences. The individuality and interactive communication that can take place using this tool in relation to coursework have been valuable.
Datta Kaur
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