Abstract
Using Blackboard Blogs, students in Global Social Change, an online social science course, were assigned to create individual blogs that focused on global issues-social, environmental, and political-and their relevance to one country. For example, a student who chose to blog about Libya posted facts and data, commentary, images, and links to multimedia news sources focusing on global issues pertinent to Libya. Students were also required to read and comment on their classmates' blogs. Students were trained to use blogs effectively through a Blogging Workshop, blogging rubric and through the instructor's own blog, which modeled the kinds of blog entries expected from students. Overall, student comments about the blogging experience were positive and indicated a high level of engagement with the instructor and classmates. Some reported that reading other student blogs enhanced their learning of global problems. We observed that peer-to-peer blog interaction encouraged them to create content spaces that promoted community and social interaction between multiple users within the online classroom, enabled the writing and sharing of ideas across a wide range of perspectives and allowed students to become "teachers" themselves. Pros and cons of student blogging and lessons learned from this teaching/learning experience will also be discussed.
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