Jennifer Kim, Undergraduate Duke Student
- Has taken 4 classes with blogs, all in english
- 3 successful, 1 not
Why blogs don’t work
- Blogs fall into a black hold
- Blogs are not relevant to class and have no structure
- There are unrealistic expectations
How blogs can work
- Get people involved, RESPOND!
- There is proper incentive
- Provide an easy mechanism
Showed effective uses of blogs:
- Weekly blog post with three questions and ask people to respond. Students often responded to each other, too.
- Didn’t like the use of blog tools in Blackboard.
Establishing a blog is way easier than maintaining one. Be sure you have the passion of keeping up with updates and have the focus of maintaining your own topic.
But teaching through blogging is a very good channel if properly structured.