The Analysis of the Blogs Created in a Blended Course through the Reflective Thinking Perspective

Blogs have evolved from simple online diaries to communication tools with the capacity to engage people in collaboration, knowledge sharing, reflection and debate. Blog archives can be a source of information about student learning, providing a basis for ongoing feedback and redesign of learning act...

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Published inEducational sciences : theory & practice Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 1335 - 1344
Main Authors Dos, Bulent, Demir, Servet
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Istanbul Codon Publications 2013
EDAM (Educational Consultancy Ltd.)
Educational Consultancy, Ltd (EDAM)
Subjects
Blended Learning
College Students
Computer Mediated Communication
Data Analysis
Descriptive Writing
Educational Environment
Educational Policy
Electronic Learning
Electronic Publishing
Expectation
Eğitim Bilimleri
Foreign Countries
Higher Education
Intellectual Disciplines
Kişisel Gelişim
Learning Activities
Online Courses
Preservice Teachers
Prior Learning
Reading Comprehension
Reflection
Student Attitudes
Student Interests
Teaching Methods
Thinking Skills
Turkey
Web Sites
İstanbul
Türkiye
Turkey
Blogging
Online Learning
Blended Learning
Reflective Writing
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Summary:Blogs have evolved from simple online diaries to communication tools with the capacity to engage people in collaboration, knowledge sharing, reflection and debate. Blog archives can be a source of information about student learning, providing a basis for ongoing feedback and redesign of learning activities. Previous studies show that blogs can enhance reflective thinking, provide deeper learning and construct the knowledge. The aim of this study was to analyze the content of the student’s blogs to achieve the reflections and the reflections level of the students. The study was conducted at a second year undergraduate level course called “Instructional Technologies and Material Design”. The course was redesigned for blended learning model. The researchers used the Drupal web development software to create blogs and integrated them to the course website. They used content analysis method and reflective writing framework to analyze postings in the blogs.
ISSN:1303-0485