Web Log/Online Journal: Campus Pak Blogs

Basic Understanding

Define: It is an updated personal journal to express yourself to the world. Posts appear in reverse chronological order with the most recent entry appearing first. This is similar format to a daily journal.

• Basic Pedagogical Use: Can foster ownership and choice. Students explore their own learning and thinking. It facilitates reflection and learning. It can also encourage students to write. Allows students to collaborate .
• Using Campus Pak Blogs allows a secure environment
• It permits asynchronous communication

Pros

• Provides the user – author and editor privileges
• Students may learn from one another.
• Promotes content composition from non-technical users

Cons

• Can be difficult to grade
• Extra time. Instructor must think thoroughly on what they want their students to gain from the blogs.

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Tool Information Pages (TIP) are intended to be an introduction to various technology tools and their specific implementation here at the University. The tabs "Basic Understanding" and "Pros and Cons" describe and define each tool in its generic form. Starting with "Basic Operation," it becomes specific to the UM option and highlights a bulleted list of concepts that would roughly correspond to that level of operational understanding. Faculty may use these lists to help identify their level of understanding of a given tool, especially in conjunction with ETS training offerings or requests.

For further information, please contact:
Rosalia Reyes-Webb
Learning Technology Specialist
Educational Technology Services
301-405-0309
Rosalia5@umd.edu