Re: [Fle3-dev] Blog with Fle3?

[Rune Baggetun]

Nice idea,
although you should do the integration carefully since FLE is build strongely 
on a particular model of learning that is different than blogs (especially if 
you consider giving students blogs). 

There are a lot of edublogs 'out there' writing about blogs in education and 
they mostly mention it as a tool for reflection (meta-cognition etc.), 
communication and process 'learning'. In some ways this is in fact similar to 
FLE (just my own opinion).

Another important part is that the blog is own by the student and in this way 
she/he can adapt her/his own learning space.

Useful links:

COREBlog
http://coreblog.org/

A Quick and Dirty Blog using Zope:
http://www.evolt.org/article/A_Quick_and_Dirty_Blog_using_Zope/20/23583/

Best wishes
- Rune


Teemu Leinonen <address@hidden> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I made some further thinking on the idea of having "teacher's course 
>weblog". And I am becoming convinced that it really is a good idea. Here 
>are some points that defend the idea.
>
>The Fle3 teacher's weblogs will (possibly - if used the right way) offer
>
>(1.)... for students:
>
>(1.1.) Easy to find, one access point, to the study course;
>(1.2.) Information about the most critical things that they should work
>        on in the study course;
>(1.3.) highlighting that learning is a process which moves on in time.
>(1.4.) Documentation of the whole study groups learning process as seen
>        by the teacher (s).
>(1.5.) Possibility to follow several "Fle3 course blogs" and to
>        integrate the Fle3 course blog content to other blogs by
>        using RSS.
>
>(2.)...for teachers:
>
>(2.1.) Easy to use one-way information channel to reach all the students
>        in one time and this way lead and manage the learning process.
>(2.2.) Possibility to post content from other "Fle3 course blogs" on
>        your own blog by using RSS.
>(2.3.) Use the permanent link of the single blog post to point to the
>        post stating something that students keep on asking, though it
>        have been already said in the blog.
>(2.4.) Possibility to study other teachers Fle3 course blogs and learn
>        how to run study course with Fle3.
>
>(3.) ...for the rest of us (other students, other teachers, parents):
>
>(3.1.) Possibility to follow what the students are doing in the study
>        course and how the teacher is leading the process.
>(3.2.) Freedom to use TrackBack and to comment the "Fle3 course blogs"
>        if seen necessary.
>
>And here is one more general point:
>
>Fle3 is a closed seminar room for progressive inquiry and there is very 
>good reasons for that: It is not either really clever or meaningful to 
>present your first "working theories" and "work in progress" thoughts in 
>some web site open for all and archived by hundred of other online 
>services.
>
>Even though progressive inquiry learning requires safe and trustful 
>community and environment, there are some parts of the Fle3 course that 
>should be openly available for anyone interested in to have a look. The 
>leading the process of learning should be documented and available for 
>anyone to follow, learn about and even comment it.
>
>In a way the documentation of the process (what the teacher and the 
>students are doing in the course) can be compared to the content (study 
>book and other materials) used in the study course. Both should be 
>openly available.
>
>    - Teemu
>
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