Blogs and discussion boards both provide opportunities for interaction in online courses, but there are instances when one is more appropriate than the other, says Matt Crosslin, instructional designer at the University of Texas at Arlington’s Center for Distance Education. The main difference between the two is focus. Blogs are typically organized in reverse-chronological order and focus on the most recent input, whereas discussion boards focus on the feedback to an initial prompt. As with all tools, there are positive and negative aspects of blogs in an online course. Read more at:
http://www.magnapubs.com/issues/magnapubs_ff/4_12/news/600974-1.html?s=FF&p=MFCFEZ
Recent Posts
- Traditional College Summer Semester Is In Jeopardy For California's Public Institutions
- Public Universities Look To Online Education To Deal With Shrinking Resources
- Remedial College Courses Are Costly And Fail Many Students
- The Most Popular Words On College Campuses
- Higher Ed Budget Cutting In Florida Will Add To Students' Debt Crisis
- Investigation Questions If Dartmouth's Trustees Enriched Themselves
- California's Community Colleges Might Be Facing The Knockout Blow
- Wesleyan University President Explains Why A Three-Year Option Is Needed
- While Public Higher Education Funding Is Slashed For-Profits Grow On Student Loans
- The Moral Judgments College Students Attach To Career Choices
May 2012
KeptUp Statistics
- Site Statistics
Search KUAL
- search
« There's Money To Be Made Selling E-Learning Products | Main | College Bans Social Networks Because It Clogs Their Network »
December 04, 2007
TrackBack
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d8341ce27f53ef00e54f96448b8833
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Pedagogical/Technical Pros and Cons Of Blogs and Discussion Boards:
Verify your Comment
Previewing your Comment
This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted.
Your comment could not be posted. Error type:
Your comment has been posted. Post another comment
As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.
Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.
Categories
- Administration
- admissions
- Alumni Relations
- Ancillary Services
- Assessment
- Athletics
- Books
- C&U News
- Campus Life
- Career/Job Related
- Community Colleges
- Community Relations
- Courseware
- Current Affairs
- curriculum
- Data/Statistical Reports
- Development
- Distance Learning
- Diversity
- Diversity
- Enrollment
- Essays/Opinions
- Ethics
- Faculty
- Film
- Finance
- Financial Aid/Loans
- Food and Drink
- For Profit Higher Education
- Free Speech
- Funding Issues
- Games
- Governance
- Government News
- Graduate Education
- Green Campus Movement
- Health Related
- Higher Ed Industry
- housing
- Information Technology
- Instructional Technology
- International News
- Internet Technologies
- K-12 w/ Higher Ed Implications
- Keep Up Resources
- Legal and Legislative Matters
- Libraries
- Open Educational Resources
- Personal Message From SJB
- Physical Plant
- Religion
- research studies
- Scholarly Publishing
- Science
- Security/Crime
- student life
- Students
- Teaching/Learning
- Television
- Travel
- Trends/Forecasts
- Tuition
- Web/Tech
Comments