Using Blogs to Traverse Physical and Virtual Spaces

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Author(s): Kerryn Newbegin (Monash University, Australia)and Leonard Webster (Monash University, Australia)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 15
Source title: Physical and Virtual Learning Spaces in Higher Education: Concepts for the Modern Learning Environment
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mike Keppell (Charles Sturt University, Australia), Kay Souter (LaTrobe University, Australia)and Matthew Riddle (LaTrobe University, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-114-0.ch010

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Virtual Learning Environments

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The development of physical and virtual learning spaces is prominent in the current higher education context, however a preoccupation with the design of these environments must not be at the cost of the learner. This chapter proposes that new ways of thinking need to be adopted and new strategies for collaborating need to be developed to enable students and teachers to traverse the physical and virtual environments. In traversing these spaces, learners must use them to best advantage, both within the higher education context, and then later in the professional arena in which they will be operating. Specifically this chapter will examine the use of one collaboration tool—blogs— to bridge the gap between the physical and the virtual, the formal and the informal learning spaces. Strategies for using blogs will be presented as a tool for students and educators to enable and promote knowledge creation, and to develop a habit of reflective practice both during and after formal study.

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