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Academic Blogging for Identity Construction

First posted in Me2U on October 8, 2008 This post was first written for the mde605 course , and reviewing it again now (July 10, 2010), is intended to provide an example of why such archiving of posts is so significant. Again, reviewing the blog post in 2014, yields further insights. I would fine-tune/extend my…

Blogging the Self in Complex Networks

As learners, we need to make the emotional shift from reticence and fear over voicing our views, and bolster our resolve and strengthen ourselves, so that we can confidently write for ourselves even in the absence of any guarantees of reciprocity, of feedback, or of acknowledgement from others.

Adding Texture to Academic Blog Posts

Using Footnotes to describe way-making , and add context Using Title HTML tags to define, and elaborate on concepts Signalling register and voice changes Signalling in-line edits with the combination of the strikethrough and italics keys Inserting revisions and updates with different font types Note to audience/self: this addendum provides extra context for me, providing…

Academic Blogging: Developing Critical Thinking

Fisher, 2001, Critical Thinking: An Introduction Fisher referred to Edward Glaser ‘s list that identified a number of critical thinking abilities: (Glaser, 2001, pg. 10). Identify reasons and conclusions Identify and evaluate assumptions Clarify and interpret expressions and ideas Judge acceptability and credibility of claims Evaluate arguments Analyze, evaluate and produce explanations Evaluate, analyze…

Explorations in Academic Blogging: D’Arcy Norman

Academic blogging is quickly emerging as a separate genre. In the first of my series of blog posts, I explored Dr. Terry Anderson’s academic blogging style, and analyzed his blog post on Rethinking Disclosure and Surveillance . I then explored Dr. Tony Bates’ academic blogging style, and though there were several similarities, there were quite a few…