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EduBlogging for Formal Institutions vs. EduBlogging for Lifelong Learning

At TechTicker, the author, Mike Bogle, wrote about the challenge of educational change and his opening paragraph outlines the conundrum: Participatory culture is significant because of its capacity to connect people, facilitate dialogue and cultivate the growth of a free-flowing landscape. This culture is built upon flexibility and freedom, as well as the capacity for individuals to “transcend their immediate surroundings…

Article Critique: Identifying Edubloggers

L. Kerawalla, 2008. An Empirically grounded framework to guide blogging in higher education This article makes a significant contribution to exploratory research on edublogging. The framework they describe is limited in scope, however. I question the usefulness of research that describes research study after research study citing the benefits of blogging, only to follow up…