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A Learning Space for Literacy and English Language Learners

An Open Letter to Literacy Educators About Blogging

I am an avid student blogger, and have been doing independent research into the process of using blogs for instruction of learners for the past year as three independent studies courses I have been taking to complete my Master’s of Distance Education at Athabasca University. I am also an adult literacy instructor at Northwest Community…

Reframing Humanism

(paper written for MDDE613 course at Athabasca Unversity) Humanism is important to education because it asks us all, students and educators alike, to question our learning environments, our obligations and roles, our values in relation to our place in society, our own means to care for not only our essential, intrinsic selves, but for the…

On Humanism: A Dialogue

This exchange had taken place several years back, but I can draw ideas that contributed to the development of the edublogging framework. The breakdown of the differing bloggers roughly mirrored how I perceived the different aspects of self: private = essential; autonomous = synergistic; personal = emancipated, anonymous = shadow, or personae; networked = constructed, or utilitarian self. Both embeded…

EduBlogging Wordle

Description of Anonymous EduBlogging

Anonymous Edublogging involves learning within a public blog. However, the learners’ profiles are restricted. This enables learners to engage in anonymous group interaction. Within this anonymous space, students are offered a space in which to improvise, try on new perspectives and ideas, and rehearse a number of roles. These activities involve the following 4R’s of…