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ERIC EJ1017495: Sustaining Teacher Control in a Blog-Based Personal... |
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Various tools and services based on Web 2.0 (mainly |
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blogs, wikis, social networking tools) are increasingly |
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used in formal education to create personal learning |
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environments, providing self-directed learners with more |
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freedom, choice, and control over their learning. In such |
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distributed and personalized learning environments, the |
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traditional role of the teacher is being transformed into |
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that of a facilitator. This change inevitably means a |
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reduced level of control on the part of the teacher. This |
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is evidenced, for example, in difficulties experienced in |
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retaining the necessary levels of control when the |
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learning process moves away from institutionally |
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maintained systems to blog-based personal learning |
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environments. In conducting a course in a formal |
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education setting however, it is still essential for the |
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teacher to retain control over certain learning |
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activities, such as course enrolment, assignments, and |
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the assessment process. A course management plug-in for |
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the WordPress blog platform called "LePress" was designed |
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and developed as a possible solution to this problem. By |
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using LePress, teachers are able to more easily manage |
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and coordinate courses in a distributed blog-based |
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environment. Teachers are able to regain control over |
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some important aspects of online course management, while |
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maintaining the learners' freedom and choice for self- |
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directed learning. This paper documents the results of a |
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survey of a group of 37 teachers who used LePress for at |
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least six months. The study demonstrates that by using |
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LePress, teachers experienced an enhanced level of |
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control over several aspects of the course and this |
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reinforced their perception about the ease of use of the |
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system. |
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Date Published: 2018-10-01 09:25:20 |
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Identifier: ERIC_EJ1017495 |
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Item Size: 13863052 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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