September 1, 2018
Blogs in Education (Edublogs)
Thousands of (master) student papers are written each year. They are checked, graded and being archived. The student paper has no further 'life'; the research work gets ‘thrown away’. Using blogging in education offers an opportunity to give ‘life’ and usefulness for the research work of the student and his paper. This, among other things, will enhance the incentives of students in their research and writing. It is also beneficial for the education programmes, individual academic courses, teachers and the society at large. With these aspirations in mind, we created in 2018 this manual for university teachers, Utrecht University. This manual provides an overview of the what, the why and, importantly, the how of blogging in education (Edublogs). Of note, this manual was created for, but certainly not limited to, law students. 1] The first document discusses a number of points concerning opportunities, possibilities and risks interconnected with using blogging in education of university graduates. 2] The second document provides a step-by-step tutorial on how to get your own blog started (as a teacher). Of note: this is only necessary when you want students to also create blogpages. 3] The third document contains a flyer summarizing the most important ideas of Edublogs, which may be useful to share with your students. 4] The fourth document discusses which learning objectives for law students can be reached using blogging.
Miroslava Scholten, Machiko Kanetake, Stefan Kulk, Otto Spijkers