Getting buy-in for blended learning

Encouraging students to embrace blended learning is not always an easy task. Sometimes it is necessary to use some "gentle" nudging in the form of grades for participation. Many students are wary of the online environment, others are uncomfortable. Persistence will yield results however.

keeping up with blogging

Once you have started a blog in an academic setting you must ensure that you have clear goals for the blog and that you can keep up with your objectives. There must be interaction and participation for it to be sustainable and interesting otherwise its just you talking to yourself.

Adding video

I thought some of you might want to add videos at some point to your blogs so I have included a You Tube video that provides instructions

Determining whether to use blogs in an online course

As with any other tool, the decision about whether or not to use a blog in a course is influenced by a combination of your learning outcomes, your students and their abilities and learning styles and your own skill in using a blog. I took a long time deciding whether or not to create a blog for the courses I am teaching but decided that there would be more advantages than disadvantages. I would like to get some thoughts on how students feel about using blogs though. To add your comments click on the date and a box will open that allows you to post your comments.