Post-Secondary Students' Purposes For Blogging

dc.creator	Paul Henry Leslie
dc.creator	Elizabeth Murphy
dc.date	2008-10-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:18:44Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:18:44Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/9afccb0ea5694d548e990f56d57ee9b2
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/27115
dc.description	The goal of the study was to explore post-secondary students’ purposes for blogging with particular attention to the social and instructional purposes. The sample of blogs came from an all-women’s college in the United Arab Emirates. Content analysis was conducted on eight blogs using previously tested instruments to identify social presence and knowledge construction. Authors of the blogs participated in a focus group discussion about the purposes for blogging. Findings revealed that the primary use of blogging was for social purposes. Self-disclosure was the most notable purpose for blogging, in addition to sharing emotional responses to learning. The lack of teaching presence may have influenced students’ use of blogging for social rather than instructional purposes.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/560/1099
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 9, Iss 3 (2008)
dc.subject	Blogging
dc.subject	Post-secondary
dc.subject	teaching presence
dc.subject	social presence
dc.subject	knowledge construction
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Post-Secondary Students' Purposes For Blogging
dc.type	article