Blogging from the student perspective
I recently posted a blog about the 5 most common mistakes tutors make when using blogs in education (you can read it here). Interestingly a student responded (rosevibe), agreeing with the issues raised and also adding more food for thought particularly regarding as to how staff might motivate the students.
Quote “To be told that you have to blog about your project will only bring about a 2 line post stating that some work has been done that week. To really get the juices flowing it needs to become more personal than that, there needs to be an incentive to show it’s important, perhaps a group discussion based around a different persons post each week with the group offering suggestions as to how to overcome a problem with the project – perhaps having everybody end their post with a query or question to that effect. Knowing that your peers will be reading and commenting upon what you have to say will most likely push you to be more informative than you might otherwise be.”
I think the suggestion of ending each post with a question is a good idea. And with this in mind would anyone care to comment? 
