Colleges Consider Using Blogs Instead of Blackboard - Chronicle.com - 0 views
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Instead of using a course-management system to distribute materials and run class discussions, why not use free blogging software
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And true believers like Mr. Groom argue that by using blogs, professors can open their students' work to the public, not just to those in the class who have a login and password to a campus course-management system.
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Open-source blog software, supporters say, also gives professors more ability to customize their online classrooms than most commercial course-management software does.
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"It looks like a real Web site," she said, noting that the course blog has a look and feel similar to those of other blogs. "For students to have a sense that they're doing something 'for real' is very powerful."
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"I think the model for the CMS is outdated given the new Web, and I think that's one of the problems," he said. "It can serve certain functions well, but it's hard for proprietary CMS's, whatever they are, to keep up with the how the Web is changing."