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McLean McIntosh Post 1

• 12 December 2020, 11:56 PM

Question 1

Have you found that your students don't really engage with materials that are on your college's VLE/LMS system?  Could this be because they have no way of expressing their own opinions, ideas and identity?  

The video you just watched said blogging is, "the ultimate expression of you on the web."

Do you think that your students would engage better with a blog?


Fraser Mcintosh Post 2 in reply to 1

• 3 January 2021, 1:11 PM

I think blogging is an excellent method of engagement for students which is now being picked up in a number of disciplines such as Sociology and Criminology.

I first experienced blogging as a 4th year undergraduate in Social Policy which is a topic I struggle to engage with as a student.  I find the material dry and uninteresting and usually portrayed without experiences that I would find relevant to my life.  

Whereas, I was able to fully express myself on a subject whilst blogging regarding housing policy in Scotland and have continued to use blogging in to my, now complete, masters degree to discuss drug treatment for prisoners in Scotland.  Both of which have been some of my highest graded work.  Which I feel was  because I could engage with the subject and convey my thoughts whilst still recognising the importance of grey literature and academic matter via hyperlinks.

As a non-educator, I would recommend blogging as a learning tool as it made a great difference to my own learning experience.