Reconsidering usage of blogging in preservice teacher education courses

Top E., Yukselturk E., Inan F. A.

Internet and Higher Education, cilt.13, sa.4, ss.214-217, 2010 (SSCI, Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2010.05.003
  • Dergi Adı: Internet and Higher Education
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.214-217
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Course satisfaction, Instructional blogging, Learning community, Preservice teachers, Web 2.0
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The purpose of this study was to examine preservice teachers' perceived benefits of instructional blogs, classroom community, course satisfaction, and learning. The data were obtained via surveys administered throughout Fall 2009. Fifty preservice teachers from two undergraduate courses participated in this study. Results indicate that students did not utilize the full benefits of blogging. Students mainly used blogs for information sharing, rather than discussion or reflection. Additionally, preservice teachers' course satisfaction and perceived learning were found to be related to their feeling a sense of learning community. © 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.