Comments on: Why blog together? James Farmer- founder of edublogs.org http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/why-blog-together-an-interview-with-james-farmer an e-journal of learning and innovation Wed, 16 May 2012 17:27:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Carol Carter http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/why-blog-together-an-interview-with-james-farmer#comment-14273 Carol Carter Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:41:39 +0000 http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/?page_id=4#comment-14273 I would be interested to know why James feels that tryiing to encourage students to keep an effective, reflective journal is a 'terrible use of weblogs'. His his views would be much appreciated - I am a design tutor currently investigating the potential of using blogs as a tool for personal development planning (higher education). I would be interested to know why James feels that tryiing to encourage students to keep an effective, reflective journal is a ‘terrible use of weblogs’. His his views would be much appreciated - I am a design tutor currently investigating the potential of using blogs as a tool for personal development planning (higher education).

]]> By: admin http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/why-blog-together-an-interview-with-james-farmer#comment-22 admin Wed, 07 Jun 2006 09:07:23 +0000 http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/?page_id=4#comment-22 Teacher presence is absolutely critical, can't emphasise that enough. Cognitive presence and even social presence depend on it... you need a teacher very much steering the class - as a facilitator / tone setter / and guide though rather than a sage. Teacher presence is absolutely critical, can’t emphasise that enough. Cognitive presence and even social presence depend on it… you need a teacher very much steering the class - as a facilitator / tone setter / and guide though rather than a sage.

]]> By: Michael Coghlan http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/why-blog-together-an-interview-with-james-farmer#comment-21 Michael Coghlan Wed, 07 Jun 2006 02:45:24 +0000 http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/?page_id=4#comment-21 James - you say about a teacher who blogs that they " you are able to drive discussion in a much more effective way than if you were, say, just another participant in a small discussion board somewhere." There are some who might read this as a teacher-centred approach. Is that OK? Is that what you're advocating? That at least in part, it's OK for the teacher to be 'centre blog' (= centre stage) occasionally? In contrast to what Leonard Low recently suggested (at http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=6620) that the teacher be the "Hack at the Back" - setting up, troubleshooting, responding to students needs, and problem solving, to help learners to get to the information. James - you say about a teacher who blogs that they

” you are able to drive discussion in a much more effective way than if you were, say, just another participant in a small discussion board somewhere.”

There are some who might read this as a teacher-centred approach. Is that OK? Is that what you’re advocating? That at least in part, it’s OK for the teacher to be ‘centre blog’ (= centre stage) occasionally? In contrast to what Leonard Low recently suggested (at http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=6620) that the teacher be the “Hack at the Back” - setting up, troubleshooting, responding to students needs, and problem solving, to help learners to get to the information.

]]> By: admin http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/why-blog-together-an-interview-with-james-farmer#comment-8 admin Tue, 23 May 2006 06:01:55 +0000 http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/?page_id=4#comment-8 Or ticking the subscription box :) Or ticking the subscription box :)

]]> By: Darren Lewin-Hill http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/why-blog-together-an-interview-with-james-farmer#comment-6 Darren Lewin-Hill Fri, 19 May 2006 04:59:46 +0000 http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/?page_id=4#comment-6 Congratulations to The Knowledge Tree on the transition to WordPress. I'm about to go down the same road on a VTE project and will be watching with interest as The Knowledge Tree grows and develops to provide lots of interesting opportunities for interaction by readers. I'll start the ball rolling by commenting here and then by subscribing to the feed for this entry. Well done! Congratulations to The Knowledge Tree on the transition to WordPress. I’m about to go down the same road on a VTE project and will be watching with interest as The Knowledge Tree grows and develops to provide lots of interesting opportunities for interaction by readers. I’ll start the ball rolling by commenting here and then by subscribing to the feed for this entry. Well done!

]]> By: James Farmer http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/why-blog-together-an-interview-with-james-farmer#comment-3 James Farmer Wed, 17 May 2006 22:22:37 +0000 http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/?page_id=4#comment-3 Looking forward to any comments or questions :) Looking forward to any comments or questions :)

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