Weblogs as ePortfolios

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Weblogs as ePortfolios

• Sébastien Paquet
• National Research Council Canada
• Mario Asselin
• Institut St-Joseph

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Interface (2)
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Push-button publishing
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What makes a weblog a weblog?
2.  Posts  with hyperlinks

• Personal site

3. Frequent updates
5. Archives
4. Free access
Reader comments
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Our experiments

• CAHM, New Brunswick (K-8)
• Université de Moncton (Higher Education)
• Institut St-Joseph, Québec (K-6)

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Private vs. Public weblogs

• Private weblog
• Access
• The student
• His parents
• His teacher

• Public weblog
• Access
• Anyone on the Web can read and comment

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Aggregation Keeping Track
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Key points

• Simplicity and immediacy of the experience drive
  use and amount of posting
• Feedback and conversation encourage quality
• Educators have the responsibility to monitor and
  guide, a posteriori

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Weblogs in Educause

• (EDUCAUSE Review, September 2004)