Blogging for Information Management, Learning, and Social Support during Internship

Autor/inn/en	Chu, Samuel K. W.; Kwan, Alvin C. M.; Warning, Peter
Titel	Blogging for Information Management, Learning, and Social Support during Internship
Quelle	In: Educational Technology & Society, 15 (2012) 2, S. 168-178Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1436-4522
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Information Management; Evidence; Rating Scales; Professional Education; Student Attitudes; Internship Programs; Web Sites; Electronic Publishing; Web 2.0 Technologies; Questionnaires; Interviews; Learning Strategies; Cohort Analysis; Technology Uses in Education; Usability; Social Cognition; Social Networks; Social Psychology; Likert Scales + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Procurement of information; Informationsbeschaffung; Evidenz; Rating-Skala; Berufsausbildung; Schülerverhalten; Berufspraktische Ausbildung; Web-Design; Elektronisches Publizieren; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Kohortenanalyse; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Soziale Kognition; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Sozialpsychologie; Likert-Skala
Abstract	The functions and possibilities afforded by blogging have been suggested to be relevant to learning and information management. Its increasing use in the business and education sectors is documented, but currently its use in professional education or internship is limited. The social nature of blogging appears to support the applicability of blogs to facilitate learning and communication between student interns. To contribute to the empirical evidence supporting these propositions, this study investigated the use of web logs to facilitate information management, learning, and mutual support for internship students. Undergraduate information management students (N=53) formed three cohorts who used three different blogging platforms in the course of their internships. They evaluated the use of blogs through an interview questionnaire that included close-ended rating scales and open-ended probes. The results revealed that students generally have positive perceptions on blogging as a tool to facilitate information management and mutual support. Blogs were also perceived to be useful in terms of self-reflection and communication. This study also showed that the blogging platform does not seem to have an impact on the students' perceptions on the use of the blogs, whereas the communication between students and supervisors through the blog comments needs to be improved. (Contains 7 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Forum of Educational Technology & Society. Athabasca University, School of Computing & Information Systems, 1 University Drive, Athabasca, AB T9S 3A3, Canada. Tel: 780-675-6812; Fax: 780-675-6973; Web site: http://www.ifets.info
Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10