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HUMN432-Technology, Society & Culture
E-Learning and Educational Blogging
Prepared for
Professor Clarence McMasters
HUMN432-Technology, Society & Culture
DeVry University
Prepared by
Team C
Frankie Quinones, Joshua Fisher, Nicholas Ventola, Kevin McCarthy & Rohit Kant
DeVry University
June 9, 2012
SUMMARY
We will focus primarily on the use of blogging as an educational tool that teachers introduce to their students, and then use as a means of promoting learning. One of the great educational benefits of the read/write web, and blogging particularly, is the opportunity for the student to become a "teacher" by presenting material to an audience. When we teach, we learn. Couple with that the fact that higher education is slowly moving toward a more internet and time friendly platform. A teacher blog that posts questions about current subject matter can be a great way to introduce students to responding in writing and contributing collaboratively. The providing of each student with an individual blog seems to generate the most significant enthusiasm for blogging among students. The e-learning platform is a new generation of learning; it puts students in an interactive classroom wherever they are.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter Page
Title Page i
Summary ii
Table of Contents iii
CHAPTERS
CHAPTER 1 – History- Joshua Fisher 1
CHAPTER 2 – Implementation- Nicholas Ventola 8
CHAPTER 3 – Usability- Frankie Quinones 16
CHAPTER 4 – Ethics- Rohit Kant 27
CHAPTER 4 – Future Endeavors- Kevin McCarthy 37
Conclusion 46
Works Cited 50
History
In the late year of 1999, a word appeared in which no one was not familiar with it and it started a new revolution of learning. That word was e-learning and ever since that word was said, it has changed the look on education. E-learning is a “way to learn based on the use of new technologies allowing access to online, interactive, and sometimes personalized...