Using NUS Module Blogs

It's been a quiet two weeks at Using NUS Module Blogs. The new academic year is about to begin, so here are some readings for you from Blogtalk Downunder.

Blogtalk Downunder is a blogging conference that was held in May this year. Some of the presentations and papers looked at blogging in an academic setting. We highlight some of the pertinent ones here:

• Gavin Sade contemplates Weblogs as Open Constructive Learning Environments
  
  
• Mathieu O'Neil explores Weblogs and Authority
  
  
• Marcus O'Donnell discusses Blogging as pedagogic practice: artefact and ecology
  
  
• Lisa Wise compares and contrasts Blogs versus discussion forums in postgraduate online continuing medical education
  
  
• Chaczko, Mahadevan & Wajs-Chaczko introduce Blogging as an Effective Tool in Teaching and Learning Software Systems Development
  
  
• Cooper & Boddington explore Assessment by blog: Ethical case studies assessment for an undergraduate business management class