They all did it in the end (and some were excellent) but a lot of cajoling was required in a few cases… Most teachers are used to writing most days for a public audience. Many learners, particularly mature learners returning to education, are not. They can find the process confusing, painful and uncomfortable at first. I designed the course with low-stakes small posts of one or two paragraphs to start with (initially only visible to the tutor) and ending up with a full public “eportfolio” aimed at future employers. We should remember when designing blog assignments that we are unusual as a group in the amount of public writing that we do and our familiarity with drafting and publishing generally…
By the way your blog looks lovely, Helen and is very interesting – I’m sure we’ll probably cross paths face to face via NUIG/CELT or ILTA one of these days…
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