Using blogs to support participative learning in university courses

  • Authors:
  • Alessandra Agostini;Giorgio De Michelis;Marco Loregian

  • Affiliations:
  • Dipartimento di Informatica, Sistemistica e Comunicazione, Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, viale Sarca 336–14, 20126 Milan, Italy.;Dipartimento di Informatica, Sistemistica e Comunicazione, Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, viale Sarca 336–14, 20126 Milan, Italy.;Dipartimento di Informatica, Sistemistica e Comunicazione, Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, viale Sarca 336–14, 20126 Milan, Italy

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Web Based Communities
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

In this paper, we present our experience with a blog as support for our design-oriented courses at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy. The experience has been very satisfactory, showing a quantitative and qualitative improvement in students' participation in the learning experience. By adopting the consolidated viewpoints of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) and Communities of Practice (CoPs) researches to interpret the results of our experience, we aim to underline the appropriateness of blogs and their most relevant features in supporting collaborative, participative learning.