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      I was pleased to see a reference to Wheeler (2010) in a student post.  He is a prolific blogger and is a good role model for the type of blogs you can write for this paper which you then adapt to fit an essay style for assessment 1.  Wheeler (2010) lists 7 features of a good blogspot as having: a good attention grabbing title, good content that is well written, easy to read and topical, controversial with support for your argument,  information based on good colourful images,  hyperlinks that take the readers deeper into the content, humour and brevity.         I was also interested in reading/seeing how much time you spend on digital reading and writing as compared to print versions and how this translated into teaching/learning practices.  Walsh (2010) explains in some depth the process of reading, writing and producing on screen stating that a crucial issue for us in literacy education, is whether the basic aspect...
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Welcome to Online learning and teaching. This paper is in some ways always in draft mode.This I feel is how it should be as this paper needs to be always shifting because technology does not rest. Nor does the discussion of digital literacies. I feel it is important to keep in mind definitions of Web 2.0 which stress the importance of collaboration of learners and teachers and the multiplicity of links that are made available through the web. Web 2 is about students being creators of knowledge in contrast to being receivers of knowledge (An & Williams, 2010). For me this is a problem because being a pragmatist I try to tie the down and the Blackboard Learning Management System (LMS)  suits my teaching style as I like the buttons (folders) where I can put learning activities, assessments etc. However I have made a conscious decision to use outside social media (blogger.com) as well as communication tools within the LMS  such as discussion boards and wikis.I am trying...
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