Factors of Participants and Blogs that Predict Blogging Activeness During Teaching Practice and Induction Year
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v17i1.2169Keywords:
distance education, higher education, pedagogyAbstract
The blog as a type of social software has been used in education for several years, and its positive effect in the field has been asserted in many studies. This study presents the factors of participants and blogs that predict blogging activeness during teaching practice and induction year. During the teaching practice and induction year all participants could use a blog to share experiences, ask questions, receive support and so on. The blogs were supported by the tutors and all blogs were collective blogs, but they were organised differently and used differently. The data collected included 1,137 blog posts from 192 participants using 13 collective blogs along with their self-reports via pre- and post-period questionnaires. Correlation analysis as the first stage and regression analysis as the second stage was used in this study. The results showed several relationships and the regression analysis indicated that the most influential positive factor predicting participant activeness on the blog was the strength of social relationships between the participants.Published
2016-02-02
How to Cite
Luik, P., & Taimalu, M. (2016). Factors of Participants and Blogs that Predict Blogging Activeness During Teaching Practice and Induction Year. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v17i1.2169
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