| Abstract |
Learning journals are a very beneficial learning tool for students
across a range of disciplines. The requirement of frequent entries to a
journal encourages students to start achieving the learning objectives
from the first week of a module. The completed journal serves as
a useful revision resource for students preparing for a final exam or
even long after the module's completion. The downside to learning
journals is that they are passive and the class as a whole does not
benefit from the variety of opinions, articles and personal experiences
logged in their classmates' journals. If the journal is only handed in
at the end a semester, there is no room for feedback for the students
on their entries until after the module has completed. In this paper,
guidelines for the deployment of an active learning journal alternative,
using Google Plus Communities, are presented. A literature review
is also included for alternative case studies in using learning journals,
weblogs, and wikis for recording and encouraging student learning
throughout a module. |
