Emerging Pedagogies In The Middle East: Enhancing Student Autonomy Using Weblogs (Blogs)

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Emerging Pedagogies in the Networked Knowledge Communities

This chapter presents the conceptual and theoretical aspects of emerging pedagogies in the Networked Knowledge Communities (NKCs). The author looks into the notions of networked knowledge communities and emerging pedagogies by analyzing their basic concepts, structures, and components. Then, the chapter explores the possibilities of emerging pedagogies as a concept and as a practice in the cont...

Student Experiences of Using Weblogs: an Exploratory Study

Recently, attempts have been made to use Weblogs and other personal webpublishing technologies to support individual and social reflection in higher education. Weblogs can be highly individual and reflective in nature, and students’ experiences and perceptions of the technology and practice are of primary importance in furthering educational use. In this phenomenological study 8 participants wh...

Emerging diseases of Africa and the Middle East.

The term "emerging diseases" has been used recently to refer to different scenarios, all of which indicate changes in the dynamics of disease in the population. Of the OIE List A diseases, major changes have been experienced with rinderpest, peste des petit ruminants (PPR), contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP), foot-and-mouth disease, African swine fever, lumpy skin disease, and Rift Valley...

Evaluating Student Perceptions of Using Blogs in an Online Course

This article is based on an exploratory study on the use of blogs to support learning in an online MBA school. In this paper, the authors examine students’ perceptions toward blogs and their effectiveness. The study finds that although students are open to the idea of using blogs to enhance presentation and reflection of their learning, concerns exist on their suitability for threaded discussio...