Communication and Interaction in a Blog-Based Learning Space – LO

One of the goals of the certificate is to provide educators with the technical and pedagogical expertise to use
educational technologies, so learners are encouraged to explore social technologies so they can critically assess and reflect on their use for their own practice.

This project used methods to look at both historical traces of activity (visible messages) and the “physical” course structure (technology/content) to consider the following research questions:
• What effect does the learning space have on the learning interactions in an online course?
• In what ways does technology act as a barrier or enabler for learner’s interaction/communication?
• How does learning in an open space shape the communication practices and participation in the course activities?