Using blogs in a college philosophy class


	Using blogs in a college philosophy class

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8-4-2008 12:25 AM

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education, teaching, pedagogy, social, 2.0, blogging, blog, academe

enbar says:

A Penn State professor gives a short overview of his use of blogging in introductory undergraduate classes.

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8-5-2008 11:15 AM

ramsesemerson

That's cool--and the philosophy students I knew would have had incredibly popular blogs.

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