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Recommended Citation: Forster, W P and T Tam.  Weblogs and Student-Centered Learning: Personal Experiences in MBA Teaching.  In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2004, v 21 (Newport): §3242. ISSN: 1542-7382. (A later version appears in Information Systems Education Journal 4(15). ISSN: 1545-679X.)
 
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Weblogs and Student-Centered Learning: Personal Experiences in MBA Teaching

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Refereed8 pages
W. Paul Forster    [a1] [a2]
School of Business and Management
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology    [u1] [u2]
Hong Kong, China    [c1] [c2]

Tony Tam    [a1] [a2]
School of Business and Management
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology    [u1] [u2]
Hong Kong, China    [c1] [c2]

This paper uses the lens of Gibson's concept of affordances to explore how weblogs might encourage student-centered learning. It discusses the authors' personal experiences using weblogs in the context of an MBA-level course as course weblogs and as a case discussion weblog. Practical matters in improving the use of weblogs in the classroom, and how the affordances of weblogs are constrained by the institutions of teacher-centered learning are discussed.

Keywords: weblogs, blogging, online case discussions, affordances

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