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Using a rubric for a blogging assignment

Michael Rowe — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:02:59 +0000

Earlier this year I gave my 3rd year students an assignment in which they needed to write a reflective blog post based on a clinical experience they’d experienced. I just thought I’d share the rubric I used to grade the assignments, as I’ve come across a few people have have had difficulty trying to assign grades to blog posts. This one below is the best that I could manage but would love to hear if you think there’s anything I could do differently.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-25

Michael Rowe — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 04:22:00 +0000

Watched “The history boys” (http://ht.ly/5LUce) last night at Theatre on the Bay (http://ht.ly/5LUdg). Was excellent #
Don’t tell teachers how to act on Facebook, says union | Education | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/rth3x5 #
Harry Potter Special: Evaluating Hogwarts Teachers http://ow.ly/1uRLRD #
Killing Peer Review http://ow.ly/1uRLEF #
Changing Education Paradigms http://ow.ly/1uRLpR. Presentation by Ken Robinson #
Marshall McLuhan and his relevance to teaching with technology http://ow.ly/1uRKDw #
@wesleylynch @shanlatimer @ronaldarendse @sbestbier Get R200 worth of Exclusives online vouchers for R100 http://t.co/O1X2gDg #
RT @elanlohmann: Get R200 worth of Exclusives online vouchers for R100 http://t.co/O1X2gDg via @ZapponJHB @ZapponCT @exclusivescoza #
RT @cristinacost & @newsbrooke: Breaking the paywall on academic research. JSTOR articles appearing here: http://bit.ly/nBXQzL via @wmjohn #
RT @andycoverdale: Using Blogs for peer feedback and discussion – Case study http://t.co/MP9y0CK via @helinur #
RT @cristinacost: Digital Citizenship http://bit.ly/vOwKM. Not sure about the porn/gambling = immoral statement. Seems a bit self-righteous? #
RT @cristinacost: 9 themes of Digital Citizenship http://bit.ly/vOwKM <- “norms of appropriate, responsible behavior wrt technology use” #
Thousands of scientific papers uploaded to The Pirate Bay http://ow.ly/1uRgBV #
What would happen if you hacked into a library? http://ow.ly/1uPIxD #
FDA to Review Medical Smartphone Apps http://ow.ly/1uPIdK #
Aaron Swartz indicted on charges of “wire fraud, computer fraud” etc. http://bit.ly/qRw8an. After stealing several million academic articles #
Just installed #Flipboard ..easily the best news app out there (IMHO) #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-18

Michael Rowe — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 04:22:00 +0000

Some beautiful photos from around Cape Town over the past few days (not mine) http://t.co/56JmLtl #
Amazing weekend at the #caperoyale hotel. Recommend it for any special occasions / celebrations. Friendly staff & great food. Thanks #
Beautiful day at Greenpoint Park, can’t believe what amazing weather we’re having #
Over 1 billion items shared every day on Google+ http://t.co/KtbAVMO #
@GoodTasteMag loved the rib eye steak Service was fantastic, really good experience #
@ShanLatimer sitting outside at #1800 in the middle of winter at the #caperoyale Cape Town is fantastic #
View from the pool deck of the #caperoyale http://ow.ly/i/enxq #
Staying at #caperoyale for the weekend, really impressed so far, great service (www.caperoyale.co.za) #
On social networks: “If you’re not paying for it, then you are the product” #
Hey Google — being social is not an engineering problem http://ow.ly/1uD0TH #
Does Google+ solve the privacy problem or make it worse? http://ow.ly/1uD0za #
Further Thoughts on Blogging Profs. http://ow.ly/1uCWZs #
Slow Academia « The Thesis Whisperer http://t.co/AF62ZsZ #
Learning with ‘e’s: Going the extra mile http://bit.ly/riyuKD #
“Analytics” interventions « Gardner Writes http://bit.ly/pILLgV. Indictment of standardised testing #
Learning with ‘e’s: Going the extra mile http://bit.ly/riyuKD. Too nervous to try and step outside the box #
“People who live in the intersection of social worlds are at higher risk of having good ideas” (Burt, 2005) via Anderson, ALT-C presentation #
“Relationships, more than information, determine how problems are solved or opportunities exploited.” (Looi, 2001) via Anderson, ALT-C prez #
Championing open access to research http://ow.ly/1uyaDr #
Applications for FAIMER / SAFRI Fellowships in 2012 now open at http://bit.ly/qcyD9J #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-11

Michael Rowe — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:22:00 +0000

Is More Zen, Less Plus The Way to Go? http://ow.ly/1uqHOf. “Zen mode” in WordPress helps you to focus on writing #
Google Plus Feature Request: Automatic Circles http://ow.ly/1uqH4n #
Learning with ‘e’s: Seven reasons teachers should blog http://bit.ly/pVV9A8 #
Reasons teachers don’t blog http://t.co/VKLcLIS #
OER@UCT | Excellent video explaining Creative Commons http://bit.ly/qzgJFI #
Sage on the Stage : Education Next http://bit.ly/norWHX. Is lecturing really all that bad? #
Just installed #Apture for contextual highlighting http://bit.ly/qz9Mcx. Fantastic browser plugin #
The Future of Hospital Apps http://rww.to/lw27UT #
US publisher moves to make catalogue of over 4,000 academic texts available free online http://t.co/hqE0vuy #
Google Plus: Is This the Social Tool Schools Have Been Waiting For? http://rww.to/kWEhwe #
A critique of the role of social presence within the community of inquiry framework | IRRODL http://bit.ly/maDXnq #

Reflective blogging in an Evidence-based practice module

Michael Rowe — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:52:38 +0000

During 2010 a colleague and I studied the use of blogging to facilitate reflection among postgraduate physiotherapy students as it related to the process of learning evidence-based practice. We’re in the last stages of writing the article and have developed a poster that will be presented at the World Congress of Physical Therapy in Amsterdam during June.

Here’s the poster:

Frantz & Rowe – Blogging to Facilitate Reflection in EBP