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Crossing into the Dreamtime: Evaluating the Benefits of Weblogs as a Blended Learning Tool for University Students to Teach Elementary School Students about Australian Culture

Crossing into the Dreamtime: Evaluating the Benefits of Weblogs as a Blended Learning Tool for University Students to Teach Elementary School Students about Australian Culture
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Author(s): Courtney Bauder (University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, USA)and John K. Thompson (Schultz Elementary School in Mishicot, Wisconsin, USA)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 21
Source title: Transcultural Blended Learning and Teaching in Postsecondary Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Emmanuel Jean Francois (University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2014-8.ch012

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Abstract

It is the intent of this chapter to offer an explanation of a program between a group of university students engaged in a study abroad experience and an elementary school classroom who use blogging as a blended learning tool to share their learning about Australia. This chapter attempts to explain how this informal, yet structured and intentional learning experience can serve as a model for educators who are hoping to implement hybrid or blended learning activities into their primary, secondary, or tertiary curriculum. To justify these claims, this chapter elucidates the power of weblogs as a tool of connection across both real and imagined boundaries and offer educators another instructional strategy that will help to transform and reconceptualize the concept of traditional classrooms. We found that this project can specifically inform the work of teachers, educators, or professionals who want to infuse online education into classroom practice and can highlight some of the benefits of online education for those in the field.

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