PCY'S BLOG

A new communication tool-Webblog

• Web log: a diary or journal on a Web site
• Now commonly referred to as a “blog”

Contrast with FDU Web site – example from Provost’s Page

• Provost’s Learning Outcomes Assessment Advisory Committee

Interactive communication

• Webcampus course and community – restricted access
• Requires maintaining list of users

Choice between public and private blog

• Controlled by Settings

Relevance for faculty in the University

• Part of Culture of Assessment
  • Feedback
  • “Closing the loop”
• Another mode of communication with students, colleagues

— Paul Younghouse