NOTES & IDEAS: Using Blogs to Teach Philosophy | Academic Commons

Interesting article on using blogs in teaching.

NOTES & IDEAS: Using Blogs to Teach Philosophy | Academic Commons: "The effectiveness of blogs for philosophical debate increases when each student has his or her own blog. It is better to give each student a blog than to have all students participate in a single blog; not only do students write more, but they argue more creatively. When students have to post a blog that is in competition with other students’ blogs, students become attentive to which blogs attract and generate the most interesting and heated debates in the course. They scan the various blogs posted by other students and keep returning to the blogs that have the best debates. When commenting on others’ blogs, students not only aim to make their points in those debates but seek to entice readers back to their own blog. Students spend more time and thought on their individual blogs in order to keep it popular, and they also take care when commenting on others’ blogs because they want reciprocal visits to their own blog."

So, students .... is this true?