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Yesterday I presented some of my ideas on learner autonomy and blogging at TappedIn as part of the weekly Blogstreams Salon, with Barbara (Bee) Dieu and Graham Stanley.
I enjoyed the resulting conversation with everyone very much, but as Bee rightly pointed out afterwards, I should have offered more specific practical examples of how [...]

The text below was presented in a chat at TappedIn on March 20th, 2005,
as part of the weekly Blogstreams Salon, with Barbara Dieu and Graham
Stanley.   The full chat transcript can be found at the
EVonline Using Weblogs in ESL/EFL Classes community.
Blogging Toward Learner Autonomy - by Aaron Campbell
What I’d like to share with you today consists [...]

For his senior project, EAC student, John Grillo, is undertaking a 9-credit experiential study in Blogging and Online Journalism.  He writes:
I am pursuing this study because I want to see a change in the way
people see the world. Perhaps I might be able to set an example for
others and start the ball rolling toward the [...]

This semester, I’m teaching a course here at the East Asia Center called Personal Webpublishing, in which there are currently eight participants; all of whom are running weblogs and using RSS and Bloglines along with various search and tracking tools like Technorati, Feedster, and Waypath, to carry out self defined learning projects throughout the semester. [...]

Personal Learning Communities (PLCs) arise when learners connect themselves with learning objects and human resources on the internet in such a way that the resulting network is centered around their personal interests.  PLCs are greatly enhanced through personal webpublishing, especially through the use of weblogs, RSS technology, and various support applications.  When cultivated in the [...]