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A case of using "EconBlog" in teaching economics
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Date Issued
2009
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Working paper series
ISBN
9789628719983
Description
12 pages
Type
Working Paper
Abstract
Blog has become a powerful and interactive tool for people to share their thoughts and resources online. Given the recent financial crisis, a community of blog relating to economics and finance, so called "EconBlog", becomes an essential tool for economists to share their views with others. This paper reports a case of using EconBlog in enhancing students learning in higher education. Questionnaire survey will be used to collect feedback from 69 third year university students who were required to do an international finance project with the use of EconBlog. The project involves developing an EconBlog to share their analyses of daily exchange rate fluctuation. Every week, students are required to review and discuss their EconBlog in class. In order to establish a learner-centered constructivist environment, student interactions are the core. The EconBlog applications offer opportunities for expanding and enriching the communications among students and teachers. In addition, EconBlog also brings student to a real world situation, sharing their works with the public. The feedback from the students show that they appreciate the learning activities and think that the learning experience will facilitate their self-learning capacities, help them to explore their inner potential and build up their confidence in getting success in the information society. The spearman's correlation provided empirical support for the effectiveness of the EconBlog in enhancing learning.
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