Blogging activities can foster reflective practices that support student learning, though most supporting studies relied on self-reported data and lacked control groups¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Of 29 studies on reflective practice, 24 used self-reported data and only 5 used experimental designs; 16 of 19 non-experimental self-report studies reported blogging fostered reflective practices aiding learning. → Carlos R. del Blanco 2018 q2 i? Experimental studies on blogging and reflective learning reported mixed results, with three studies finding no significant increase in students' knowledge or learning. → Carlos R. del Blanco 2018 (2)

Evidence¶

Carlos R. del Blanco 2018¶

Carlos R. del Blanco, Ivan García-Magariño. (2018). The use of blogs in the education field: A qualitative systematic review. https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.05421

q2 · i? · review · r2

Qualitative systematic review synthesis of 29 studies on reflective practice. The review reports that "16 out of 19 studies showed that blo gging ac- tivities can foster reflective practices" among non-experimental self-report studies, while 24 of 29 relied on self-reported data and only 5 had experimental designs.

"Regarding the studies that only used self-reported data and lacke d control group, the results obtained by 16 out of 19 studies showed that blo gging ac- tivities can foster reflective practices, which in turn help in the deve lopment of the students’ learning."

Carlos R. del Blanco 2018 (2)¶

Carlos R. del Blanco, Ivan García-Magariño. (2018). The use of blogs in the education field: A qualitative systematic review. https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.05421

q2 · i? · review · r2

Review synthesis of the five experimental-design studies in the reflective-practice category. The review reports "Mixed results were reported about the co rrelation between the use of blogs and the acquired learning of students", noting these results diverge from non-experimental studies.

"Mixed results were reported about the co rrelation between the use of blogs and the acquired learning of students. Th is fact is quite significant since the results of these studies do not share th e trend of the other studies that lacked an experimental design."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Blog-based writing showed higher reflection levels and was substantially shorter than end-of-semester papers in one experimental study — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Blogging fostered positive student engagement and interest in learning activities across most studies, though experimental evidence was mixed — related
• Public versus private reflection shows mixed results: private journal paragraphs were more often analytic or integrative overall, but a larger share of public blog paragraphs were integrative big-picture writing — related
• Blogging improved academic performance in problem-based learning in one experimental study — related
• Blogging was perceived as useful for venting emotions and providing social support between peers in most studies — related
• Experimental studies found no significant increase in students' knowledge from blogging in three separate studies — related