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The use of student journals to increase faculty and learner inquiry and reflection. (The scholarship of teaching and learning).

Academic Exchange Quarterly

| March 22, 2002 | Lockhart, Marilyn | COPYRIGHT 2002 Rapid Intellect Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Abstract

Student journals can increase faculty and learner inquiry and reflection about teaching and outcomes in distance courses. For faculty, journal contents can be used as formative and/or summative assessments for pedagogy and learning outcomes. For learners, these assignments can be used as self-assessments and ask them to reflect upon their own learning and which pedagogical methods are most effective for them. This article describes in detail three formats of student journal assignments that the author has found valuable in graduate education classes that were taught using distance delivery. Other faculty in the field of education and as well as in other ...

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