Blogging in the Classroom: Technology, Feminist Pedagogy, and Participatory Learning

Authors

  • Jenny Roth Lakehead University, has research interests in feminist pedagogy and women and technology and her research work usually focuses on Renaissance women and the law and the construction of Englishwomen's legal identity in relation to colonized peoples.

Abstract

This exploration of blogs as a tool for enhancing feminist participatory learning is situated within extant technofeminist debates and grows out of assignments in a feminist cultural studies class. The paper considers how blogs generally support all aims of participatory learning, connectivity and identity politics in particular. Résumé Cette exploration de blogs comme outil pour accroître l'apprentissage féministe participatif est situé à l'inté rie u r d e débats technoféministes qui existent encore et est tiré des devoirs dans une classe d'études sur la culture féministe. L'article considère comment les blogs supportent généralement tous les objectifs de l'apprentissage participatif, les politiques de connectivité et d'identité en particulier.

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Published

2008-09-09

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 2 (2008): Digital Feminisms / Women, Health, & Education

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Original Research

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