This all comes about because I used to blog semi-privately on a social networking site which was used by my MEd Cohort at Bradford University (and guess what, that's us at our graduation on the left!). Originally, I set out to use the blog as a reflective medium for my learning, but it soon became much more than that. A reflective tool, yes, but also a place to discuss what I'd been doing (boring things like work and gardening) and, just as importantly, to receive the views and comments of cohort colleagues - and also for me to comment on their blogs. Interestingly, there's research (I'll look up the reference for a future blog) that shows that learners who engage in social networking tend to do better academically than those who don't. And blow me, guess what? The two of us who blogged the most also did the best. Strange but true.
Anyway, we all graduated in 2009 and, gradually, our use of the former networking site fell into misuse. Eventually, some of us transitioned to, of all things, Facebook, but it's just not the same. I'm hoping to resurrect my old habit of doing a weekly blog for my own satisfaction as much as the entertainment of others, so please watch this space!
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