1. Secondary school
2. Tertiary school
3. Format: E-Learning
4. Format: Blended
5. Format: Classroom

Today many students have blogs and are active participants in the blogosphere. How many students are aware of the importance of blogging responsibly? How do you stay safe online? What are some of the guidelines for responsible blogging? Using scenarios, this course will immerse learners into the ethics and etiquette associated with blogging, especially in schools. Apart from students, educators too, will find this course useful for guiding their students in maintaining and managing blogs. By the end of this course, learners will be more informed about what constitutes responsible blogging.

Learning Objective

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Demonstrate awareness of the significance of responsible blogging
• Recall and describe blogs and blogging and their usefulness
• State the rule of thumb for blogging responsibly
• Describe proper blogging etiquette and ethics associated with responsible blogging
• Describe the guidelines for blogging and managing blogs responsibly
• State the guidelines for responsible blogging applicable to students

Course Outline

Module 1:

• Recall on blogs and blogging
• Consequences of irresponsible blogging

Module 2:

• What is Responsible Blogging?
• Blogging Ethics and Etiquette
• Blogging Rules of Thumb

Module 3:

• Describe the guidelines for blogging and managing blogs responsibly
• Scenarios