Blogging is seen by some as a means of social construction, sharing of ideas, and
developing communities of practice (Oravec, 2005). Blogging is a form of
self-expression that has rapidly grown with over 57 million people in the US
professing to read and/or respond to blogs. Consequently, blogging has a hidden social
power to affect the opinion and perceptions of a wide audience; many blogs are the
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result of self-organizing to share common ideas and join in common causes (Avital
et al., 2006; Wei, 2009). As such, blogging may have distinct instructional advantages
to advance student learning.