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“Blogfolios” and their role in the development of research projects in an advanced academic literacy class for ESL students

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This paper focuses on “blogfolios”, online interactive blog-based portfolios, developed by students for class projects in Electronic Literacy. Blogfolios may contain interactive images, podcasts, and web-log discussions on a variety of researched academic topics. The impact of academic blogfolios on the second language learner’s ability to develop and present quality academic research is explained.

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    Maria Ananyeva

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Ananyeva, M. “Blogfolios” and their role in the development of research projects in an advanced academic literacy class for ESL students. TECHTRENDS TECH TRENDS 58, 22–26 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-014-0783-0

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