Blogging Earns Business Students Course Credits
This can't be usual. But it's a very, very good idea.
Sandy Kristin Piderit, assistant professor of organizational behavior at the Weatherhead School of Management at CWRU in Cleveland, writes: "I offer my students the opportunity to maintain a livejournal and earn course credit. I do this because I believe it encourages reflective thinking, synthesis, and integration, and feedback from my past students suggests that my belief is valid. I also do this because I believe that businesses will want employers with blogging skills in the future..."
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