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Reflective Blogs: Supporting Students' Learning Experiences While On Work Placement, Farrah Higgins
Reflective Blogs: Supporting Students' Learning Experiences While On Work Placement, Farrah Higgins
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Reflective blogs can be an effective tool to help students critically evaluate their learning and professional skills development in a work placement setting. This practitioner report investigates reflective blogs as a usable and authentic assessment tool for students on work placement in a Business Computing discipline. A review of the benefits of reflective writing for students is included, such as improving critical thinking and writing skills, while encouraging development of graduate attributes and professional skills development. The report outlines the importance of preparatory work on developing reflective writing practices within the curriculum, before students commence their work placements.