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Research Article

Efficacy of Digital Self Learning Material (SLM) on Blogging
developed for Teacher Educators and Student Teachers

Urvashi Sachdeva & Jasim Ahmad
1
2
1 Research Scholar, Department of Teacher Training and
Non-Formal Education (IASE), Faculty of Education, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi,
India, Email: urvashisachdeva26@gmail.com
2 Professor, Department of Teacher Training and
Non-Formal Education (IASE), Faculty of Education, Jamia Millia Islamia,
New Delhi, India

Abstract
Blogging is one of the modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)
which is establishing its role as an important pedagogical tool. If Blogging has to be
used for the said purpose, one should know the ‘how-to-do-it’. A Digital Self Learning
Material (SLM) on Blogging has been developed by the researchers which was shared
with the purposely selected Teacher Educators and Student Teachers as an intervention.
A Single group Pretest Posttest design was used for this study. Mean, Standard Deviation
and t values were computed for the statistical analyses of pretest and posttest scores.
Means of posttest scores for Teacher Educators (M= 19.267) as well Student Teachers
(M=14.970) were observed to be almost double of the means of pretest scores (M=8.600
for Teacher Educators; M= 8.000 for Student Teachers). Computed t values (-11.674 for
Teachers Educators and -11.092 for Student Teachers) were found to be much higher
that the critical t values at 95 percent and 99 percent Confidence levels. A significant
difference between the means of pretest and posttest scores of the sample proved the
efficacy of the Digital SLM developed by the researchers.

Keywords: ICT, Digital Self Learning Material, Blogging, Teacher Educators, Student
Teachers

Introduction which has a global impact. Weblogs, or
simply blogs, have seen considerable
History has never witnessed mankind's
connections as much as today. These growth lately on the Internet. Blogs can
endless connections could have be considered as an online digital diary
been made possible only because of which is used for recording of one’s
the electronic infrastructure called thoughts (Ray and Hocutt 2006). Blogging
Information and Communication is characterized by documenting ideas
Technologies. Human lives have through frequent online posts. It gives
transformed personally and ample opportunities for self-expression,
professionally due to these ICTs. sharing, collaboration, cognitive as
well as professional development. In
Blogging, which stands for the practice addition to text, Blogs can also have
of writing a blog, is one of booming ICTs
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