Elements that impact on student engagement in higher education include relevance, timely feedback, individual and social construction of knowledge, social presence, community and reflection. Blogs are being used by several academics at the University of South Australia (UniSA) to provide students with a means of reflection, orientation, writing community and to foster meaningful student experiences in a rapidly growing communicative domain. This paper will explore the effectiveness of three different uses of blogs in encouraging greater student engagement with their learning.

Keywords: blogs, student engagement, learning, reflection