Using blogs to be aware of the development and adoption of professional skills

Abstract n view of the challenges facing universities in our days and in accordancewith the guidelines of the EHEA, the present article presents the results of a projectwhich aims to unite the use of blogs and a competency approach. Specifically, theproject is structured around two basic, complementary aims: 1. The design andimplementation of a teaching innovation project which through the use of blogspromotes the development of certain professional competencies and 2. To assess theexperiences and comments of students regarding the use of blogs in a universitycontext, in order to appraise how students assess the use of this new learning tool. Toachieve the latter aim, we used a methodology that combines a questionnaire withcontent analysis, using a sample of 82 subjects. The article shows that universitystudents consider the blog as a tool that enables the acquisition of professionalcompetencies, boosts the teaching-learning process, and foments the development ofreflection. Based on these results, several proposals are made concerning the use ofblogs, including activities related to reflection, provision of training-focused feedback,and the use of labels as an exercise of metareflection, amongst others.16 Halama