THE USE OF WEBLOGS IN HIGHER EDUCATION BENEFITS AND BARRIERS
WEBLOG TYPES, USES AND ADVANTAGES ⭐
Types ✅
two dimensions: style and content
Regarding style: interactive weblogs and the closed weblogs
the content
many sorts: personal topics, political/social/economic commentaries, information technology
Mernit ❗
proposes eight types of weblogs according to the author of the weblog
professional journalist; the non-traditional journalist; bloggers focused on a specific theme,the education community; the self-expression/journaling crowd, The business/marketing/promotion community, Business weblogs behind the firewall and the last one, The experimenters and innovator
⚠Focusing on educational weblogs, classification according to the role
♻Uses
✅Instructor weblog:written by instructors are mainly used as an additional communication channel to share information with students
✅Student Weblog: written by students are basically learning weblogs or project weblogs
Nardi discoverd five major motivations for
blogging
documenting one’s life; providing commentary and opinions; expressing deeply felt
emotions, articulating ideas through writing; and forming and maintaining community forums
🚩Advantages
⭐ makes easier to publish all types of resources
⭐are easy to setup and administrate in contrast to other technologies
⭐ allow instant publishing with just one click
⭐ can be updated easily
🔒 Barriers
System administrators tend to be restrictive in installing new software
The use of technology- based tools
System administrators tend to be restrictive in installing new software