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Use of weblogs in higher education: benefits and barriers - Coggle Diagram
Use of weblogs in higher education: benefits and barriers
Related to work
It is described as an interesting teaching technique whereby students document their learning activities and learning results in a concurrent journal (log).
Weblogs are defined as "personal web pages written in chronological diary form and maintained through weblogging software"
potential of weblogs as learning spaces for students in the higher education sector. Blogging has the potential to be a transformational technology for teaching and learning.
Improved learning logs as enhancing and strengthening the best features of this teaching technique, while giving students more responsibility for the learning and publishing process
Weblogs types, uses and advantages
Types
Educational weblog
Student weblog
written by students, are basically learning weblogs or project weblogs. Learning diary, created currently with the learning experience, and reporting on the learning content as wells as the process
teacher weblog
are written by instructors and are mainly used as an additional communication channel to share information with students.
According to style
Interactive
closed
According to content
personal topics
political
social
economic
information
technology
health
According to the author of the weblog
Professional Journalist
non-traditional journalist
Bloggers focused on a specific theme
education comunity
Self-expression journaling
business/marketing/promotion
business weblogs
Experiments and innovators
Uses
documenting one's life
Providing commentary and opinions
Expressing deeply felt emotions
Articulating ideas through writing
forming and maintaining community forums
in education
used to satisfy a variety of communication needs to favour e-learning practices,
uses analyzed in two dimensions
who uses the weblog
why using the weblog
improving writing skills
encouraging reflective writing
reading student weblogs for assessment
sharing resources and ideas
recording progress and process
course administration and work
using weblogs in the classroom
professor-written weblogs which cover interesting developments that relate to the same course
Standar class web pages
organization of in-class discussion
organization of intensive seminars where students have to provide weekly summaries of the readings
requiring students to write their own weblogs as part of their grade
Advantages
easy set up
makes easier to publish all types of resources to the web
allows instant publishing with just oone click
Can be upload easily, from anywhere without having to worry about connections...
ability to reach a large audience without losing information quality and allowing different levels of detail
24/7 access to information posted
No special blogging software is needed
Security Concerns
should there be a concern about people posting under other people's names?
Does anonymity plays a true role in people's willingness to disclose information on the weblog?
Does the user's willingness to share information depends on the perception on how will it be used?
What happens with the information once it's published?
It is always preferable to have classroom discussions done publicly?
Benefits and barriers
Benefits
use as e-learning tool
create connections between students with deverse opinions and interests
Features make easier sharing knowledge and information
promote higher levels of thinking
support team-work
encourage informal communication, creativity and self expression
grading easier and faster
Barriers
difficulty in assessing student participation in the weblog
The use of technology-based tools may be another barrier
Advertisements and banners
system administrators tend to be restrictive in installing new software
troll infestations