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THE USE OF WEBLOGS IN HIGHER EDUCATION - Coggle Diagram
THE USE OF WEBLOGS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
HEIs are starting to implement in their teaching-learning processes is the use of weblogs as a means for transferring the usual classroom activities to the cyberspace, while conferring students and instructors with a superior connectivity for the development of one-on-one and many-to one relationships.
Style and content. Regarding style, there are the interactive weblogs and the closed weblogs mostly based on whether
the weblog author allows for comments on the weblog
In relation to the content, there are many sorts of weblogs: personal topics, political/social/economic commentaries, information technology, etc.
The education community
The self-expression/journaling crowd
Bloggers focused on a specific theme (movement, event, topic or interest)
The business/marketing/promotion
The non-traditional journalist
Business weblogs behind the firewall
The professional journalist
Experimenters and innovators
Types of weblogs:
Ubiquitous information technology
weblogs in education:
It is described an interesting teaching technique whereby students document their learning activities and learning results in a concurrent journal (log)
(log): A learning log is a tightly focused academic journal that is created as the student becomes knowledgeable on an individually assigned topic.
It can serve as the basis for generating Frequently Asked Questions, support class discussion, and provide the basis for the creation of a class presentation and web site
HEIs: Higher Education Institutions
Students learn about web page creation in an intuitive way
Students can jointly write a weblog
Instructors can monitor published weblogs easily
Instructor do not need to convert student documents and publish them, as it is already done.
Students can share their results with others
Students can focus on content
Benefits that weblogs offer as improved learning logs:
Student weblog: is a learning diary
Uses: Especifically in the education field, weblogs are being used to satisfy a variety of communication needs to favour e-learning practices
Instructor weblog: mainly used to share information with students.