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THE USE OF WEBLOGS IN HIGHER EDUCATION - Coggle Diagram
THE USE OF WEBLOGS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Weblogs
Personal web pages written in chronological order and maintained through a specific software that helps their administration
The development of traditional learning logs for students and teachers, whether as a complement to traditional lectures or as a e-learning tool.
Interesting teaching technique whereby students document their learning activities and learning results in a concurrent journal
Uses
Encouraging reflective writing.
Expressing deeply felt emotions.
Providing commentary and opinions.
Satisfy a variety of communication needs to favour e-learning practices.
Improving writing skills.
Documenting one’s life.
Articulating ideas through writing.
Forming and maintaining community forums.
Reading student weblogs for assessment.
Sharing resources and ideas.
Recording progress and process.
Course administration and group work.
Benefits
Teaching-learning process can continue outside the classroom.
weblogs encourage informal communication, creativity and self-expression.
Collaborative weblogs support team work and group learning.
Weblogs help create connections between students with diverse opinions and interests. This encourages critical thinking and teaches the value of respect towards other students’ points of view.
prepares students better for the current labour market (new technologies).
Barriers
Lack of computers, or difficult access to the Internet, computer illiterate users, specially in those countries with a wide digital divide.
learning weblogs should be hosted in private servers, so that they do not show neither advertisements nor banners
Instructors may have difficulty in assessing student participation in the weblog.
System administrators tend to be restrictive in installing new software.
troll infestations, people that intentionally try to cause disruption by posting messages that are inflammatory, insulting, incorrect, inaccurate, or off-topic, with the intent of provoking a reaction from others.