What are the features of blogs that we can tap on for our learning activities?
- Rich Content Type that the platform can support. Apart from text, hyperlinks and graphics that are typical of a webpage, we can also insert multimedia elements like video and audio clips easily in our blogs. On top of that, interactive elements can also be integrated into blogs pretty easily.
- The creator of the blog can also invite others to co-author a blog, hence opening up opportunities for collaboration.
- The ease to publish instantly is another added advantage over tradition webpage publishing. This can be carried out anytime, anywhere since all editing are done online and does not require the use of HTML codes.
- Other features such as automatic archive and notification of updates are useful for monitoring of activities and documenting ‘process’.
Source: Tan, Y.H., Ow, E., Ho, P.Y. (2005). Weblogs in Education. Retrieved July 30, 2008, from http://www3.moe.edu.sg/edumall/rd/litreview/weblogs_in_education.pdf
Also, see http://www3.moe.edu.sg/edumall/rd/litreview.htm
