The
author is the value of weblogs in higher education
According
to the author with the above title the value of weblogs
in higher education is that weblogs gives its users the opportunity to
personally reflect and above that to experience others work and positively
criticize, it can as well be used as a source of information where one can
acquire knowledge in different spectrum. Helps one to explore how other people
think and value certain thing around the globe, most importantly according to
the author weblogs provide a very genuine site for the broader public to
critical comment on ones' writing or give their personal point of view. Provide
also with an opportunity for one to engage with others on an intellectual level.
The author also states that weblogs has a value in universities and college
context as well as other educational settings by helping students place the
various emerging hypertext variations with older media in the broader context
of media ecology. Weblogs help on the nearly incomprehensible expansion of
resources on the internet by following an assortment of weblog on regular basis
and perhaps maintaining a weblog themselves, individuals more easily frame
their effort as part of a collaborative initiative in that regard. Weblog can
also help reframe plagiarism and intellectual property issues by providing a
structure that recasts limited, text-based notions of plagiarism.
My
experience with blogs as a student Weblogs can sometimes be a chall1enge in terms of the necessary applications that I
need in order to engage in blogging, such as outdated software like Google
chrome can be problematic and to find that I don’t have enough time to update
the software because it may take more time to update. Although it is sometimes
difficult to engage in weblogs, it has been such a tremendous experience with
me using weblogs as a student, it has helped me realize that as people we do
not see or judge events or situation the same way, we judge things in a
personal experience or in what we taught. The way we respond as people will
never be the same. People think to a level of their exposure and not basically
on how things real are, as a student I have realize that people who read less
turn to be less critical on what they say, and sometimes makes comments that
are unbecoming. Has helped me to personal interact with people on the same
theory level I am doing as a student, share ideas and lots. At times it serves as a social space where I
engage in general topics with my peers and that helps me to relax while
refreshing.
How
can the effective use of blogs be improved in order to make them a meaningful
learning tool for students.
The
effectiveness of blogs can be improved in order to make meaningful sense to
learners, it has to allow learners to practically speak their mind or to voice
out their personal views to what they prefer and admire. It can be used to
relay messages to students and the fact that people can access it anywhere as
far as they can reach internet connection. Lecturers can post links to blogs
that can help student get information about assignments or necessary
information to help them throughout their studies. Can be used to update
students about who dodge classes about what unfolded in lecture rooms while
they were not in class.
