lecture 4 Weblog (e-learning)

A weblog, or simply a blog, is a website which contains periodic, reverse chronologically ordered posts on a common webpage. Such a web site would typically be accessible to any Internet user.

RSS stands for Rich Site Summary, It’s simple XML code that allows sharing of information on a real-time basis.
RSS syndication format enables anyone to share comments, news headlines, links to recent articles, descriptions, and images.
This information is available not only to other Web content providers, but also to users of a variety of devices such as PDAs, cell phones, e-mail ticklers, and voice upgrade pagers.

Benefits: Weblogs help people become subject-matter experts, Weblogs increases people’s interest and ownership in learning ,Weblogs give people legitimate chances to participate, Weblogs provide opportunities for diverse perspectives, both within and outside of the classroom.

Organization use plog to..
discover their own simple truths about how well (or how poorly) their projects are going.

Weblog in education
facilitated much more collaborative learning by students than in earlier courses. Students commented on each other's paper drafts and worked in groups on their research projects
for usage of IT which is considered fun not work. Reading and writing the Web is a way for me to tap into a writing space that students already use--and more importantly, want to use.”

Spend a lot of time with laptop, use blog to rewrite notes while reconstructing what have already learnt and teaching ownself.

Better way to structure the information than how the teacher presented it. And so I restructure it for clarity. And by doing that, you learn the material better.”

Encourage informal learning, Encourage creation and sharing of ideas, Have a repository of all learning (using RSS and trackback), which can later be used for other purposes (setting standards for next class, curriculum research, subject resources, etc.)

Useful teaching and learning tools (provide a space for students to reflect and publish their thoughts and understandings. And because blogs can be commented on, they provide opportunities for feedback and potential scaffolding of new ideas. Blogs also feature hyperlinks, which help students begin to understand the relational and contextual basis of knowledge, knowledge construction and meaning making).

this is an interesting topic as we can see that weblog is becoming more popular now. there seems to be a need to use weblog to create a more fun module than just ur textbooks. even companies and schools uses weblog to find more feedback.