Educational blogging

Educational blogging

1. Blogging

   • Is having a blog available on the internet and maintaining or adding new entries to a blog
   • Can serve pedagogical purposes well, via diverse and creative communication activities.

2. Blogs are one of the user-friendly technological means that may be integrated in a multi-aspect manner to include all learners in the process of learning.

3. Learning theorists have suggested that tool-use has contributed to the evolution of human language and cognitive development

4. Education professionals use specific kinds of technologies

   • Analogue
   • Digital

5. Characterised by

   • An individual exploration of ideas of personal interest through frequent online posts

6. Community emerges as

   • Bloggers read and link across blogs

7. The integration of blogging into courses can be difficult and cites problems with issues such as student compliance

8. Educational blogging does not entail much technical knowledge