Specific examplesWordpress
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Defining characteristics
A form of production technology as users can be actively creating content, and also a presentation technology as viewers can interact with the work.
Availability of threads and question/answer opportunities, this technology is open to interaction and collaboration. Participation is from one directed to many A Web 2.0 technology, allowing users to consume as well as produce information in effective ways. Technology that is generally easily accessible, with users having to log in. The creator is the moderator, controlling what goes in the blog. |
Possible application in learning designLearners can create own blogs to reflect on own learning experience and include reflections on readings, references and artefacts. Therefore, a blog offers students the opportunity to personalise e-learning experiences, as well as help improve retention and recall of what is learnt.
Blogs offer learners the opportunity to focus on one key idea at a time instead of being all over the learning map, hence avoiding cognitive overload. Provide a useful feature of adding keyword tags to posts, showing users lists of sub topics. Blogs can be tied to social media identities such as Facebook or Twitter so followers are immediately notified of updates. Blogs encourage online discussion, and can help address common questions or concerns that learners have. |