Weblog Benfits

Benefits of Weblogs

How can weblogs improve classroom instruction and communication? 

Benefits

the main benefits for using weblogs can be described as follows:

• The first and foremost benefit of weblogs in HEIs is their use as e-learning tools. This way, the teaching-learning process can continue outside the classroom.
• Weblogs help create connections between students with diverse opinions and interests. This encourages critical thinking and teaches the value of respect towards other students. points of view.
• Weblogs. features (linking, replying, and tracking) make easier sharing knowledge and information.
• Discussions in weblogs promote higher levels of thinking, because people can think before answering back.
• Collaborative weblogs support team work and group learning.
• Because of its format similar to that of a personal diary, weblogs encourage informal communication, creativity and self-expression.
• Accuracy of project outcomes increases due to the continuous flow of feedback from the teacher and fellow students from the weblog.
• Also, teachers may benefit from the possibility of monitoring projects in real time, thus indicating improvements before it is too late for the students to incorporate them.
• Final grading is faster and easier: instructors are able to review how students have participated and developed over the course.
• For non-computer science students, weblogs provide the chance of learning about web page creation, hyper linking and other www topics.
• Writing in weblogs is attractive in the sense that teens and college students, and people in general, want an opportunity to share their experiences and feelings, and weblogs provide them with the chance to do it in a easy, interactive way.
• The use of weblogs (new technologies) prepares students better for the current labour market.
• In those courses where there are many instructors and students, weblogs improve coordination and allow interaction to a far greater extent.
• Different instructors and students from different parts can share a weblog and teach and learn together.

from 

The Use of Weblogs in Higher Education: Benefits and Barriers

Sergio Luján-Mora, Susana de Juana-Espinosa. The Use of Weblogs in Higher Education: Benefits and Barriers. Proceedings of the International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED 2007), p. 1-7: IATED, Valencia (Spain), March 7-9 2007.