was doing some random search and saw that someone has actually linked our literature review back in 2005 in wikipedia. though it’s extremely outdated by now, thought it’ll be good to revive it (cos the old link to edumall1.0 …
Category Archive: 01a. Introduction
Sep
26
Weblogs in Education – A literature review
Co-authors:
TAN Yuh Huann, OW Eu Gene John, Jeanne Marie HO Pau Yuen
Introduction
This paper provides an overview of weblogs. The first section presents some definitions and key features of weblogs and the ease of creating and maintaining weblogs. …
Jul
14
MS-Powerpoint slides on Overview of (Edu)blogs
Just compiled some slides for use if there is a need to present a quick overview of blogs and edublogs (blogs in education).
If you need the presentation, grab it here.
If you want to distribute it as handouts, …
Dec
29
An Introduction to Blog and Edublog
A blog, also known as weblog, is an internet online diary. This open platform has recently caught the attention of educators worldwide, and its use in education is currently being actively explored. Blogs employed for use in education are also called the edublogs. Edublog can bring about collaboratively and cooperative learning. It is most useful when used as a reflection tool. When employed in the teaching learning of languages, it encourages students in authentic writing for a purpose as well as for an audience. Though in-depth researches on the educational values for edublogs have yet to turn out results, its usefulness and application in teaching and learning of any subjects can already be seen.
Dec
02
Blog–Ed Tech Tool of the Year ?
Will Richardson has stated FIVE(5) good reasons why he thinks that Blog should be titled the educational technology tool of 2004 in his post. In his words, blogs can provide:
1. Audience
2. Constructivist Learning
3. Collaborative Learning
4. …