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2012 » Papers » Volume 2 » Synchronous and asynchronous e-learning with the help of weblog 1. SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS E-LEARNING WITH THE HELP OF WEBLOG Authors: Nicolau Felix Volume 2 | DOI: 10.12753/2066-026X-12-130 | Pages: 241-245 | Download PDF | Abstract
E-learning swiftly evolved to m-learning, which relies on mobile technology. Thus, the weblog continuously contains the blogger and education becomes edutainment (education + entertainment) (Morgan-Klein & Osborne 2007). Teachers can permanently maintain contact with their students offering feed-back on their blogs and initiating discussions. If coordinated, the activity on personal blogs becomes reflection in action (Kidd & Keengwe 2010). The blog functions as a platform of interaction and becomes an e-portfolio. The new type of portfolio implies personalization and assimilation of different types of media (texts, video, MP3 and so forth). Starting from a customary virtual environment, which is to be transformed into a highly personalized one, students share their creative involvements with the rest of the weblog and with larger socializing sites. The electronic personal diary permits an interdisciplinary approach (Liebowitz & Frank 2011) and proves its efficiency if included in the creative writing strategies. Creativity is enhanced and held accountable for its products owing to the fluidity of the weblog. Additionally, the team spirit is shaped by blogging into groups, together with the technology literacy. The use of blogs for educational purposes saves students’ time and teaches them how to manage their resources. With the help of mobile technologies, bloggers can easily improve the content of their e-portfolios and take account of every valuable suggestion they receive. In their turn, as members of a large creative community, they are supposed to offer feed-back to their colleagues’ uploaded materials. As the weblog is an open sphere, almost everybody can interact and take part at different debates, irrespective of age and professional background. Such openness encourages students to defend and consider their intellectual output. | Keywords
edutainment, creative writing, m-learning, weblog, e-portfolio |
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