Educational applications of Web 2.0: Using blogs to support teaching and learning
Abstract
The outcome of a small inquiry exploring the use of blogs with a class of post-graduate students is presented. The exploration of blog uses was conducted in the class of postgraduate students over the period of one semester. The fundamental guiding question was that in what ways does a blog environment supplement classroom teaching and lead to an improved learning experience. The class under study was attending a course of the Master in Information Technology in Education program. Data was collected through observations and analysis of blog activities and artifacts, continuous teacher-reflection, interviews with selected students and a questionnaire. Student blogs, their posts, comments and learning artifacts presented also provided useful data contributing to an understanding of issues and activities. The study demonstrated that blogs can be effective educational technology and useful blog-based activities for learning include reading blogs of others , receiving comments and previewing tasks of others.
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YouTube videos can play a major role in enhancing the process of learning when used properly.
“Furthermore, YouTube videos can also play a major role in enhancing the process of learning when it is used properly (Churchill, 2009).”
From Teaching and Learning Science Using YouTube Videos and Discovery Learning in Primary School (2020) · cites this paper as Churchill, 2009
Web 2.0 technology including YouTube is a promising means of supporting student learning and engagement.
“The availability of Web 2.0 technology as a new set of tools for teaching, including YouTube, has become a promising means of supporting student learning and engagement for certain reasons (Churchill, 2009).”
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- Authors
- Churchill, D.
- Affiliations
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Corresponding author
- Churchill, Daniel
- ORCID
- Churchill, Daniel
- Venue
- British Journal of Educational Technology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2008-12-23
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 179-183
- ISSN
- 0007-1013 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-8535
- OpenAlex
- W2126934989
- Cited by
- 367
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 56.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- British Journal of Educational Technology (publishedVersion)
- Hong Kong Education Bibliographic Database (submittedVersion)
- The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Educational Technology in Learning
- Social Sciences › Education › Online and Blended Learning
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Web and Library Services
- Keywords
- blogs, Web 2.0, educational technology, graduate students, student blogs, classroom teaching, learning artifacts, peer comments, ICT in education, teacher reflection
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