Weblog as a Learning Tool in Higher Education

The article Weblog as a Learning Tool in Higher Education describes a study to understand the ease of use and usefulness of weblogs for learning in higher education. Learners are benefitted by the weblogs which offer a number of possibilities for student-centered learning in higher education. The author believes that learning is cooperative when it involves a group of people working together on a particular issues or task and it arises from collaborative interaction between participants. Weblogs not only accelerate the learning process but also provide opportunities to work and activity as a group and out of conventional classrooms. Students could share their ideas with friends without any fear, even students with disorders and disability could cooperate with students, while this is not possible in conventional classrooms.

The author Yousef Namvar is PhD student of Islamic Azad University, Research and Science Branch, Tehran, IRAN. He is also a faculty member at Islamic Azad University, Ardabil Branch. He received his B.A. degree on educational science in 2002 from Buali Sina University and M.A. degree on educational science in 2004 from Teacher Training University. His research interests are e-learning, web-based learning and computer assisted teaching environments. The author believes that blogs and other social software are enabling us to integrate learning as a natural part of everyday life.

Namvar, Y. (2008, July). Weblog as a Learning Tool in Higher Education. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education-TOJDE July 2008 ISSN 1302-6488 Volume: 9 Number: 3 Article 15. Retrieved November 30, 2010 from   http://tojde.anadolu.edu.tr/tojde31/articles/article_15.htm