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Educational blogging : A Malaysian University students' perception and experience
Posted on 09 February 2011 by Shahril Effendi Bin Ibrahim (Senior Librarian)
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Helena S.Y. Song
Yuen May Chan
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Conference or Workshop Item
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Ascilite Melbourne 2008
Summary

The explosion of technological growth with Web 2.0 applications and more recently, Web 3.0, has open up new and exciting learning possibilities. There is a growing body of literature on weblogs or blogs as an effective learning tool in higher education. While evidence has shown that educational blogging is not a new phenomenon, the use of blogs in teaching and learning in higher education particularly in Malaysia is still at its infancy. Hence, this study is a preliminary attempt to gather data and information on educational blogging that is significant to the Asian culture, particularly multicultural Malaysia and its potential to be a transformational technology for teaching and learning. The findings shows that while the acceptance of the use of blogs as learning tool among Malaysian students were encouraging, there are some challenges to be considered when using the blog as a learning tool.

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