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Articles

Web 2.0 in education: a study of the explorative use of blogs with a postgraduate class

Pages 149-158 | Published online: 18 May 2011
 

Abstract

This paper outlines a study that explored educational applications of blogs with a class of postgraduate students in a Hong Kong university over a period of one semester in 2006, and considers its outcomes. Rather than using the usual learning management system to support learning in the class, the facilitator‐researcher organised a blog‐based environment where students accessed course material, posted reflections featuring artifacts created in the learning tasks, commented on each other's contributions, and in other ways participated on a regular basis throughout the semester. The study results suggest that when appropriately managed by a facilitator, blogs have the potential to effectively support teaching and learning activities. The experience from this study also suggests that in order to maximise teaching and learning opportunities, a blog system can be effectively expanded by the use of a variety of other Web 2.0 applications.

Acknowledgement

The study reported in this paper was supported by grant number 200611159142 from the The University of Hong Kong (‘Pioneering Web 2.0 in Education’)

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