Blogs are being increasingly used by corporate houses to post their current and upcoming event schedules, online event registration and ticketing links, and photos and videos of earlier event(s). Blogs provide a highly engaging atmosphere for both the readers and the blogger. This fact has not escaped the attention of the educational institutions who seek to build up an interactive and engaging environment for enhanced communication. For example, I remember my professor telling me once that he wanted to have "blog-like" discussions in the college classroom, by implementing a discussion forum. At that time, my professor could not even imagine using blogs in live class. However, nowadays, lots of colleges worldwide have introduced or started thinking of introducing blogs in classrooms.
Blogs can be used to post a lot of things such as texts, images, videos and webiste links such as your online class registration link, and so on.
The essential benefits of using blogs in college classrooms are as follows:
Collect Online Assignments
Instead of collecting completed assignments from students individually, why not ask students to submit assignments on their personal blogs. It is far easy and convenient to access an online blog to check what they have written. Moreover, fellow classmates may also have viewing access for the assignment posted online.
Read Other's Blogs
Encourage students to read blogs of their fellow classmates. This will help the students view what others post regarding a specific lesson. Besides, looking at other blogs may assist them in collaborative work, for example, solving a complex problem or guide them to finish a project on time.
Encourage Interaction
Blogs are a great way to cultivate interaction and engagement between students. Sharing their personal learning experiences as well as sorting out critical problems via a consistent platform is a vital feature of writing blogs. College goers can at anytime comment on their fellow classmates' blog posts and seek feedback. Furthermore, you can instantly help a student with a solution (by writing on his/her blog) when the person seems to be facing difficulties undertaking a lesson.
Share Knowledge
Whenever you find certain interesting and useful articles or news, try to post the same on your blog. It will help the college students' access the same while studying and help in the process of broadening up their knowledge base within a short span of time. ?
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