WEBLOGS AS AN EMERGING GENRE IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
Weblogs are genres that support the creation of an autobiographical internet presence and development of a critical intellectual voice. A blog is an internet application tool that is a modern version of diary entries presented in chronological format , which provides a platform for development of critical , Individuals voices and options within the context of internet resources and it consists of hyperlinks to other internet sources.Weblogs can be used for entertainment or academic. Weblogs have become regarded as a valuable genre in higher education contexts because of its relevance to particular topics and themes.
Weblogs serves an important roles in the approaches towards knowledge and language acquisition of many individuals, the weblogs improves the comprehension of students. The weblog format helps to organize the readers online experience which can helps students struggling to blog. Weblogs production and consumption can help students place various emergency hypertext variations with media in media ecology. They may also stimulate students interest in larger notions of the social construction of information as well as presentation of self, individuality and critical comments. Weblogs discourages plagiarism by making it less active. however its also provides useful antidote to classroom problems concerning plagiarism and can be used to stimulate discussions on matters.
Its allows web students to legitimately use their favorite source of information, the internet makes use of their skills for the purposes of the program, its increases the students, motivation to take an active part in the learning process since blogging is fun and interesting. Through the use of comments and other forms of feedback its develops critical thinking and the appropriate ways to put it into writing. Weblogs can be improved and introduced to students in order to make the meaningful tool for students by using this web as a place of submitting assignments and extra works. Students must be exposed to weblogs before heading to higher education in their different institutions. The students must be given tasks to publish their creative writings and drawings just to adapt in blogs. Sharing different stories and writing will improve their English grammar, Submitting work or assignments online encourages students to research their work and deliver quality work full of good or better language. Students will be exposed to more reading and commenting to others work will improves their vocabulary.
My experience with weblogs is its was not my choice as a student to use or submit work on weblogs, i started blogging while i was doing my 1st year and its was for academic purposes. My experience was bad at first i hated the idea of submitting work online my problem was, its was my first time to use a computer typing academical stuffs that all students will see and comment on what i have written. I never thought that weblog can be used for academic purpose, as a submission corner for assignments, discussion, tasks and everything. I am happy that i now see that weblogs can be used for anything either socializing, for academical purposes and i can type and blog without being helped.
