creators_name: Nantha Kumar Subramaniam, 
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2014-12-23 06:06:39
lastmod: 2014-12-23 06:06:39
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corp_creators: Open University Malaysia (OUM)
title: Weblog : an alternative platform to deliver formal lifelong learning
ispublished: pub
subjects: LC5201
full_text_status: public
pres_type: paper
keywords: Weblog, blog, Lifelong learning (LLL)
abstract: Weblogs (or blogs) usually contain diary style content, with updates posted on a regular basis and displayed in reverse
chronological order controlled by a single author. The blogs can be publicly accessed by anyone or by invitation from the
blog’s author. The content or use of a blog is the choice of the author and may include news, updates, articles, and
reflections. The small but developing literature on web logging underscores its potential as an effective learning resource
for use in higher education. Some advantages of blog for learning include assisting students to become subject-matter
experts through a process of regular scouring, filtering and posting, increasing student interest and ownership in learning,
giving students legitimate chances to participate and acculturating them into a community of practice and providing
opportunities for diverse perspectives. However, the use of the blog for formal lifelong learning is very much limited as the
open universities prefer to use their own learning management systems or other online platforms to deliver the teaching
and learning activities. This paper contributes to these discussions through a case study of the author's experience with the
on-going development of an educational blogging resource for use in an undergraduate IT subject. Using the instructional
strategy of independent study and indirect instruction to support the learner-centered pedagogies, the author believe the
elements of content, interactivity, collaboration and assessment are the pillars to make an education-based blog for adult
learners to support their self-managed learning. Detailing the theoretical aims, design, implementation and students’
evaluation of the blog, the paper puts forward the argument for the educational use-value of blogging as a platform to
support self-managed learning for adult learners in the formal lifelong learning environment. (Abstract by author)
date: 2014-12-01
date_type: published
event_title: Seminar Kebangsaan Pembelajaran Sepanjang Hayat 2014
event_location: Kuala Lumpur
event_dates: 1-2 December 2014
event_type: conference
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Nantha Kumar Subramaniam,   (2014) Weblog : an alternative platform to deliver formal lifelong learning.  In: Seminar Kebangsaan Pembelajaran Sepanjang Hayat 2014, 1-2 December 2014, Kuala Lumpur.     
document_url: https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1000/1/library-document-1000.pdf