How does blog contribute to your reflection on your study or learning in this course? That was also one of the questions that the interviewer, Mr. Too Wei Keong asked me regarding blogs in learning. In my opinion, it helps a great deal in helping students’ to reflect on their learning process.
The main reason of why blog helps students to reflect on their study is because of the academic purpose of its creation – to be treated as a journal, where students write and comment on what they have learnt in the lectures or tutorials. Inevitably, this will lead students to reflect on what they had been taught. In other words, it also helps in improving students’ reflective skills.
Besides that, students can also refer to the blogs of their course mates to know or recall back what they had missed in the lectures due to some reasons, such as absent, lack of attention and slip of memory.
Last but not the least, blog provides a conducive, stress-free environment, where students can freely express their thoughts and doubts that they are too shy or fear to voice out in the lectures. Thus, it may also serves as a forum to discuss about what they had learnt, as students comment on the blogs of their course mates.
In conclusion, blogs are very useful in the learning process. Besides helping students to reflect on their learning process, students become more motivated when they had a clearer picture on what they are learning, as well as the use of the knowledge they had learnt. Once they understand that what they are learning will be useful in the future, they will become more inquisitive, hardworking and attentive in the lectures and tutorials.
The main reason of why blog helps students to reflect on their study is because of the academic purpose of its creation – to be treated as a journal, where students write and comment on what they have learnt in the lectures or tutorials. Inevitably, this will lead students to reflect on what they had been taught. In other words, it also helps in improving students’ reflective skills.
Besides that, students can also refer to the blogs of their course mates to know or recall back what they had missed in the lectures due to some reasons, such as absent, lack of attention and slip of memory.
Last but not the least, blog provides a conducive, stress-free environment, where students can freely express their thoughts and doubts that they are too shy or fear to voice out in the lectures. Thus, it may also serves as a forum to discuss about what they had learnt, as students comment on the blogs of their course mates.
In conclusion, blogs are very useful in the learning process. Besides helping students to reflect on their learning process, students become more motivated when they had a clearer picture on what they are learning, as well as the use of the knowledge they had learnt. Once they understand that what they are learning will be useful in the future, they will become more inquisitive, hardworking and attentive in the lectures and tutorials.
