TY - GEN
T1 - Learning through Blogging
T2 - 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology in Teaching and Learning, ICT 2013
AU - Ying, Koon Kau
AU - Cheung, Michael
AU - Leung, Kat
AU - Kwan, Reggie
AU - Lee, Roger
AU - Wong, Kenneth
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Over the past decade, there have been a number of studies on the influence of student interaction and group work on the one hand, and the employment of Web 2.0 technologies on the other, on the language acquisition process respectively. However, the use of blog, which involves a seamless combination of both group collaboration and Web 2.0 technologies, as a device of language education in the local context has not received the proper attention it deserves. The limited relevant studies focus mainly on either the primary and junior secondary school settings or teacher education at the undergraduate level, leaving a virtually empty page regarding the field of English language education at the sub-degree level. This paper describes and investigates a blog-integrated collaborative writing activity for sub-degree students at a self-financing post-secondary institution in Hong Kong. The discussion focuses on exploring students' willingness to embrace blog as a medium to learn English as a second language and the perceptions of both students and teachers concerning blog writing.
AB - Over the past decade, there have been a number of studies on the influence of student interaction and group work on the one hand, and the employment of Web 2.0 technologies on the other, on the language acquisition process respectively. However, the use of blog, which involves a seamless combination of both group collaboration and Web 2.0 technologies, as a device of language education in the local context has not received the proper attention it deserves. The limited relevant studies focus mainly on either the primary and junior secondary school settings or teacher education at the undergraduate level, leaving a virtually empty page regarding the field of English language education at the sub-degree level. This paper describes and investigates a blog-integrated collaborative writing activity for sub-degree students at a self-financing post-secondary institution in Hong Kong. The discussion focuses on exploring students' willingness to embrace blog as a medium to learn English as a second language and the perceptions of both students and teachers concerning blog writing.
KW - English writing
KW - Web 2.0
KW - blogs
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84904734087&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-45272-7_19
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-45272-7_19
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84904734087
SN - 9783642452710
T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science
SP - 200
EP - 211
BT - Knowledge Sharing through Technology - 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology in Teaching and Learning, ICT 2013, Revised Selected Papers
Y2 - 10 July 2013 through 11 July 2013
ER -