Abstract
The integration of information and communication technology (ICT) into education is one of the main approaches to fostering twenty-first century skills in teaching and learning processes. It is therefore vital to emphasize the integration of ICT into the university-level training of pre-service teachers, in order for them to effectively facilitate students’ learning. ICT literacy is one of the important skills that should be possessed by twenty-first century teachers in order for them to meet the challenges of this era of information and technology. In relation to this, it is also important that pre-service teachers gain sufficient knowledge and are able to apply it innovatively and creatively in their teaching activities. This study aims to identify pre-service teachers’ views on the usage of weblogs, their benefits and their preferred ways of using weblogs. The research participants were 68 pre-service teachers who were taking the GGGE2153 (Educational Technology) course. One focus of this course is that students are required to develop creative blogs for teaching and learning based on their areas of specialization. The elements of creativity, suitability for collaboration, user-friendliness and informativeness are among the criteria that should be of concern to students. The findings from the administered questionnaire show a positive impact of creating weblogs in relation to the development of twenty-first century skills.
Highlights
The term ‘weblog’, of ‘blog’, refers to a personalized webpage, kept by the author in reverse chronological diary form
The findings from the administered questionnaire show a positive impact of creating weblogs in relation to the development of twenty-first century skills
The highest mean was for item A11, “I use weblogs to allow others to read my ideas or opinions”, which scored 3.84 (SD = 0.86), followed by item A8, “I use weblogs to discuss and share ideas for assignments”, with a mean score of 3.76 (SD = 0.92) and item A3, “I use weblogs to read supplementary information given by lecturers”, with a mean score of 3.72 (SD = 0.93)
Summary
The term ‘weblog’, of ‘blog’, refers to a personalized webpage, kept by the author in reverse chronological diary form. Blogs can function as a space for efficient information retrieval or a space for a teacher to provide online information for students. Students blogged about topics of their own, without strong instructions about the content required. This didactical approach is very interesting because lecturers are able to observe what students think about a subject, dependent on their previous knowledge, their interests, and their research or studies, without being influenced by input from lecturers. Collaboration and communication throughout the process of blog development of blog tend to initiate inventive skills. In other words, nurturing twenty-first century skills can be initiated through the application and development of blogs
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