Internet Blogs’ Potential in Education
Abstract
The paper is devoted to general aspects of an Internet blog as an educational instrument and its prospects in education. The authors touch upon the connection between demographic challenges and the current educational trends, showing the main skills of Generation Z. A blog as a teaching tool can be broken down into a number of categories. The paper also discusses in short a few popular blogging platforms.
Keywords
education and learning; Web 2.0; blogs; blogging platforms; educational blogs
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Docent, PhD, associate professor, Dniprovsk State Technical University, Ukraine
PhD, associate professor, Dniprodzerzhinsk State Technical University, Ukraine
Docent, PhD, associate professor, Dniprovsk State Technical University, Ukraine
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