Sunday, April 3, 2011

Advantages and Disadvantages of Internet Blogging


Blogging is a technological possibility. A facility offered for sharing of information and comments over the net. There are many types of blogs like; personal, genre, corporate and media. A detailed analysis into the benefits and drawbacks of a blog site will not only help you understand it much better but also use it more effectively and efficiently.
Advantages of Blogs
  1. Individuals learn to express their opinions and exchange their views on topics of common interest, which not only keeps them updated but also effective contributor’s of new ideas.
  2. Individuals get a chance to read other blogs, which indirectly helps them to improve upon their skill of writing.
  3. Instructors of online classes get an opportunity to know what students feel about the class and its presentation quality and help to find ways to improve upon drawbacks if any.

Disadvantages of Blogs


  1. Individuals and students may have reluctance is getting used to the technological advancements.
  2. Blogging cannot be thrusted upon students who are hardly interested in reading and replying to the post.
  3. Blogging on day to day issues is different from writing on the subject. Hence it may not be a practical idea to force them to do it.
The entire discussion about the uses of blogs is about its usage and benefits relating educational programs and online course of study. We mainly aimed at how blogs are used in today’s web based learning; we hope it served the purpose.

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