usefulness of blog for enhancing learning? :)

Affordances

Outside of a classroom setting, this virtual space allows one to create and voice out one's opinion, argubly without constraints such as in the absence of classmates and teacher's physical presence which might poise alittle overbearing if one is shy or afraid to have someone rebut one's opinion at once.

In the perspective of a student, the blog provides the sense of ownership that allows for greater responsibility to share relevantly about the topic set out by teacher, as it can be viewed by the rest such as classmates or even netizens that stumble upon the blog.

Constraints

In the perspective of a teacher, the blog can be a platform where learning materials such as articles, documentary (in the form of a video clip) or interactive educational software could be posted up for students to access in real time. However, there might be too much activities or content uploaded on the home page of the blog that might be overbearing for students to decide or participate in. Ultimately, whether students do participate in the blog's content is still questionable thus the effectiveness of blog for engaged learning is hard to decide.