Weblogging At The University: Fostering Collaborative Learning In Higher Education

In this paper,we report a particular application of the weblog in the educational field,in porticular, we present our experience ef the use of weblogs to support blended learning activities at university level, with the specific aim of activaring ICT-mediated collaborative learning strafegies amongst students. In fact, even though the roots of collaboraiive learning supported by ICT date from many years ago, experience in the field has shown that the recognition of the potential of ICT tools for collaboration in a learning setting is not an easy task. Advantages of the selected approach, innovative aspects, and the results of the experience are reported in the paper.