Writing to Communicate
Prior to my current course and blogging, I had no previous experience of learning through VLE’s (Virtual Learning Environments). In a sense, VLE’s are “contextualised” SNS’s which provide the opportunity to read the views of others and post responses to share knowledge or assist learning.
In terms of blogging, incorporating multimedia links into blog entries adds meaning to the text so that topics discussed can be cross referenced by examples in order to reiterate and demonstrate meaning. Writing to express thoughts/ ideas discuss topics, share knowledge through blogging has taken the internet by storm since Jorn Barger in 1997 created a site linking news articles and websites, coining the term ‘weblog’ (this date and author has been contested). The popularity of blogging is evident of a dynamic, pro-active and fun way to discuss topics or share knowledge across spatial and temporal boundaries.
There still remains a great deal to discover, I feel my journey via Digital Play has only just begun, therefore this blog will serve to represent a multimodal approach in the production of meaning…and gossip about Eastenders from time to time!
