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What's a Blog?

A blog is a personal website, usually made up of a single page, where one posts (=writes) about a given theme/topic (specific or generic). Posts (texts) are stored according to the date they are published, and are usually archived by moth or week. A blog is organized in a reverse chronological order. i.e., the last published post is displayed on the top of the blog page.

What is a wiki?

A wiki is a webpage, or a set of webpages, which can be created and constantly edited and re-edited by one or more people, who work collaboratively around a topic or area of expertise.

BLOGS

· Generally, developed only by one person and read by many;

· Structured in reverse order;

· Personal reflection of one’s (learning) experiences;

· Not necessarily limited to one single topic;

· Connects to outside resources and audiences;* Allows interaction with its readers

· Encourages free and informal discourse;

· Promotes the progressive development of writing skills by the publication of new posts;

· Can help develop a reflexive and writing culture which may ease dissertation writing process

WIKIS

· Usually developed by several authors and read by many;

· Structured according to the organization of content;

· Objective and factual;

· Topical;

· Connects to external and internal resources and by a topic interested audience;

· Allows comments by the learning community;

· Encourages structured speech;

· Promotes a continuous revision of the existing resources and addition of new ones;

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