Although the blog is a very useful tool for classroom learning, there are still some difficulties that may arise when using it.
Firstly, it is difficult to get a whole class of 40 students to contribute to one blog. It is tedious to keep track if everyone has posted and comments to 40 different posts are hard to keep track of. Certainly, if every student is to create his/her own blog, to ask a teacher to go through all 40 blogs would be terrible. Therefore, it would be best if blogs are used in a small class (maybe 12 or less) where every student would creat his/her own blog.
Secondly, students may get a sense of information overload from all the blogs. This is partly due to the fact that information on blogs is not categorised by topic but is simply laid out across the timeline like a diary. It would not be easy to navigate around for particular pieces of information. The sieving of information would be quite tedious.
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That was a good list of the limitations that a blog has with regards to its feasability as a learning tool. I think it's also important as teachers to be conscious of the students profile to determine whether or not a blog will be useful as a learning tool. Personally, I think that web-based learning tools are more suitable amd implemented more successfully with students who are more mature and motivated.
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