Although blogs and wiki are both excellent platforms for individuals to share information, there are some fundamental differences between the 2 of them.
Firstly, a blog is usually contributed by 1 person. However, wiki is meant to be contributed by a group of people collectively. Even if a blog is contributed by more than 1 person, seldom does one of the contributers edit the post of another contributer. However in a wiki, this would be the norm.
Secondly, one of the purposes of the blog is to function like a diary. Information is added on across time and is usually read in that sequence. However, in wiki, information may be added on, but the date it is added on is not of great import. Moreover, information gets updated more often than it is added on.
Thirdly, the information in wiki is usually arranged by topics. However, the information in a blog is almost always arranged by the timeline.
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This is so true. Blog is indeed harder to handle in a real classroom context as compared to wiki. Blog is more on sharing of thoughts, rather than information. It is not as interactive as wiki. Students are also unable to change the format of the blog unlike wiki. Still there are certain plus points for blog. Students may be more familiar with weblog since most of them have the experience of blogging. =)
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