“In 2005 I was part of a large and ambitious project within the Bachelor of Communication (Media) program at RMIT that provides a blog for every Media student for the duration of their undergraduate candidature.” –  Adrian Miles

ADRIAN YOU’RE A LEGEND  

 I was really excited – just as much as nervous – to start studying and working with a blog as I had never had the chance to do that before. Coming from New-Caledonia, I went to uni for a few months there doing a bachelor of English literature at the start of 2013 but hated it. The French education is so much different from the English. What I love about the Australian education is that, teachers encourage the students’ creative side, their passions, their interests… They encourage you to do stuff you are really into (Alison who is also an international student from my class agreed with me on this point) unlike the French education that is completely narrow-minded and do not let students really flourish creatively.

As Adrian Miles mentioned, “blogs are very useful to document your practice, to encourage and support reflective and process based learning, nurture peer support and learning, provide a record of achievement…” They are so useful and so many good things come with it. You can share your articles, thoughts, blog posts on it so your peers can see it (and vice versa). It can then be discussed in class and everyone can give each other’s feedbacks and critics.

Also I believe that blogs (even though I had a shit time trying to figure out how they worked) are very ‘playful’ and communicative. Knowing how to use them now can only help and prepare me for a media career.

PS: big thank you to Emerald for helping me understand the blogging world, and giving me good advice!