Abstract This paper is to report a study on the students’ experience in using blog (weblog) as a learning tool. For the purpose of this study, a blog was prepared for the subject of Web Programming. This blog is a place where the lecturer posts the syllabus, lecture notes, presentations slides, computer lab manual, assignments, discussions, code samples and also announcements. The students are required to visit the blog to download the learning materials and to participate in the discussions. It is a quantitative survey to find out whether the students having a good or bad experience in using the blog. The authors also would like to know the students’ experience in using the blog; in terms of flexibility, content presentation or arrangement, communication, experience through blog, update medium, navigation and overall experience.

1. STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCE IN USING BLOG AS A LEARNING-AID Khirulnizam Abd Rahman Faculty of Information Science & Technology Selangor International Islamic University College Syahrul Nizam Junaini Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Catalyst of knowledge tradition…

10. 7. Finding Purpose of accessing blog Item Purposes to access blog Frequency 4a To download learning materials. 68 4b To get the latest announcement. 39 4c To answer assignments. 30 4d To participate in the discussion. 10

11. 7. Finding Blog is a flexible learning tool Statement Disagree (%) Neutral (%) Agree (%) 5a Time flexibility to read/download learning materials. 2 17 81 5b Personalized learning support. 0 16 84

12. 7. Finding Blog as a medium of communication Statement Disagree (%) Neutral (%) Agree (%) 7a Blog enables communication with lecturer / friends. 8 20 72 7b Easy to discuss questions/problems with other students through this blog. 4 48 48

13. 7. Finding Notifying students. Statement Disagree (%) Neutral (%) Agree (%) 8a Update new content or announcements through email. 10 21 69 8b Update new content or announcements through SMS (to mobile device). 20 35 45

14. 7. Finding Blog’s navigation Statement Disagree (%) Neutral (%) Agree (%) 9a Easy to search a specific article. 39 28 33 9b Easy to answer assignments posted in the blog. 36 33 31 9c Code samples are easy to locate. 4 20 76 9d Do you prefer a forum-style discussion? 8 31 61 9e Prefer to download notes by chapter. 2 7 91

15. 7. Finding Overall Statement Disagree (%) Neutral (%) Agree (%) 10a Blog is easy to use. 4 16 80 10b The blog is stable. 5 16 76 10c This blog is successful. 1 10 89 10d Blog enhanced education experience. 3 7 90