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Prof. Burks Oakley IIAssociate Vice President for Academic AffairsDirector, University of Illinois OnlineProfessor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of IllinoisJanuary 2006
The What, Why, and How of Blogs and Blogging
2004 Word of the Year
Definition of Blog & Blogging A blog is a website for which an individual or
a group, frequently generates text, photographs, video, audio files, and/or links, typically (but not always) on a daily basis. The term is a shortened form of weblog.
Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called “blogging”. Individual articles on a blog are called “blog posts”, “posts”, or “entries”. The person who posts these entries is called a “blogger”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
Blogs – The Basics
Blogs are web pages Read in reverse chronological order – the
most recent postings are read first Continue to increase in popularity - a new
blog is created every second Popular in part because of the simple
software used to create them – simple to create – simple to update – neatly organized – free!
Blogs & Blogging - Media
Media used with blogs – Most blogs are text-based – There also are photo blogs, audio blogs
(podcasts), and video blogs (vodcasts)
Blogging – The Author Enter blog posting on a web-based form
Blogging – The Reader
View the blog posting directly on the web– http://burkso2.blogspot.com/
Subscribe to the RSS feed for the blog using an RSS feed aggregator– http://feeds.feedburner.com/b2onlearning
Why Would You Want to Blog?
Writing practice Creative outlet Crystallize wisdom Contribute Connect Speed familiarity Capture learning history
http://decker.typepad.com/welcome/2004/10/why_blog_7_reas.html
Growth of Blogging
The Blogosphere
“Blogosphere is the collective term encompassing all blogs as a community or social network. Many weblogs are densely interconnected; bloggers read others’ blogs, link to them, reference them in their own writing, and post comments on each others’ blogs. Because of this, the interconnected blogs have grown their own culture.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogosphere
Interesting Blogs
Online Learning Update Techno-News Update Reflections (photo blog) Burks On Learning (audio blog) Lanny on Learning Technology Chronicle Wired Campus Tama’s e-Learning Blog Boing-Boing
How to Find Blogs
Google blog search Yahoo! blog search Technorati Bloglines
Blogs – Great Resource
Seven Things You Should Know About … Blogs – from EDUCAUSE– What is it?– Who is doing it?– How does it work?– Why is it significant?– What are the downsides?– Where is it going?– What are the implications for teaching and
learning?
Teaching and Learning“Blogs are an increasingly accepted instructional technology tool. Blogs can be used for reflection about classes, careers, or current events; they can also capture and disseminate student- and faculty-generated content.”
“Blogs offer students, faculty, staff and others a high level of autonomy while creating a new opportunity for interaction with peers. Blogs provide a forum for discussion that goes beyond coursework to include culture, politics, and other areas of personal exploration. Students often learn as much from each other as from instructors or textbooks, and blogs offer another mechanism for peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and acquisition.”
An (Optional) Assignment
Go to Blogger.com and create a free account.
Create a blog [MyBlogName]. Compose your first blog posting. Publish it at: http://[
MyBlogName].blogspot.com Let all your friends, colleagues, and
family know the URL. You now are an official blogger!!
The What, Why, and How of Blogs and Blogging
Burks Oakley IIweb: http://www.online.uillinois.edu/oakley/e-mail: [email protected]
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