1000 postings

Tony blogging

This is the 1,000th posting on this web site since it opened on July 1, 2008, or roughly two posts a day, so self-indulgently, I thought I would provide some stats.

Of the 1,000 postings, 34 were personal blogs about e-learning, and there were 336 approved comments to postings.

The site averages 250 ‘hits’ [...]

Colleges consider using blogs instead of Blackboard

Young, J. (2009) Colleges consider using blogs instead of Blackboard Chronicle of Higher Education, June 1

Halleluja! I’ve seen the future, and it’s – WordPress?

Well, why not? Good, free, simple to use, flexible open-source platform, students can contribute – but nah, won’t work; administrators can’t control it, and Blackboard will claim the patent.

Post-Secondary Students’ Purposes for Blogging

Leslie, P. and Murphy, E. (2008) Post-Secondary Students’ Purposes for Blogging International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol. 9, No. 3

The study explored post-secondary students’ purposes for blogging with particular attention to the social and instructional purposes. The sample of blogs came from an all-women’s college in the United Arab Emirates.

Educational blogging

Brian Benziger’s possible scenarios and real case studies of Web 2.0 in education hopes to show others where we are with today’s education and where it could be. The article covers: educational blogging, photo sharing, educational podcasting, wikis, video sharing, Web 2.0 courses, School 2.0, and more.