Notes
Outline
Web Logs in Higher Education:  Blogging to
Promote Interaction
Professor Emeritus Ray Schroeder
Director of Technology-Enhanced Learning
University of Illinois at Springfield
What are Blogs?
Web + Logs = Blogs
Web Pages
Automated updating
Chronological postings
May accommodate responses
Internet-specific phenomenon
Incomplete index of blogs
http://blogdex.media.mit.edu/
Examples of Blogs
News Blogs
Online Learning Update
Student Journal Blogs
Electronic Learning Journal
Course Blogs
NU Knowledge Management Class
Community
CityBlogs New York
Getting Started
Three Primary Ways (Siemens Art of Blogging)
Hosted
 http://www.blogger.com
Remotely Installed
http://www.movabletype.org/
Desktop
http://radio.userland.com/
Resources for Setting up Your Blog
http://www.blogroots.com/resources.blog
Blog Creation Wizards
Great Ways to Get Started:
BlogSpot
http://www.blogspot.com/
WebCrimson
http://edit.webcrimson.com/signup/?mode=2&sitetype=Blog
Radio Userland
http://radio.userland.com/
Bloki – Page and Blog
Possibly the simplest way to create a blog
Takes just two minutes and you are up and running
Share your URL with others and give access
http://www.bloki.com
http://rayschroeder.bloki.com/blog/
RSS:  Aggregating Blogs
Rich Site Summary
Originally Netscape News Feeds
XML Summary of Blog Entries
Multiple Reader Technologies
Allows for instant updates
Examples:
http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/blogbox.htm
http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/blogboxnews.htm
Selected Sources
Introduction to Blogging
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/621278p-4775497c.html
http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/blogging_part_1.htm
http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/blogging_part_2.htm
http://newhome.weblogs.com/historyOfWeblogs
http://www.microcontentnews.com/articles/blogosphere.htm
http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html
http://www.livingreflections.com/blog/whatisablog.shtml
Blogging News
http://www.blogroots.com/
Selected Sources
RSS – Rich Site Summary
http://www.downes.ca/files/RSS_Educ.htm
http://www.webreference.com/authoring/languages/xml/rss/1/
http://www.infotoday.com/online/nov02/OnTheNet.htm
Blog Index
http://blogdex.media.mit.edu/
MS-NBC Blogspotting
http://www.msnbc.com/news/809307.asp?0cb=-81892581
Contact Information
Ray Schroeder
Office of Technology-Enhanced Learning
HRB-79
One University Plaza
University of Illinois at Springfield
Springfield, IL 62703-5407
217-206-7531
Schroeder.ray@uis.edu