6. What is a blog? A content publishing system where entries are made over time. The most recent entry is at the top of the page. Similar in style to a journal. TIP define:keyword e.g. define:blog In Google
8. Blog Title Date stamped Each entry has short, concise title Can contain multimedia – images, video and audio Readers can subscribe to your blog to get automatic updates One entry – most recent at top Content – can link to other resources with hyperlinks Comments from your blog readers
17. …By Genre * Doesn’t necessarily have to be a blog though
18. Why use a blog? A reflective diary A place to organise your thoughts A collaborative space A mechanism for sharing experiences A means of gaining feedback Your space on the web …
27. Intute: health & life sciences blog http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/blog/
28. Glasgow School of Art – Library Blog http://gsaartdesign.blogspot.com/
29. RSC East Midlands: e-safety moodle module http://moodle.rsc-em.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=79
30. A Study on the Effective Use of Social Software by Further and Higher Education in the UK to Support Student Learning and Engagement: 26 Case Studies http://tinyurl.com/5a8zu3
46. Legal Implications – Help JISC Legal Information Service http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk JISC Legal is a free information service offering high quality legal information to further and higher education relating to the use of information and communications technologies. We run training events, provide publications, and offer an enquiry service.
47. Legal Implications “Basically for colleges and universities the data protection and other legal issues remain the same for an institution when using blogs, wiki's, podcasts etc as for other media.” “It is up to universities and colleges to manage the risk as they have to do with other means of communication. Therefore for example Data Protection, AUPs, Copyright Policies, Staff contracts/policies/handbooks etc all have to be updated to ensure that it is understood that these 'new' media are included.” Source: JISC Legal
48. Source: JISC Legal Legal Implications – Help Legal guide from Stanford University at http://www.e-learningcentre.co.uk/eclipse/Resources/podcasting.htm Universities Legal Briefings athttp://www.pinsentmasons.com/media/484810274.htm The relevant section is the Human Resources section - piece titled 'Blog off! - tackling the risks of blogging‘ For a look at what UK universities are doing see the following guidelines for students at : Warwick University http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/its/elab/services/webtools/blogs/terms University of Sunderland http://myblogs.sunderland.ac.uk/blogs/myblogs/acceptable_use_of_blogs/
55. Wikis – An Overview Wiki is defined as: “A type of web page designed so that its content can be edited by anyone who accesses it, using a simplified mark-up language.”
56. Wiki examples Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org Wiki selection tool http://www.wikimatrix.org Set up a free wiki PB Wiki http://www.pbwiki.com Example http://jiscrsc.pbwiki.com password: blogs3 Wet Paint http://www.wetpaint.com
57. Wiki pros and cons? Pros No programming skills required Easy to update One version of docs … Vandalism Edit Wars Ideas can become skewed over time … Cons
60. Blogs vs Wikis Blog: It’s your content. No one can change it. Users can comment on your posts (content)* Wiki Blog ###!! ###!! ###!! Wiki: Everyone can (potentially) add to or change the content ###!! *You can turn comments on or off
